1915 – The White Sox acquire “Shoeless” Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for three players and $31,500. 1920 – The American Professional Football Association is formed with Jim Thorpe as president. The league would later become the NFL. 1922 – The first track...
1903 – The Philadelphia Phillies have their 9th straight game postponed, a record. 1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indy 500, opens as 12,000 spectators watch a five mile race with an average speed of 57.4 miles per hour. The track had a surface of...
1931 – Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,000th consecutive game. 1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to apartheid policies. 1965 – Hank Aaron hits a home run, but it is disallowed due to the fact that he was out of the batter’s box. 1965 – Brooks Robinson...
1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians dies after being hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the Yankees a day earlier. He’s the only MLB player ever to be killed by a pitched ball. 1933 – Lou Gehrig sets an MLB record by playing in his 1,308th...
1920 – Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman is hit in the head by a pitch from Yankees pitcher Carl Mays. Chapman dies the next day from his injuries. 1927 – Babe Ruth hits the first homerun out of Comiskey Park, as the Yankees would beat the White Sox, 8-1. 1936 – The...
1939 – The first night game in Comiskey Park’s history ends in a White Sox 5-2 win over the Cleveland Browns. 1964 – The Cubs honor Ernie Banks, as it was “Ernie Banks Day” at Wrigley Field. 1965 – The San Francisco Giants hold a “Masanori Murakami Day” at...
1919 – Chicago White Sox outfielder Happy Felsch ties an MLB record with 4 outfield assists in a single game. 1936 – Playing outdoors in poor conditions, the United States defeats Canada 19-8 to win the first ever men’s basketball gold medal at the Berlin Olympics....
1906 – After pitching 187 consecutive complete games, Cubs pitcher Jack Taylor’s streak comes to an end with a three-inning outing against the Dodgers. 1948 – The US wins the gold medal in men’s basketball, defeating France 65-21 at the Olympics in London. 1955 –...
