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In 1930, minor league baseball player Gene Rye hit three home runs in the same inning.
In 1992, Texas Ranger pitcher Nolan Ryan plunked KC’s Willie Wilson and tossed out of the game for the first and only time in his career.
In 1978, John Mahaffey won the PGA Championship, his first and only major. It denied Tom Watson the chance to win the PGA Championship, the only major he missed out on.
In 1926, American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel.
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