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1965 - Continental Football League plays first games.

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1969 - New York Mets fall 9.5 games back (later to win the pennant).

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1971 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0.

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1973 - Johnny Unitas files US$725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts.

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1977 - 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stadium.

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1981 - George Foster hits his 8th home run into the red seats at Riverfront.

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1982 - With his 12,365th career at-bat, Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose passes Hank Aaron to become the all-time leader of plate appearances.

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1986 - Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates play a six-game series in four days.

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1990 - California Angels' Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside the park grandslam.

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1990 - Denver votes for a 1 percent sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise.

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