Sporting Events on April 25
1965 : 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
1990 : 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
1952 : 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1876 : Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
1977 : Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
1902 : Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos)
1985 : For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
1901 : In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to
1905 : Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
1991 : Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
1981 : Mariners mgr Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering
1975 : Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
1974 : NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff
1904 : NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
1989 : Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
1983 : Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election
1902 : to have six hits in one game
1905 : Whites win right to vote in South Africa
1901 : win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)