On this date in "old" baseball history:
- 1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
- 1908 Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer register their popular song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for copyright
- 1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
- 1917 Cincinnati's Fred Tooney & Chicago's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0
- 1920 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
- 1923 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
- 1930 Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
- 1939 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak (playing every game), Yanks beat Detroit Tigers 22-2
- 1954 MLB St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader against the New York Giants at Busch Stadium
And on a completely different score . . .
- 1952 John Cage's "Water Music" (for a solo pianist, using a piano, a radio, whistles, water containers, and a deck of cards) premieres in New York City
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