ON THIS DATE

1920: Tex Schramm, the architect of the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 1970s and ‘80s, is born in San Gabriel (d. 2003).

1922: Charlie Sifford, the first AfricanAmerican on the PGA Tour, is born in Charlotte, N.C. (d. 2015).

1935: Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.

1940: Jim Maloney, the fastballer who pitched two no-hitters for the Cincinnati Reds in 1965, is born in Fresno.

1941: Lou Gehrig dies in New York at age 37.

1944: Garo Yepremian of the Miami Dolphins (kicks left, can’t throw) is born in Larnaca, Cyprus (d. 2015).

1960: Happy 60th to Kyle Petty, born this day in the heart of NASCAR country (Level Cross, N.C.).

1980: Happy 40th to Abby Wambach, born this day in Rochester, N.Y.

1985: Nancy Lopez wins the LPGA championship by eight strokes.

1990: Randy Johnson pitches the first nohitter in Seattle Mariners history.

1994: With the No. 2 pick in the MLB draft, the A’s select Ben Grieve, schoolboy outfielder and son of Texas Rangers GM. Tom Grieve. (Florida State pitcher Paul Wilson goes No. 1 to the Mets.)

1996: Annika Sorenstam wins the U.S. Women’s Open for the second year in a row, closing with a 66 to finish with an Open record 272.

2002: Philadelphia pitcher Robert Person drives in seven runs in an 18-3 win over Montreal.

2005: Jockey Russell Baze, riding at Golden Gate Fields, gets his 9,000th career victory.

2010: Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers loses his perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admits he blew.