1859 – The first intercollegiate regatta is held as Harvard beats Yale and Brown.1933 – Joe DiMaggio’s 61 game hitting streak in the Pacific Coast League comes to an end.1948 – Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance, showing up at the premiere of “The Babe Ruth...

1913 – Max Carey of the Pittsburgh Pirates scores five times in a game without getting a single hit. Carey reached base on an error and four walks, scoring each time he was on.1940 – American John Sigmund begins what would be the longest solo swim ever, swimming for...

1941 - Red Sox pitcher Lefty Grove picks up career victory #300. 1946 - Nine players from the Spokane baseball team in the Western League die in a bus crash. 1965 - Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the New York Mets. 1968 - Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, then with the White...