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Chicago Tribune
06-07-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: President Harry S. Truman establishes Medal of Freedom
Today is Sunday, July 6, the 187th day of 2024. There are 178 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 6, 1933, the first All-Star baseball game was played at Chicago's Comiskey Park; the American League defeated the National League 4-2 behind winning pitcher Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees. Vintage Chicago Tribune: We started baseball's first All-Star Game — 90 years agoAlso on this date: In 1483, England's King Richard III was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1777, during the American Revolution, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga. In 1885, French scientist Louis Pasteur tested an anti-rabies vaccine on 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by an infected dog; the boy did not develop rabies. In 1942, Anne Frank, her parents and sister entered a 'secret annex' in an Amsterdam building where they were later joined by four other people; they hid from Nazi occupiers for two years before being discovered and arrested. In 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom. In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2. In 1967, Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra, sparking the Nigerian Civil War. In 1988, 167 North Sea oil workers were killed when explosions and fires destroyed a drilling platform. In 2013, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing three passengers and injuring 181. In 2016, Philando Castile, a Black elementary school cafeteria worker, was killed during a traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, by Officer Jeronimo Yanez. (Yanez was later acquitted on a charge of second-degree manslaughter.) In 2018, six followers of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were hanged along with its leader, Shoko Asahara; they had been convicted of crimes including a 1995 sarin gas attack that killed 13 people and made thousands of others sick on the Tokyo subway system. In 2020, the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization; President Donald Trump had criticized the WHO's response to the coronavirus pandemic. (The pullout was later halted by President Joseph Biden's administration.) Today's Birthdays: The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 90. Singer Gene Chandler ('Duke of Earl') is 88. Country singer Jeannie Seely is 85. Actor Burt Ward (TV: 'Batman') is 80. Former President George W. Bush is 79. Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 79. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 74. Retired MLB All-Star Willie Randolph is 71. Former first daughter Susan Ford Bales is 68. Actor-writer Jennifer Saunders ('Absolutely Fabulous') is 67. Actor Brian Posehn is 59. Political reporter/moderator John Dickerson is 57. Rapper Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan) is 55. Rapper 50 Cent is 50. Actors Tia and Tamera Mowry are 47. Comedian-actor Kevin Hart is 46. Actor Eva Green is 45. San Diego Padres infielder Manny Machado is 33. NBA power forward Zion Williamson is 25.
Associated Press
28-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - Rickey Henderson breaks Ty Cobb's 62-year-old A.L. stolen base record
May 29 1916 -- Christy Mathewson defeated the Boston Braves 3-0 for the New York Giants' 17th consecutive road win. 1922 -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled organized baseball was primarily a sport and not a business, and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations. The suit had been brought by the Federal League's Baltimore franchise. 1928 -- Bill Terry hit for the cycle to lead the New York Giants to a 12-5 win over Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. Terry became the first player in major league history to include a grand slam as part of the cycle. 1942 -- New York's Lefty Gomez, self-described as the worst-hitting pitcher in baseball, banged out four hits while pitching a 16-1 four-hitter against Washington. 1946 -- In a reverse integration role, Edward Klep became the first white to play in the Negro leagues in a game played in Grand Rapids. Klep pitched seven innings for the Cleveland Buckeyes against the American Giants in his debut with the Negro American League team. 1956 -- Dale Long went hitless for the Pirates, ending his major league record streak of home runs in eight consecutive games. The Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pittsburgh, 10-1. 1965 -- Philadelphia's Richie Allen hit a 529-foot home run over the roof of Connie Mack Stadium off Chicago's Larry Jackson in the Phillies' 4-2 victory. 1976 -- Houston's Joe Niekro was the winning pitcher and hit a home run off his brother, Phil Niekro. The Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1. It was the only home run hit by Joe in his 22-year major league career. 1990 -- Oakland's Rickey Henderson broke Ty Cobb's 62-year-old American League stolen base record, but the Toronto Blue Jays still beat the Athletics 2-1. Henderson's 893rd steal came in the sixth inning. 2000 -- Oakland second baseman Randy Velarde turned the 10th unassisted triple play in regular-season history during a 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. With runners on first and second in motion, Shane Spencer hit a line drive to Velarde who caught the ball, tagged out Jorge Posada (running from first) and stepped on second to beat Tino Martinez. 2002 -- Roger Clemens recorded the 100th double-digit strikeout game of his career, fanning 11 in seven innings against Chicago. Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) were the others to have 100 double-digit strikeout games. 2002 -- In an article in Sports Illustrated former NL MVP Ken Caminiti stated that about 50 percent of current major league players used some form of steroids. 2003 -- Colorado, behind Todd Helton's three home runs and Ron Belliard's five hits beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 12-5. Helton added a single and drove in six runs. 2010 -- Philadelphia's Roy Halladay threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. It was the first time in the modern era that there were a pair of perfect games in the same season. Halladay faced three Marlins pinch-hitters in the ninth. Mike Lamb led off with a long fly ball, Wes Helms struck out, and Ronny Paulino to hit a grounder to third for the 27th out. Halladay struck out 11 and went to either 3-1 or 3-2 counts seven times, twice in the game's first three batters alone. 2013 -- Chris Davis went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Baltimore Orioles overcame three homers by Ryan Zimmerman to beat the Washington Nationals 9-6. 2013 -- Dioner Navarro had the first three-homer game of his career, connecting from both sides of the plate at Wrigley Field to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Navarro drove in a career-high six runs and scored four times. 2014 — Diamondbacks pitcher Josh Collmenter faces the minimum 27 batters in spite of allowing three hits in a complete game shutout defeat of the Cincinnati Reds. The three Reds baserunners were erased on double plays. 2015 — Lewis-Clark State wins their 17th NAIA baseball title. 2021 — The Twin's Josh Donaldson scored the two-millionth run in major league history. _____
