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What happened in history on this day: July 17?
On July 17 in ...
- 1914 - New York Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1, in 21 innings.
- 1918 - Longest errorless Major League baseball game, Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings.
- 1919 - New York Yankees get 21 hits, Saint Louis Browns get 17 hits; Browns win 7-6 in 17 innings, on squeeze play.
- 1923 - Carl Mays gives up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Cleveland Indians.
- 1924 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
- 1941 - Joe DiMaggio's 56-game baseball hitting streak ends.
- 1966 - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.3).
- 1974 - Bob Gibson becomes second pitcher to strike-out 3,000.
- 1976 - (to August 1) The Games of the XXI Olympiad are held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- 1976 - ABA merges into the NBA.
- 1979 - National League beats American League 7-6 in 50th All Star Game (Kingdome, Seattle, Washington).
- 1979 - Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo, Norway.
- 1987 - New York Yankees' first baseman Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games.
- 1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 100m woman's record (10.49s).
- 1990 - New York Yankees' player Deion Sanders hits an inside the park homer.
- 1990 - The Minnesota Twins become the first team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game, against the Boston Red Sox.
- 1994 - Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 in penalties (Full time score 0-0).
- 1997 - Daniel Komen breaks the two-mile world record, in a time of 7:58.61.
- 2021 - At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lime Rock, Connecticut, USA, the Northeast Grand Prix race is held, round 7 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 1st overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 4th overall is the Heart of Racing Team #23 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats San Diego Padres by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 9-5.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Colorado Rockies by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Texas Rangers by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats New York Mets by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Houston Astros by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Minnesota Twins by score 11-0.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Miami Marlins by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Baltimore Orioles by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Boston Red Sox by score 13-2.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Atlanta Braves by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Kansas City Royals by score 4-2.
Births of sports figures on July 17
- 1912 - Birth of Pal Kovács in Hungary; sabres (Olympic-gold-1952).
- 1915 - Birth of Dorothy Poynton-Hill; US platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932).
- 1917 - Birth of Lou Bourdeau; baseball player/manager (1948 Associated Press Athlete of Year).
- 1920 - Birth of Juan Antonio Samaranch in Barcelona, Spain; ambassador to the Soviet Union, International Olympic Committee president (1980-2001).
- 1920 - Birth of Rudolf Karpati in Hungary; sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 1960).
- 1941 - Birth of Daryle Lamonica; Oakland Raiders' quarterback (AFL leading passer 1967).
- 1942 - Birth of Connie Hawkins; Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA Most Valuable Player 1968).
- 1948 - Birth of Cathy Ferguson; 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 1956 - Birth of Bryan Trottier in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL Center (New York Islanders).
- 1960 - Birth of Scott Norwood; NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat).
Deaths of sports figures on July 17
- 1961 - Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers' hall of fame baseball player, dies at age 75.
- 1974 - Death of Jay Hanna Dean AKA Dizzy Dean at age 64; baseball player (pitcher, Hall of Fame), sportscaster (Game of the Week, legendary spoonerisms).
- 1995 - Death of Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (born 1911).
- 2015 - Death of Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (born 1989).
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