Event:
Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties
Connie Mack History:
February 8, 1956 - Connie Mack, baseball manager (Philadelphia A's, 1901-50), dies at 93
October 18, 1950 - Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
June 12, 1950 - Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
April 4, 1948 - 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
May 17, 1941 - Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack
December 20, 1940 - Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000
December 3, 1933 - Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000
December 8, 1914 - Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox
November 1, 1914 - Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby
February 7, 1908 - Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St. Louis Browns for $5,000
December 22, 1862 - Connie Mack, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900 - 1950 More Notable Events on April 3: 1991 U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution
1986 U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
1982 U.N. Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
1941 Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
1933 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest
