1917 – Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Wash Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0

1925 – Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row

1945 – Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League

1951 – Intl Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics

1959 – “Roy Campanella Night” Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition

1982 – Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders to move to LA

1994 – Denver Nuggets become NBA’s 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle)