1977 Event Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing 1968 Event Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card 1965 Event San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000 1948 Event Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players 1930 Event Yankees announce signing Joe McCarthy to manage for 4 years 1776 Event Formal signing of Declaration of Independence
