TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1912 — First exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox versus Harvard).
1913 — Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ebbets Field opens, Philadelphia Phillies win 1-0.
1932 — NHL Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in three games.
1935 — NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in three games.
1941 — PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame.
1945 — NFL requires players to wear long stockings.
1946 — NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1.
1950 — 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283.
1960 — 14th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3; this is Celtics’ 9th consecutive title.
1962 — 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins his third, shooting a 280.
1965 — First baseball game at Houston Astrodome, Astros beat Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits first indoor home run. 1966 — Anaheim Stadium for the California Angels opens.
1968 — Minnesota North Stars’ Wayne Connelly is first to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot.
1972 — 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286.
1973 — 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283.
1974 — San Diego Padres’ owner Ray Kroc addresses fans “Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you. I’ve never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life.”
1978 — 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277.
1978 — Milwaukee Brewers sweep Baltimore Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam). 1981 — Los Angeles Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela’s first start, beats Houston Astros, 2-0.
1985 — Chicago White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game.
1987 — For third time, Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game.
1987 — Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champion.
1989 — 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283.
1989 — Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York Yankees’ 4-3 loss to Cleveland Indians.
1989 — Scott Hoch chokes on 18-inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament.
1990 — Don Mattingly signs a US$19.7-million 5-year contract with the New York Yankees.
1990 — Houston Astros’ Glen Davis is hit by a pitch three times, tying a major league record, in a 8-4 Opening Day loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
1992 — Record 18 golfers shoot in the 60s in Masters round one (old record 12).
1995 — 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274.
1997 — Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion.
1997 — NFL announces it will give $3 million to Canadian Football League and possible “World Classic Bowl.”