John McGraw History: February 25, 1934 - John McGraw, manager (New York Giants), dies at 60 July 3, 1932 - John McGraw retires from baseball June 3, 1932 - John McGraw, who came to New York in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants March 27, 1931 - John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on December 17, 1928 - John McGraw backs NL President John Heydler's designated hitter idea May 14, 1928 - John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg September 25, 1922 - Giants beat St. Louis, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant October 12, 1913 - John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw and is fired July 19, 1902 - New York Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw July 16, 1902 - John McGraw named manager of New York Giants July 2, 1902 - John McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years) March 11, 1901 - Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant April 18, 1899 - John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager April 7, 1873 - John McGraw, born in Truxton, New York, MLB player and manager of the New York Giants, nicknamed 'Little Napoleon'
More Notable Events on July 8:
1933 Public Works Administration becomes effective
1909 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights
1889 Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1835 Liberty Bell cracks, again
1796 U.S. State Department issues 1st American passport