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1923
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- Hall of Famer and Negro League superstar Larry Doby was born.
1943
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- Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins was born.
1955
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- Northwestern University fires head coach Lou Saban. Also fired is a heretofore unknown assistant, George Steinbrenner.
1970
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- At age 83, Chick Gandil, former first baseman and alleged ringleader of the Black Sox Scandal, died.
1977
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- 29 people, including the entire University of Evansville basketball team, died in a plane crash.
2003
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- The largest crowd in NCAA basketball history -- 78,129 -- packed Detroit's Ford Field to watch Kentucky best Michigan State, 79-74.
2006
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- The Boston Red Sox, having previously won at auction exclusive rights to negotiation with Daisake Matsuzaka, sign Dice-K to a four year, $51.1 million contract.
Births
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- 1923: Larry Doby
- [[1935}}: Lindy McDaniel
- 1943: Ferguson Jenkins
- 1975: Matt LeCroy
- 1976: Josh Fogg