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What happened in history on this day: October 3?
On October 3 in ...
- 1920 - American Pro Football Association plays first games.
- 1947 - With only one out to go, New York Yankees pitcher Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid; it scored two runs and he lost the game (World Series #44).
- 1948 - NFL becomes first sport televised as sport of the week.
- 1951 - The New York Giants win the pennant defeating Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1960 - New York Yankees win 8-7, ending season on a 15-game win streak.
- 1965 - Whitey Ford pitches number 232 to become New York Yankees' winningest pitcher.
- 1965 - On the last day of the season, San Francisco Giants' outfielder Willie Mays hits his 52nd home run to break the franchise record he established in 1955. San Francisco Giants defeat Cincinnati Reds at Candlestick Park, 6-3.
- 1970 - Baseball umpires call their first strike.
- 1971 - Billie Jean King becomes first female athlete to win $100,000.
- 1972 - Steve Carlton wins 27th game for Philadelphia Phillies (almost half of their 59 wins).
- 1982 - Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland).
- 1982 - Record 11,763 start a 186-mile cross-country race near Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1982 - Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than five hours.
- 1987 - Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile.
- 1990 - George Brett becomes first to lead league in batting in three decades.
- 1990 - Detroit Tigers' Cecil Fielder becomes 11th to hit 50 home runs (and 51st).
- 2004 - The Montreal Expos play their last baseball game in their 36-year history.
- 2021 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL pre-season game: Dallas Stars beats Arizona Coyotes by score 6-3.
- 2021 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL pre-season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Winnipeg Jets by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL pre-season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Detroit Red Wings by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, USA, National Football League regular season game: San Francisco 49ers beats Los Angeles Rams by score 24-9.
Births of sports figures on October 3
- 1728 - Birth of Christian d'Oriola in France; foils (Olympic-gold-1952, 1956).
- 1935 - Birth of Abdon Pamich in Italy; 50km walker (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 1937 - Birth of Eli Jacobs; baseball team owner (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1940 - Birth of Jean Ratelle; NHL center (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins).
- 1945 - Birth of Viktor Saneyev in USSR; triple jumper (Olympic-3 gold/1 silver-1968-1980).
- 1951 - Birth of Dave Winfield; baseball outfielder (New York Yankee).
- 1963 - Birth of Patrick Flatley in Ontario, Canada; right winger (New York Islanders, Olympics-4 gold-1988).
Deaths of sports figures on October 3
- 2004 - Death of John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer at age 44 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (born 1960).
- 2013 - Death of Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player (born 1944).
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