– 1906: The ”Hitless Wonder” Chicago White Sox began their American League record 19-game winning streak, one that would be tied only by the 1947 New York Yankees in the American League.
– 1907: Walter Johnson made his major-league debut with the Washington Senators, losing 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers. The first hit he ever yielded was a bunt single by Ty Cobb.
– 1938: The Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals used a yellow baseball in the first game of a doubleheader as an experiment.
– 1979: New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in the crash of his private plane while practicing takeoffs and landings at Canton, Ohio, airport. – 1987: Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6, hit two homers and drove in seven runs, to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.
