Sports History 1937 - During the All-Star Game, Earl Averill hit a line drive that broke one of Dizzy Dean's toes. 1953 - The Dodgers set a major league record when they got a home run in their 24th consecutive game. 1964 - Shea Stadium hosted it's first and only All-Star game. 1985 - Boris Becker became the youngest, the first unseeded and the first German player to win the Wimbledon men's finals. 1990 - Martina Navratilova won a record ninth Wimbledon women's singles title. 2003 - In Florida, Darrell Armstrong (Orlando Magic) was arrested after being accused of fighting with a female police officer outside a nightclub. Armstrong was booked into the Orange County jail on charges of battery on a law-enforcement officer and resisting arrest without violence. |