On This Day in Sport
Events in Sport
- 1876 Ottawa Football Club forms
- 1902 Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
- 1907 Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1
- 1908 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Philadelphia 1-0
- 1913 19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA
- 1919 2nd PGA Championship: Jim Barnes wins at Engineers Country Club, Roslyn, NY
- 1919 Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 HRs
- 1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen wins at French Lick CC, Indiana
Birthdays in Sport
Red Auerbach
(1917 - 2006)
Guy Lafleur
67th Birthday
John Tavares
28th Birthday
Deaths in Sport
- 1931 Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
- 1989 Richie Ginther, American racing driver, dies from a heart attack at 59
- 1992 K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
- 1993 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65