TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2024

SEPT 14

British Golf Open

1865 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman Andrew Strath wins his first title; beats 2-time champion Willie Park Sr. by 2 strokes


GolferWillie Park Sr.

• 1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
• 1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game

Dempsey KOs Firpo
1923 In his 4th heavyweight boxing title defence Jack Dempsey recovers after being sent through the ropes to KO Argentine challenger Luis Firpo in the 2nd round at the Polo Grounds, NYC


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey

• 1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play

American League MVP
1924 Walter Johnson selected as the American League MVP


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1929 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox

US Men's Tennis Open
1929 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 7th US title; beats Francis Hunter 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4


Tennis PlayerBill Tilden

• 1930 Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6

Waner Ties Hornsby Record
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates' future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 MLB hits for 7th time


MLB Hall of Fame 2nd Baseman and ManagerRogers Hornsby

• 1942 Yanks clinch pennant #13
• 1943 Yanks clinch pennant #14

US Men's Tennis Open
1947 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Jack Kramer wins second straight US title; beats fellow American Frank Parker 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3


Tennis PlayerJack Kramer
US Open Women's Tennis
1947 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Louise Brough beats Margaret Osborne duPoint 8-6, 4-6, 6-1 for her only US singles title


Tennis PlayerLouise Brough

• 1953 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians

Baseball Record
1954 New York Giants Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record


MLB LegendWillie Mays

Baseball Player and ManagerMel Ott

• 1955 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245)

Baseball History
1958 NY Yankees win 24th pennant and 9th under Casey Stengel


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Ellis vs Patterson
1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson
Baseball History
1968 MLB Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1971 Cleveland Indians & Washington Senators, play 20 innings
• 1975 Milwaulkee Brewer Robin Yount breaks Mel Ott's record, playing in 242 MLB games as a teen

Baseball History
1978 MLB Atlanta Braves' Jim Bouton (38) beats San Francisco Giants, his 1st win since 1970


Baseball Pitcher and AuthorJim Bouton

• 1980 Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
• 1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"

Baseball History
1986 Bo Jackson's 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)


NFL Running Back and Baseball OutfielderBo Jackson
NFL History
1986 NFL Bears running back Walter Payton scores his 100th career rushing touchdown, and gains 177 yards, surpassing 15,000-yard career plateau in 13-10 overtime win over visiting Philadelphia Eagles, at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois


NFL Running BackWalter Payton

• 1986 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game

Baseball History
1987 Cal Ripken Jr.'s record streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is finally broken


MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr

• 1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles

US Men's Tennis Open
1987 US Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins 3rd straight US title; beats Sweden's Mats Wilander 6-7, 6-0, 7-6, 6-4


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major ChampionMats Wilander

• 1989 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
• 1989 Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons
• 1991 San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34
• 1994 MLB team owners vote to cancel remainder of 1994 season, as well as the World Series for only the second time in history, continuing labor dispute with Players Association

Baseball Record
1996 As' Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire

• 1996 England Test cricket fast bowler Dean Headley equals WR by taking his 3rd hat-trick of the English County season for Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury
• 1996 NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher
• 2003 Baltimore running back Jamal Lewis sets the NFL single-game rushing record when he runs for 295 yards and 2 touchdowns on 30 carries in the Ravens 33-13 victory over Cleveland

Solheim Cup
2003 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Barsebäck G & CC: Europe regains Cup; after Catriona Matthew beat Rosie Jones 3 & 1 to clinch, amid controversy 4 of 5 remaining matches are conceded for final score of 17½-10½


GolferCatriona Matthew

• 2008 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Madrid, Spain: Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to give Russia its 4th title in 5 years (ends, 4-0)

US Men's Tennis Open
2009 US Open Men's Tennis: Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina wins his first Grand Slam title; beats defending champion Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

Tennis PlayerJuan Martín del Potro
Golf Major
2014 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: 19-year-old South Korean Kim Hyo-joo wins by 1 stroke ahead of Australian runner-up Karrie Webb


GolferKarrie Webb

• 2019 Former Welsh rugby union and league player Gareth Thomas reveals he is HIV positive

 

SEPT 15

• 1870 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris, Jr. wins third straight title; again beats Bob Kirk, this time by 12 strokes
• 1879 Pim Mulier forms Royal Haarlemsche Football Club based in Haarlem, Netherlands; oldest existing club in Dutch football
• 1899 US Open Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: Willie Smith wins by a comfortable 11 strokes from Scotsmen George Low & Val Fitzjohn and Bert Way of England

• 1902 Chicago Cubs infielders Tinker, Evers, & Chance turn their first double play together in a 6-3 win over Cincinnati
• 1912 Boston Red Sox pitcher "Smoky" Joe Wood ties then MLB record of 16 straight wins with a 2-1 victory over St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park
• 1922 Philadelphia catcher Butch Henline becomes first NLer to hit 3 HRs in a game since 1897 during Phillies' 10-9 win over St. Louis Cardinals at the Baker Bowl

US Men's Tennis Open

1923 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins 4th of 6 straight US singles titles; beats Bill Johnston 6-4, 6-1, 6-4


Tennis PlayerBill Tilden

• 1928 Kent leg-spinner Alfred "Tich" Freeman takes 2-102 and 4-75 for Rest of England vs Lancashire to become the only bowler to take 300 wickets (304) in an English cricket season
• 1928 St. Louis Cardinals set NL record of 18 men left-on-base; still beat Phillies, 8-6 at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
• 1940 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)
• 1940 Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher)
• 1946 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats
• 1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15
• 1950 For a record 6th time, NY Yankees' first baseman Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game
• 1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)
• 1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game

Maurice Richard Retires
1960 Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard
U.S. Amateur Championship
1961 61st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus aged 21


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1962 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
• 1963 Alou brothers - Felipe, Matty, & Jesús - appear in San Francisco Giants outfield for 1 inning in a 13-5 win over Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field

Baseball Record
1969 MLB St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 NY Mets in a game


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1975 1st College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 17-3 in Foxborough

Baseball History
1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)


MLB ManagerEarl Weaver

• 1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans

Ali vs Spinks
1978 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionLeon Spinks

• 1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL & NL (Astros)
• 1985 MLB New York Yankees trade 25-year-old pitching prospect Jim Deshaies to Houston Astros for 40-year-old pitcher Joe Niekro
• 1985 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: Europe beats US, 16½-11½; first US loss since 1957; Sam Torrance clinches for Europe beating Andy North, 1 up
• 1988 Lillehammer, Norway, upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics
• 1988 Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
• 1990 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves
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• 1991 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 shots from Debbie Massey
• 1991 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)

Baseball Record
1995 St Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays


Baseball PlayerOzzie Smith
President's Cup
1996 Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Mark O'Meara and David Duval are undefeated as US edges International team, 16½-15½


GolferMark O'Meara

GolferDavid Duval
Baseball History
1996 Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 2000 27th Olympic Games opens at Sydney, Australia

NFL Record
2002 Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon begins NFL record-tying (Kurt Warner, Steve Young) streak of 6 consecutive 300-yard passing games, throwing for 403 yards in Raiders' 30-17 victory at Pittsburgh


NFL QuarterbackSteve Young

• 2004 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.

Golf Major
2013 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Suzann Pettersen of Norway wins by 2 strokes over New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko; first time event has major title status


GolferLydia Ko

GolferSuzann Pettersen
Canelo KOs Golovkin
2018 Russian boxer Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) loses his first pro fight in record 20th title defense as well as undisputed world middleweight crown when outpointed by Mexican Canelo Álvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) in Las Vegas


BoxerCanelo Álvarez
Solheim Cup
2019 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Gleneagles: Europe beats US, 14½-13½; Suzann Pettersen of Norway sinks 8-footer on 18th hole of final match to beat Marina Alex, 1-up and regain Cup


GolferSuzann Pettersen
Gymnasts Testify Against Nassar
2021 US gymnasts, including Simone Biles, testify against former team doctor Larry Nassar at a Senate Committee hearing, criticizing a system that allowed it to happen


GymnastSimone Biles
Federer Retires
2022 Tennis great Roger Federer announces his retirement from professional tennis at 41 with 20 grand slam wins and 103 ATP titles [1]


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

 

SEPT 16

• 1864 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. wins third title; beats fellow Scot Andrew Strath by 2 strokes
• 1869 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: At just 18 years of age, Tom Morris Jr. retains his title; beats fellow Scot Bob Kirk by 11 strokes
• 1869 Golf's first recorded hole-in-one is scored by Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole in Scotland

• 1885 5th America's Cup: Puritan (NY Yacht Club) beats Genesta (Royal Yacht Squadron, Isle of Wight, UK) by 1:38 for 2-0 series win
• 1887 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Jr wins first of 2 Open titles by 1 stroke from fellow Scot Bob Martin
• 1892 Amsterdam swimming club renamed "The Y"
• 1906 Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon

US Men's Tennis Open

1922 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins third straight US singles title; beats fellow American Bill Johnston 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4


Tennis PlayerBill Tilden
Baseball Record
1924 St. Cardinals future Baseball HOF first baseman Jim Bottomley sets MLB all-time single game RBI record of 12 in a 17-3 rout of Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets Field


Baseball PlayerJim Bottomley

• 1926 St Louis Cards beat Phillies 23-3
• 1930 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
• 1931 St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies

Redskins First Game
1937 Redskins NFL franchise play first game in Washington at Griffith Stadium; defeat the New York Giants in season opener, 13–3


American Football PlayerMel Hein

• 1938 British racing driver George Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
• 1939 NY Yankees clinch their 11th & 4th successive pennant

Leo Durocher Suspended
1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

• 1950 Cleveland Browns (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Philadelphia 35-10)
• 1951 US National League umpire Frank Dascoli clears the Dodgers bench, ejecting 15 players

US Women's Golf Open
1951 US Open Women's Golf, Druid Hills GC: Betsy Rawls wins first of her 8 major titles, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Louise Suggs


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

• 1953 AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
• 1955 Bauer & Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st

Sports History
1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1957 Los Angeles City Council approves a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for the Dodgers

Sports History
1960 Milwaukee Braves' future HOF pitcher Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0 at County Stadium


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1962 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
• 1965 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0
• 1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)

NFL Record
1973 Buffalo running back O.J. Simpson rushes for a then NFL record 250 yards in the Bills, 31-13 win at New England


NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal O.J. Simpson

• 1975 MLB Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett is second to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning MLB game in a 22-0 rout of Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field in Chicago
• 1978 New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2; at Yankee Stadium; Blue Bombers 6th win over arch rivals in 2 weeks
• 1979 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
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• 1979 Ryder Cup Golf, The Greenbrier: US wins, 17-11; new Team Europe replaces Great Britain & Ireland as official opposition to the United States

Schwarzenegger Becomes an American
1983 Austrian weightlifter and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen


Actor, Body Builder and Governor of CaliforniaArnold Schwarzenegger

• 1987 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game
• 1988 Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats LA Dodgers, 1-0
• 1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia

Baseball Record
1993 Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield is 19th to get 3,000 hits


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDave Winfield
Baseball Record
1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victories


MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux
Baseball Record
1996 MLB Minnesota Twins' Paul Molitor becomes 21st player to reach 3,000 hits


Baseball Player and ManagerPaul Molitor

• 1997 American Basketball League MVP Nikki McCray signs with the WNBA

Baseball History
1997 Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cardinals for $26M


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire
Baseball Record
2000 Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire


MLB OutfielderSammy Sosa

MLB First BasemanMark McGwire

• 2007 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Moscow, Russia: Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Francesca Schiavonea of Italy 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 to give Russia an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 4-0)
• 2007 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Halmstad GK, Sweden: US retains Cup 16-12; after trailing by a point US dominates singles 8½-3½

Women's British Open
2012 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Jiyai Shin wins her second Open title, 9 strokes ahead of fellow South Korean Inbee Park


GolferInbee Park

• 2012 NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement
• 2016 Chris Sharma free solos Alasha in Mallorca, Spain, the world's first 9b (5.15b) deep-water solo route
• 2017 New Zealand All Blacks rugby union team hands South Africa their biggest test match defeat in history; beat Springboks, 57-0 in Rugby Championship round in Albany, NZ
• 2018 Cycling land speed record broken for men and women by Denise Mueller-Korenek riding 183.932 mph (296.010 km/h) Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
• 2018 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: At age 40, American Angela Stanford wins her first major title by 1 stroke from Amy Olson, Austin Ernst, Mo Martin & Kim Sei-young

NFL Record
2018 Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes sets an NFL record of 10 touchdowns in first 2 weeks of a season, torching Pittsburgh’s secondary with 6 TD passes; leads Chiefs to 42-37 victory on the road


NFL QuarterbackPatrick Mahomes

 

SEPT 17

• 1897 US Open Men's Golf, Chicago GC: Englishman Joe Lloyd wins his only major title by 1 stroke over runner-up Willie Anderson of Scotland; last 36-hole US Open

Eddie Collins Debut

1906 Playing as "Sullivan" Columbia University jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's


Baseball Legend Eddie Collins

Baseball History
1912 Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles


Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel
Honus Wagner Retires
1917 American baseball shortstop Honus Wagner retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33


MLB Shortshop Honus Wagner

• 1920 National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association; renamed the NFL in 1922

Piet Moeskops
1922 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ

US Men's Tennis Open
1927 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Frenchman Rene Lacoste successfully defends title; beats Bill Tilden 11-9, 6-3, 11-9

• 1928 Boston Braves pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning during his 4th and final major league appearance, in 15-5 loss to Chicago Cubs

US Men's Tennis Open
1928 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Frenchman Henri Cochet wins his only US title; beats American Frank Hunter 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3

• 1931 Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 MLB doubles
• 1937 1st NFL game in Washington, D.C.; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3

US Men's Tennis Open
1939 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Reigning Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs beats fellow American Welby van Horn 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

US Open Women's Tennis
1939 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Dual champion Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs 6-0, 8-10, 6-4

Stan Musial Debut
1941 Stan Musial makes his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, going 2-for-4


MLB Legend Stan Musial
Jackie Robinson
1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News


Baseball Player Jackie Robinson

• 1949 Ryder Cup Golf, Ganton GC: US beats Great Britain, 7-5; Americans win 6 of 8 singles matches to claim victory
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• 1950 San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17

Ernie Banks
1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player


MLB shortstop Ernie Banks
Marciano KOs Charles
1954 In a quick re-match at Yankee Stadium, NYC, Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in the 8th round to retain his world heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano
Baseball History
1955 Future MLB Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game


Baseball Hall of Fame Third Baseman Brooks Robinson

• 1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year

Golf Tournament
1959 59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus

US Men's Tennis Open
1960 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Neale Fraser wins 2nd straight US title; beats Rod Laver 6-4, 6-4, 9-7

US Open Women's Tennis
1960 US National Championship Women's Tennis: American Darlene Hard wins her first US singles title; beats defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 10-12, 6-4

Tarkenton's 1st Game
1961 Fran Tarkenton plays his first NFL Game against the Chicago Bears, coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a 37-13 victory, also becoming the only QB to throw four touchdown passes in his first career game


NFL Quarterback Fran Tarkenton

• 1961 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)

Baseball History
1964 Yankee Mickey Mantle gets career hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR in 6-2 victory over Los Angeles Angels at New York


Baseball Legend Mickey Mantle

• 1966 Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
• 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13

Baseball History
1968 San Francisco Giants Gaylord Perry no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0


Baseball Pitcher Gaylord Perry

• 1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup

Baseball History
1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more

• 1977 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain and Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
• 1978 After 6 losses to the New York Yankees in September, the Boston Red Sox finally score a 7-3 win over their arch rivals at Yankee Stadium

Baseball Record
1979 Royals' George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season


MLB Third Baseman George Brett
Baseball History
1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela

• 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship

Baseball Record
1984 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games


Baseball Pitcher Dwight Gooden
Baseball Record
1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs


MLB Right Fielder Reggie Jackson

• 1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
• 1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL
• 1989 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ)
• 1991 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• 1992 NFL decides to suspend World League Football
• 1996 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field

NFL History
2000 Dan Marino's #13 jersey is retired by the Miami Dolphins


Hall of Fame NFL QuarterbackDan Marino
Baseball History
2001 Despite suffering from lung cancer and Parkinson's disease, Jack Buck stirs emotions by reading a patriotic-themed poem during the pregame ceremonies on baseball's first night back after the September 11th terrorist attacks


Sportscaster Jack Buck
Baseball Record
2004 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hits his 700th career MLB home run, off San Diego's Jake Peavy


MLB Legend Barry Bonds
Federation Cup
2006 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Charleroi, Belgium: Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium withdraws with an injured knee with decisive doubles match level at 1-set all; Italy wins first ever title, 3-2

• 2017 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Anna Nordqvist of Sweden beats Brittany Altomare at 1st sudden-death playoff hole; event reduced to 54 holes after day 1 abandoned (bad weather)

Baseball History
2019 MLB San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski homers in his first game at Boston's Fenway Park, long-time home field of his grandfather Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

 

SEPT 18

• 1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner

British Golf Open

1863 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park, Sr. wins his 2nd title; beats rival Tom Morris Sr. by 2 strokes


GolferWillie Park Sr.

• 1903 Phillies' Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0
• 1909 Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det

US Men's Tennis Open
1926 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Frenchman René Lacoste wins first of 2 straight US titles; beats countryman Jean Borotra 6-4, 6-0, 6-4


Tennis PlayerRené Lacoste

Tennis PlayerJean Borotra

• 1928 St. Louis beat Phillies, 4-2 at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia; 20th Cards' win of 22 starts between the 2 clubs in 1928
• 1929 Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
• 1930 Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (UK) in 15th America's Cup

Baseball Record
1930 NY Yankee future Baseball HOF pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-6 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherRed Ruffing

• 1938 Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
• 1938 Despite losing a double header (4-3, 8-7) to the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park III, the New York Yankees clinch their 10th AL pennant

Louis KOs Mauriello
1946 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1st round for heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
• 1954 Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2)

Baseball Record
1955 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)


MLB LegendWillie Mays
Baseball Record
1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a season


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1962 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
• 1963 Final MLB game at Polo Grounds, New York City; 1,752 see Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets 5-1
• 1965 Mickey Mantle Day is celebrated at Yankee Stadium as Mantle plays his 2,000th game

NFL Record
1966 Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas throws 4 touchdown passes in 38-23 win at Minnesota to surpass Y.A. Tittle as NFL's career leader with 212; finishes career with 290 TD passes


NFL QuarterbackJohnny Unitas

• 1967 Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup yacht race at Newport, Rhode Island
• 1968 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
• 1971 Ryder Cup Golf, Old Warson CC: US beats Europe, 18½-13½; after leading by 1 match, GB loses all Friday morning 4-ball matches to lose momentum
• 1972 1st black NL umpire is Art Williams for Los Angeles vs San Diego

Baseball History
1976 MLB Cleveland Indians player-manager Frank Robinson's last game as a player


Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
Baseball History
1977 Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson
24th America's Cup
1977 Ted Turner's Courageous (US) sweeps Alan Bond's Australia 4-0 in the 24th America's Cup


Businessman and SailorTed Turner

• 1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31

Sports History
1984 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons


MLB OutfielderTim Raines
Cricket History
1986 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras


Cricket BatsmanDavid Boon

• 1987 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #30 off Bill Wegman in 5th inning of Tigers' 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; first 40-year-old to hit 30 MLB HRs in a season
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• 1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
• 1991 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
• 1991 NCAA places Tennessee on 2 years probation for football recruiting violations
• 1991 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
• 1993 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
• 1993 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3

President's Cup
1994 1st Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Davis Love III is undefeated as US beats International team, 20-12 in inaugural event


GolferDavis Love III
Baseball
1994 Ken Burn's documentary miniseries "Baseball" premieres on PBS (Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series)


Baseball Player and CoachBuck O'Neil
Baseball Record
1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts


MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens
Golf History
1997 Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo
Federation Cup
2005 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Paris, France: Russian pair Elena Dementieva & Dinara Safina win deciding doubles rubber 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 over Amélie Mauresmo & Mary Pierce of France; clinches Russia's 2nd consecutive title, 3-2


Tennis PlayerMary Pierce

Tennis PlayerAmélie Mauresmo

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