This Day In Sports History is a new daily blog post that will feature the most significant sport events that occurred on this date in history. Click here to see what you missed yesterday.1906 - The Boston Beaneaters end their 19-game losing streak by beating the Cardinals 6-3.
1914 - Honus Wagner becomes the 2nd player to record 3,000 hits.
1945 - Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher is arrested after a game against the Phillies when a fan claims Durocher punched him.
1946 - 66,545 fans attend the Yankees game to help them break the one million attendance mark the earliest that season.
1946 - New York Giants manager Mel Ott becomes the first manager to be ejected from both games of a doubleheader.
1963 - The first Sunday night baseball game is played; San Francisco Giants lose to the Houston Colts 45's 3-0.
1966 - The Minnesota Twins hit 5 home runs in the 7th inning against the A's.
1989 - Barry Switzer resigns as Oklahoma's head football coach.
1989 - Michael Chang becomes the youngest male to reach the finals of the French Open tennis tournament at age 17.
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