On this day in:

• 1862First baseball enclosure opens at Union Grounds, Brooklyn

• 1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended

• 1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1

• 1948 Bradman scores 187 Aust v Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five

• 1953 Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago

• 1959100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest

• 1963Tottenham Hotspur of England win 3rd European Cup winner's Cup against Atlético Madrid of Spain 5-1 at Rotterdam

• 1970International Olympic Committee votes to expel South Africa

• 1991Manchester United of England win 31th European Cup Winner's Cup against FC Barcelona 2-1 in Rotterdam

• 1991 US President George H. W. Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game

• 1994 LPGA Championship, DuPont CC: Laura Davies of England wins her second major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Alice Ritzman

• 2010Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world

• 2010English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (88,335): Chelsea beats Portsmouth,1-0; Didier Drogba scores 59' winner; Blues' 6th title