1902 – John McGraw is hired as manager of the New York Giants, a position he would hold until 1932. 1903 – MLB batting champion Ed Delahanty disappears after being removed from a train by force. He is found dead at the bottom of Niagara Falls two weeks later. 1930 –...

1859 – Amherst defeats Williams 66-32 in the first-ever intercollegiate baseball game. 1904 – The Olympic Games open in St. Louis. They are the first Olympics held in the United States. 1910 – Comiskey Park opens on the South Side of Chicago, with the St. Louis Browns...

1934 – Detroit radio executive George Richards buys the NFL’s Portsmouth Spartans for $8,000, moves the team to Detroit, and renames them the Lions. 1962 – Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his first of four career no-hitters, shutting down the Mets. 1965 – The NFL...

1897 – The Chicago Colts, who would eventually become the Cubs, set an MLB record for most runs scored in a single game by a team as they beat the Louisville Cardinals 36-7. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio extends his hitting streak to 41 games, breaking the record set by George...

1939 – The Yankees hit a combined 13 home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the A’s, with scores of 23-2 and 10-0. 1958 – American swimmer Nancy Ramey sets a world record in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:09.6. 1971 – With an 8-0 ruling, the US Supreme Court...

1939 – The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Bees play to a 2-2 tie after 23 innings and 5 hours and 15 minutes of game time. 1979 – Muhammad Ali reiterates to the media that his third announced retirement is final. It isn’t. 1980 – Dodgers pitcher Jerry Reuss throws a...

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...