1819 - Abner Doubleday, the man largely credited with inventing baseball, is born. 1916 - The White Sox and Indians play in a game where the players had numbers on their sleeves, making it the first game that players were identified by numbers. 1944 - The New York...

1903 - Boston Beaneater pitcher Wiley Piatt becomes the only pitcher in the 20th century to lose two complete games in one day, dropping both games to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3. 1918 - Babe Ruth becomes the second player in American League History to hit a home run in...

1882 - Richard Higham becomes the only umpire to be banished from baseball after it is discovered he was part of fixing games. 1922 - The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League. 1922 - The Chicago Staleys change their name...

1917 - After Babe Ruth is ejected for throwing a pitch at an umpire, Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore enters the game and retires all 26 hitters that he faced in a win over the Washington Senators. It is ruled as a combined no-hitter. 1922 - Johnny Weissmuller breaks his...

1937 - Joe Louis knocks out James J. Braddock to win his first heavyweight boxing title. 1979 - The NHL expands to 21 teams as the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets, all part of the WHA, join the league. 1981 - Tennis player John...

1932 - German boxer Max Schmeling loses the NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight boxing titles in a controversial split points decision to American Jack Sharkey. 1939 - The Yankees announce Lou Gehrig’s retirement after he is diagnosed with ALS. 1960 - Armin Hary of West...