Baseball memory.
On August 22, 1965, during a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitcher Juan Marichal hit catcher John Roseboro with a baseball bat, leading to a bench-clearing brawl known as the “Battle of Candlestick”. 2015 ESPN story:
...Marichal was ejected and Roseboro left the game injured (he would need 14 stitches to close the gash on his head). Roseboro would miss the next two games before returning to action. Marichal was suspended for eight game days (10 games because of doubleheaders) and fined a then-record $1,750 (which translates to about $15,000 today {2015}). Roseboro would sue Marichal for $110,000 in damages, and the case was eventually settled with Roseboro receiving $7,500.
Roseboro wasn’t the only one to sustain an injury in the melee. After being tackled by Crawford and disarmed, Marichal defended himself from the ground with kicks. He spiked Dodgers reliever Howie Reed in the thigh and Johnson in the ankle. Crawford’s hand was cut when somebody stepped on it.
Source: Juan Marichal clubbed John Roseboro 50 years ago in ugly, iconic incident (ESPN website).
August, 1965. Riots in Watts(LA) and a civil war in the Dominican Republic.
Marichal ended up playing for the Dodgers.