1846 – 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1
1938 – Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless baseball innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th
1942 – Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits
1943 – NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles & Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5)
1955 – Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
1973 – Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
1977 – Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
1986 – University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died of a cocaine-induced seizure
1992 – Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
2000 – Tiger Woods wins golf’s US Open by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a US Open to-par record score of -12