Today In Sports History 4/20

Our past has shaped the present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history today.

Baseball

• In 1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11

Golf

• In 1997 at the PGA Seniors’ Championship defending champion Hale Irwin wins his second of 3 straight Senior PGA C’ships by streeting runners-up Dale Douglass and Jack Nicklaus by 12 strokes

Miscellaneous

• In 1887 Georges Bouton wins the world’s 1st motor race on a steam-powered quadricycle, a ‘test’ organised by French newspaper Le Velocipede

NBA

• In 1986 Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game

NFL

• In 1944 NFL legalizes coaching from bench

NHL

• In 1988 NJ Devils first playoff hat trick-Eric Broten