1919 – Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season

1939 – Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR

1950 – 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)

1954 – Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers

1958 – Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game

1962 – NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1

1969 – LA Laker Jerry West scores 53 points

1989 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker

1989 – Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning