The Overnight Crowd

Celebrating This Day April 2619


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Oon this day in:
• 19121st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
• 1920Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring 7 goals in Canada's 12-1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match
• 1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
• 1941A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
• 1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
• 196418th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 1
• 1966 Red Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
• 1966International Olympic Committee votes to award German city of Munich the right to host the 1972 Summer Olympic Games
• 1983 NFL Draft: Stanford quarterback John Elwayfirst pick by Baltimore Colts
• 1990NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
• 1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics
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