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Happy birthday to Todd Hundley, and a mighty host of others.<\/p>\n
Today in baseball history, in 2006\u00a0\u2013 At\u00a0Fenway Park<\/a>,\u00a0Curt Schilling<\/a>\u00a0becomes the 104th pitcher in major league history to reach 200\u00a0wins<\/a>\u00a0in the 6-4 triumph over\u00a0Tampa Bay<\/a>.\u00a0Schilling becomes only the fourth pitcher to earn his 200th win while in a Red Sox<\/a> uniform, joining\u00a0Lefty Grove<\/a>\u00a0(1934<\/a>),\u00a0Ferguson Jenkins<\/a>\u00a0(1976<\/a>) and\u00a0Luis Tiant<\/a>\u00a0(1978<\/a>) \u2014 and other stories as well.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Today in baseball history:<\/p>\n 2015 \u2013 Cubs<\/a>\u00a0pitcher\u00a0Jon Lester<\/a>\u00a0sets a new record for most hitless at bats from the start of a career by going 0 for 2 in a game against the\u00a0Nationals<\/a>. Coming into the game, he had been tied with\u00a0Joey Hamilton<\/a>\u00a0with 57 fruitless at-bats.<\/p>\n Cubs Birthdays: Brad Boxberger<\/a>, Todd Hundley<\/a>*, Jerry Kindall<\/a>, Jimmy Hallinan<\/a>. Also notable: Frank Thomas<\/a>\u00a0HOF. Jeff Bagwell<\/a>\u00a0HOF.<\/p>\n Today in history:<\/p>\n 1692 \u2013\u00a0William Phips, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony authorizes a special Court of Oyer and Terminer (\u201cto hear and determine\u201d), to administer Salem witch trials.<\/p>\n 1895 \u2013\u00a0British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera\/projector.<\/p>\n 1905 \u2013\u00a0Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history.<\/p>\n 1916 \u2013\u00a0President\u00a0Woodrow Wilson<\/a>\u00a0addresses the League to Enforce Peace, founded in 1915, and gives public support to the idea of a league of nations.<\/p>\n 1930 \u2013\u00a0The 1,046-foot (319-meter)\u00a0Chrysler<\/a>\u00a0Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public,<\/p>\n 1930 \u2013\u00a0Richard Drew invents masking tape.<\/p>\n 1937 \u2013\u00a0Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco<\/a> opens to pedestrians.<\/p>\n 1958 \u2013\u00a0Ernest Green becomes the first African-American to graduate from Little Rock\u2019s Central High School.<\/p>\n 1963 \u2013\u00a0Columbia Records releases \u201cThe Freewheelin\u2019\u00a0Bob Dylan<\/a>\u201c, the second studio album by folk singer Bob Dylan; it contains his songs \u201cBlowin\u2019 in the Wind\u201d, \u201cA Hard Rain\u2019s a-Gonna Fall\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Think Twice, It\u2019s All Right\u201d, and serves as his critical and commercial breakthrough.<\/p>\n 1968 \u2013 George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles<\/p>\n 1971 \u2013 John Lennon records the song \u201cImagine\u201d at his Ascot Sound home studio at Tittenhurst Park, England.<\/p>\n