On this day in:

• 1875Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a bored British officer in Jabalpur, India

• 1911 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in race record 2:21:39.6; first of 7 race victories

• 1939 Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit

• 1951 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4

• 1953Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium

• 1966100th international soccer match between Netherlands and Belgium (3-1)

• 1967Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti beats American Emile Griffith in a 15 round points decision to win world middleweight crown at Madison Square Garden; start of famous trilogy of fights between the pair

• 1976 NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs

• 1976 Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley wins her second WTA Tour Championship at the Los Angeles Sports Arena; beats Chris Evert6-3, 5-7, 6-3

• 1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter

• 1987 Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA (and ABA) player to score 30,000 points

• 1997 NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game

• 1999NFL Draft: University of Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch first pick by Cleveland Browns

• 2015James Anderson becomes the highest wicket-taking bowler in England's test cricket history