Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
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The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game, winning with 45-9 against the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
Babe Ruth's baseball jersey became the most expensive sports memorabilia when it sold for $5.6 million.
Reggie Jackson became the first major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times.
