2018: San Antonio Spurs traded SF Kawhi Leonard and SG Danny Green to the Toronto Raptors for SG DeMar Derozan, C Jakob Poeltl, and a 2019 1st Rd Pick
2018: Baltimore Orioles traded 3B/SS Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers for multiple prospects
2017: Washington Nationals 3B/1B Ryan Zimmerman broke Vladimir Guerrero’s record for the most HR (234) in Expos/Nationals franchise history. Zimmerman spent his entire career with the Nats and extended his franchise-record to 284
2001: Hall of Fame PG Jason Kidd was traded from the Phoenix Suns with C Chris Dudley to the New Jersey Nets for PG Stephon Marbury, SF Johnny Newman, and C Soumaila Samake where Kidd would lead NJ to 2 consecutive NBA Finals appearances
1999: SP David Cone became the 3rd New York Yankees pitcher to throw a Perfect Game, collecting the 16th Perfect Game in MLB history
1996: Free Agent C Shaquille O’Neal signed the largest contract in NBA history at the time with the Los Angeles Lakers on a 7y/$120M deal where he won the 2000 NBA MVP award and 3 straight NBA Finals MVPs from 2000-02 alongside Kobe Bryant
1960: The NL officially approved expansion franchises in Houston (Astros) and New York (Metropolitans)
1927: After spending the 1st 22 years of his career with the Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics OF Ty Cobb became the very 1st player to record 4,000 career hits in MLB history with a double in front of his former home crowd of Detroit as a visitor. Only Pete Rose has since joined Cobb in the 4,000-Hit club
1921: In just his 4th season since moving off the pitchers’ mound, New York Yankees OF Babe Ruth hit his 139th HR to become baseball’s all-time leader, passing Roger Connor. Ruth held onto the all-time HR lead until Hank Aaron surpassed him with his 715th HR over 50 years later in 1974