1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day.
1920 - Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
1927 - A three-day public hearing began on the charges that four games played between Chicago and Detroit on September 2 and 3 of 1917 had been thrown.
1934 - Both the National and American baseball leagues decided to use a uniform-size baseball. It was the first time in 33 years that both leagues used the same size ball.
1957 - Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to NY Giants
1972 President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.
1993 - Mike Ditka was fired as coach of the Chicago Bears. Never understood this move.
1998 Sonny Bono, the pop singer-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., at age 62.
2004 After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
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