On July 1, 1910 the original Comiskey Park held its opening day under the name White Sox Park

Sox Park. (The home team lost to the St. Louis Browns, 2-0.) On this date: In 1860, Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber, died in New York at age 59. In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in...