Thursday, June 21, 2007

June 21: This Day in The History of Sports

Time for another new daily function on the Sports Halo: This Day in Sports History. In this feature, I'll post the most well-known sports event (or events) in sports history for every day I can, so lets get started with today, June 21.

This Day in Sports History

1939- Baseball great Lou Gehrig quits baseball due to his unknown illness at the time, never to return to the sport again.

1997- The WNBA plays its first ever game with the New York Liberty beating the Los Angeles Sparks by 10 points, 67-57, and opening up a league for professional women's athletics

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