1950 : 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1972 : 26th Tony Awards: Sticks & Bones & 2 Gentlemen of Verona win
1950 : 4th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2
1985 : Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
1936 : Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
1921 : Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
1977 : Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously
1958 : Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1964 : James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie," premieres in NYC
1989 : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
1988 : Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
1964 : lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
1986 : Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
1919 : Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
1952 : NY Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only HR
1903 : NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2
1962 : NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
1978 : Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd
1950 : Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 3

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