Sporting Events on April 16

1961 : 15th Tony Awards: Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win
1989 : 1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins
1940 : 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)
1958 : 22nd Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284
1991 : 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
1987 : August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama
1935 : Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
1985 : Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2
1980 : Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
1992 : NY Rangers win team record 50th game
1987 : Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
1953 : Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game
1991 : St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a
1939 : Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
1961 : Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
1983 : Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
1989 : Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)




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