- Curt Flood files a lawsuit challenging the major league reserve clause in 1970.
- The Baltimore Orioles traded Mike Dimmel to the Cardinals for Benny Ayala in 1979.
Birthdays
- Ferdie Schupp (1891)
- Showboat Fischer (1899)
- Dizzy Dean (1910)
- Ron Villone (1970)
- Albert Pujols (1980)
- Daniel Poncedeleon (1992)
Deaths
- Wiley Dunham (1934)
- Rudy Hulswitt (1950)