Joe McGinnity gives two spits over umpire’s calls

On August 21, 1901

American baseball player Joe McGinnity was suspended after a brawl in which he punched and spat at umpire Tom Connolly.

This Day in History - August 21

2007

Bioshock, the first-person dystopian horror shooter game, was released for Xbox 360 and PC.

1760

The church 'Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez' was founded.

1993

NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

1821

British ship Eliza Frances discovered the island of Jarvis in the South Pacific Ocean.

1264

The Khagan emperor, Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire, accepted the surrender of his younger brother Ariq Böke, which ended the Toluid Civil War.

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