1880
John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game. A perfect game occurs when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine innings.
1898
1939
The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York.
1942
Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.
1963
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
1997
Interleague play began in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series.
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