1997 Event Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them 1981 Event LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yards) 1973 Event Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1972 Birthday Ken Irvin, NFL cornerback for the Buffalo Bills 1967 Birthday Irvin Smith, CFL cornerback, for the Montreal Alouettes 1966 Birthday Michael Irvin, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys 1951 Event In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn 1949 Event Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants 1949 Event New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 1949 Event New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith 1940 Birthday John Irvin, actor, Moment in Time 1923 Birthday Irvin Kershner, Philadelphia, director, Never Say Never Again 1919 Event 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1919 Event Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall 1919 Birthday Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer for the New York Giants 1904 Birthday Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1876 Birthday Irvin S Cobb, Kentucky, writer/humorist, Old Judge Priest 1876 Birthday Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist 1818 Birthday Irvin McDowell, Major General Union volunteers
