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 Candlestick...
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.1939...
1960 - US track athlete, Ralph Boston, sets the long jump record at 26.94 feet. 1963 - St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial announces that he will retire at the end of the season.1964 - Mickey Mantle hits homers from both sides of the plate in the same game for a...
1919 - The Green Bay Packers football team is founded by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun. The team is named after their sponsor, the Indian Packing Company.1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs.1961 - Future HOF pitcher,...
