1889 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Willie Park Jr wins his second Open title; beats Andrew Kirkaldy by 5 in 36-hole playoff1944 New York
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1940 Pittsburgh Steelers & Philadelphia Eagles play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Steelers win 7-3 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh1945 College
1907 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as
1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal1970
1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports1942 Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy1943 Detroit Lions
1869 1st US college football game, players used their hands or feet, Rutgers 6 Princeton 41883 NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race1929 Providence Steam
1886 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: David Brown beats fellow Scot Willie Campbell by 2 strokes1887 Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU)
1889 Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball’s NL1924 California legalizes professional boxing (illegal since 1914)1934 After posting 7 straight shutouts to start the NFL
1935 Korean runner Sohn Kee-chung sets new men’s marathon world record, 2:26:42 in Tokyo, Japan1935 Philadelphia Eagles beat Boston Redskins, 7-6 at Fenway Park; respective
1895 Belmont Stakes: Fred Taral aboard Preakness winner Belmar wins in 2:11½; race run in November as NY Jockey Club closed out its affairs1895 First