TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1892 In the first Sunday NL baseball game, the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1. 1920 American Professional Football Association forms (NFL). 1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery. 1933 Chicago Bears win 1st NFL game beating the New York Giants 23-21. 1934 New Fenway Park opens in Boston. Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5. 1939 Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title. 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit. 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565-foot home run in Washington, D.C.’s Griffith Stadium. 1960 Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn. 1969 Montreal Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0. 1972 76th Boston Marathon: Olavi Suomalainen of Finland 1st man in 2:15:39 and Nina Kuscsik of United States 1st woman in 3:10:26. 1973 77th Boston Marathon: Jon Anderson of United States 1st man in 2:16:03 and Jacqueline Hansen of United States 1st woman in 3:05:59. 1976 In the NL’s greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 the Philadelphia Phillies win 18-16 in 10. Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs. 1978 82nd Boston Marathon: Bill Rodgers of United States 1st man in 2:10:13 and Gayle Barron of United States 1st woman in 2:44:52. 1981 Ranger’s Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot. 1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter. 1987 Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points. 1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Dinsamo runs world record marathon in 2:06:50. 1989 93rd Boston Marathon: Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia 1st man in 2:09:06 and Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway 1st woman in 2:24:33. 1994 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins. 1995 99th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya 1st man in 2:09:22 and Uta Pippig of Germany 1st woman in 2:25:11. 1997 New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score a goal in a playoff game. 2000 104th Boston Marathon: Elijah Lagat of Kenya 1st man in 2:09:47 and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya 1st woman in 2:26:11. 2006 110th Boston Marathon: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya 1st man in 2:07:14 and Rita Jeptoo of Kenya 1st woman in 2:23:38.