1923 Eight-year-old Exterminator won his 34th stakes victory, the Philadelphia Handicap at Havre de Grace, setting an American record. 1925 More than 100,000 lined the procession route for the funeral of Charles H. Ebbets, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1944 The National Football League mandated that the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers for one year under the name Card-Pitt. The club ultimately finished the season with an 0-10 record. 1967 After playing 737 straight games without a rainout, the near impossible happened, a cancellation of a Dodgers game in Los Angeles. It was their first rainout since moving from Brooklyn. 1972 Texas opened Arlington Stadium and beat California, 7-6. 1973 In a surprising defeat, Secretariat finished third to stablemate Angle Light and runner-up Sham in the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct, his last start before sweeping the Triple Crown. The following day, Secretariat was found to have had an abscess in his mouth, which may have caused him discomfort while racing. 1980 Bill Rodgers won his third straight Boston Marathon with a winning time of two hours, 12 minutes and 11 seconds. The race was also remembered for the "Phantom Woman" Rosie Ruiz, who won the race but was later disqualified. 1994 Eddie Murray set a major league record with his 11th switch-hit home run game as the Cleveland Indians clubbed the Minnesota Twins, 10-6. 2001 The Atlanta Falcons selected Virginia Tech sophomore quarterback Michael Vick with the first overall selection in the NFL draft. Atlanta obtained the top pick in a trade with San Diego. - The Los Angeles Xtreme won the inaugural XFL championship game defeating the San Francisco Demons, 38-6. 2002 The New England Patriots traded quarterback Drew Bledsoe to the Buffalo Bills for a 2003 first-round draft pick. 2003 Kansas named Bill Self head basketball coach. Self, who coached at Illinois for three seasons, took over for Roy Williams, who left for North Carolina. - Robert Cheruiyot from Kenya won the Boston Marathon in a time of two hours, 10 minutes and 11 seconds. In the women's event, Svetlana Zakharova from Russia won in a time of two hours, 25 minutes and 20 seconds.