1901 - A baseball league later known as the Minor Leagues, is formed in a hotel in Chicago. 1906 – St. Louis University quarterback Bradbury Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in American football history, throwing a touchdown to Jack Schneider in a game...
1920 – Race horse Man O’War wins the Lawrence Realization Stakes by 100 lengths, the largest winning margin in modern racing history.1922 - Paavo Nurmi runs a 2000m in world record time, with a 5:26.1971 - The first DAC football game is played as Chesterton beats...
1904 – For the first, an only, time in Olympic history there is a throw off in the discus final after Americans Martin Sheridan and Ralph Rose tie with a throw of 128’ 10 ½”. Sheridan wins the throw off with 127’ 10 ¼”. 1921 – The US defeats Japan in five straight...
1957 – Milwaukee first baseman Frank Torre ties an MLB record by scoring six runs in a game as part of a 23-10 win over the Cubs.1962 – Stan Musial picks up career hit #3,516 passing Tris Speaker for second place on the all-time list, trailing only Ty Cobb.1965 – Mr....
1890 - The Brooklyn Bridegrooms win 3 MLB games in a single day. 1931 – Lou Gehrig hits his third grand slam in a four game span. It is also his sixth straight game with a home run.1964 – San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Masanori Murakami becomes the first Japanese...
1907 – “The Big Train” Walter Johnson makes his MLB debut on the mound, losing to Detroit. Johnson would go on to pitch for 21 years in the majors.1921 – After three hours of deliberation, a Chicago jury acquits eight White Sox players in the Black Sox scandal.1959 –...
1933 – New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell sets an MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3.1941 – Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez sets an MLB record for most walks issued in a shutout as he walks 11 hitters in a 9-0 win over the St. Louis Browns.1945 – New...
1897 - Chicago’s Cap Anson becomes the first MLB player to collect 3,000 career hits. 1902 - John McGraw is hired as manager of the New York Giants, a position he would hold for 30 years. 1920 - Babe Ruth breaks his own single season home run record, hitting his 30th...
