Sporting Events on April 17
1964 : 1st game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pitts Pirates, 4-3
1869 : 1st pro baseball games-Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15
1892 : 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1
1961 : 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster & Liz Taylor win
1920 : American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
1968 : A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles
1933 : Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21
1977 : Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1988 : Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
1983 : Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
1983 : Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers
1981 : Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers
1923 : Longest NL opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
1997 : NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
1976 : NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike
1951 : NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
1983 : Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in one Stanley Cup playoff game
2003 : South Africa wins over Bangalore in the TVS Cup Cricket Match