Walter Johnson History: August 23, 1942 - Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game, raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief November 5, 1940 - Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race June 9, 1933 - Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager October 4, 1932 - Clark Griffith announces Walter Johnson will be manager of Senators October 15, 1928 - Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators May 30, 1927 - Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career October 14, 1926 - Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark April 13, 1926 - At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout September 14, 1924 - Walter Johnson elected AL MVP August 25, 1924 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings July 22, 1923 - Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508) May 2, 1923 - Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0 September 5, 1921 - Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287 July 1, 1920 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0 May 14, 1920 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit May 15, 1918 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game September 29, 1913 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game May 14, 1913 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings April 10, 1913 - Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings August 26, 1912 - Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends April 15, 1911 - Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning August 7, 1907 - Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland August 2, 1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit November 6, 1887 - Walter Johnson, Kansas, Washington Senator pitcher, 1907-27, 414-218
More Notable Events on December 4:
1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
1991 Pan American World Airways ceased operations
1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage to John Warner
1970 Unemployment in U.S. increases to 5.8 percent
1945 Senate approves U.S. participation in UN