On This Day In Sports History is a new daily blog post that will feature the most significant sports events that occurred on this date in history. Click here to see what you missed yesterday.1912 - The Pittsburgh Pirates turn the rare 5-3-7 double play.
1929 - Cleveland Indian Earl Averill becomes the first American Leaguer to hit a homerun in his first career at bat.
1929 - The New York Yankees become the first team to wear uniform numbers.
1935 - Babe Ruth Plays his first National League game as a member of the Boston Braves.
1940 - The first televised baseball game on WGN-TV; White Sox vs Cubs exhibition game.
1940 - Cleveland Indian pitcher Bob Feller throws an Opening Day no-hitter.
1947 - NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born.
1980 - Tennis legend Arthur Ashe retires.
1983 - Steve Garvey sets an NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games.
1987 - Michael Jordan becomes the 2nd NBA player to score 3,000 points in a season.
2009 - NFL broadcaster John Madden retires.
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