Today's events in sports history

Sept 11

• 1862 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr retains his title; beats Willie Park Sr. by 3 strokes
• 1886 6th America's Cup: Mayflower (NY Yacht Club) beats Galatea (Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club, Scotland) for 2-0 series victory

• 1890 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: John Ball becomes first Englishman and first amateur to win the Open; beats Willie Fernie and Archie Simpson by 3 strokes
• 1895 FA Cup stolen in Birmingham

Baseball Record

1912 Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins steals MLB record 6 bases in the Athletics' 9-7 win over Detroit Tigers at Navin Field


Baseball LegendEddie Collins

• 1918 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 2-1 at Fenway Park for 4-2 series win; Sox 5th WS title
• 1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks
• 1923 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run
• 1926 21st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (4-1), for their 7th straight championship
• 1926 Yanks' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice flies

Baseball Record
1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits 50th home run during his MLB record 60 HR season in New York's 6-2 loss to St. Louis Browns at Yankee Stadium


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Sports History
1928 Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1933 Antwerps Sportpaleis, the largest indoor arena in Europe opens; renovated 2010-13
• 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
• 1937 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Don Budge wins first of 2 straight US titles; beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
• 1937 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Anita Lizana of Chile becomes first Latin American to win a major; beats Jadwiga Jędrzejowska of Poland 6-4, 6-2

Sports History
1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours & 19 minutes.


SwimmerFlorence Chadwick
Sports History
1955 75th US National Championships Men's Tennis: American Tony Trabert wins his second home title; beats Ken Rosewall of Australia 9-7, 6-3, 6-3


Tennis Player and Five-Time Major ChampionTony Trabert

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall

• 1955 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward Hales of England 6-4, 6-2

Sports History
1955 Juan Manuel Fango in a Mercedes wins season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza to take his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Englishman Stirling Moss


Auto RacerStirling Moss
Sports History
1956 Cincinnati Reds outfielder Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR


Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
Baseball Record
1956 New York Yankees Yogi Berra ties career record for HRs (236) by a catcher

• 1959 Elroy Face's 22 game winning streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4
• 1959 Baltimore starter Jerry Walker pitches all 16 innings as the Orioles edge the Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium
• 1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy
• 1965 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
• 1966 Johnny Miller becomes 1st New York Yankee to hit a HR on his 1st MLB at bat; his 2nd HR came on his final MLB at bat in 1969

US Open Women's Tennis
1971 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Billie Jean King beats doubles partner Rosemary Casals 6-4, 7-6

• 1972 XX Summer Olympic Games close in Munich, German FR
• 1976 Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)

US Open Women's Tennis
1976 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Chris Evert retains her title; dominates Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 6-3, 6-0


US Men's Tennis Open
1977 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Guillermo Vilas becomes the only Argentine to win US title; beats Jimmy Connors 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0; final time event played at West Side Tennis Club

• 1982 US Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert wins her 6th and final US title, beating Hana Mandlíková 6-3, 6-1

US Men's Tennis Open
1983 US Open Men's Tennis: American Jimmy Connors retains title; repeats previous year's win over Czech Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0

• 1983 Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become the only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards
• 1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India

Sports History
1985 Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1988 Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world

US Men's Tennis Open
1988 US Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins his only US title and 7th & final Grand Slam event; beats Ivan Lendl 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the longest final in event's history

• 1991 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
• 1991 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0

US Open Women's Tennis
1993 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins 15th Grand Slam singles title, 3rd US title; beats Helena Suková 6-3, 6-3


US Men's Tennis Open
1994 US Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins first US title; beats Michael Stich of Germany 6-1, 7-6, 7-5

• 1995 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"

US Open Women's Tennis
1999 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam title; beats World #1 Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-6

• 2004 US Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Russian final Svetlana Kuznetsova wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Elena Dementieva 6-3, 7-5

US Men's Tennis Open
2005 US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer retains title; beats Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1; Agassi's last appearance in a Grand Slam final


Solheim Cup
2005 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: US regains Cup 15½–12½; Meg Mallon clinches with 3 & 1 victory over Karen Stupples


US Open Women's Tennis
2010 US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian defending champion Kim Clijsters beats Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-2, 6-1 for her third US singles crown

• 2014 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later found guilty of culpable homicide)

US Men's Tennis Open
2016 US Open Men's Tennis: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland wins his 3rd major title; beats defending champion Novak Đoković 6-7, 1-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3

• 2018 James Anderson takes his 564th Test wicket to become the most prolific fast bowler in cricket history as England beats India by 118 runs in the 5th Test at The Oval for a 4-1 series victory; Alistair Cook's final Test
• 2021 US Open Women's Tennis: Emma Raducanu ends Britain's 44-year wait for a women's Grand Slam singles title beating Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-4, 6-3; first qualifier to win a major title in Open era

 

Sept 11

• 1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set
• 1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup

• 1895 Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] arrives in Chicago to complete first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle in 15 months and collects her $10,000 prize

Sports History

1911 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers dual for final time; Boston Rustlers' Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of the Giants; NY wins, 11-2


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
• 1920 VII Summer Olympic Games close in Antwerp, Belgium

World Record
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)

• 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Bill Johnston & Bill Tilden clinch US 5th straight title beating Australians Pat O'Hara Wood & Gerald Patterson 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 for 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
• 1925 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0)
• 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Vincent Richards & R. Norris Williams clinch US 6th straight title; beat Jean Borotra & René Lacoste of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 for 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
• 1930 Brooklyn catcher Al López hits major league's last recorded bounce HR
• 1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR
• 1934 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Englishman Fred Perry retains title; beats Wilmer Allison of the US 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 8-6
• 1935 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Wilmer Allison beats Sidney Wood 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 for his lone major singles title
• 1935 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6-2, 6-4 for her 4th consecutive US singles title
• 1936 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his 8th and final Grand Slam event before turning pro; beats American Don Budge 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8

US Open Women's Tennis
1936 50th US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: #3 seed Alice Marble beats top seeded fellow American Helen Jacobs 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

• 1947 Pittsburgh's future Baseball HOF left fielder Ralph Kiner hits 2 HRs in Pirates' 4-3 win over the Boston Braves at Forbes Field; record 8th HR in 4 games
• 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team, defeating Milwaukee Braves 5-2. Brooklyn finishes season with record of 105-49.
• 1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)
• 1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920
• 1962 Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
• 1964 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4½"
• 1965 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Spaniard Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale of South Africa 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1 for his lone US singles crown
• 1965 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith wins her second of 5 US singles titles; beats American rival Billie Jean Moffitt 8-6, 7-5
• 1966 US National Championships Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe 4-6, 12-10, 6-3, 6-4; his second and final major singles title

US Open Women's Tennis
1966 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 7th and final Grand Slam singles crown



US Open Women's Tennis
1970 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Court of Australia completes Grand Slam; beats American Rosemary Casals 6-2, 2-6, 6-1

• 1971 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Stan Smith wins first career Grand Slam event; beats Czech star Jan Kodeš 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6
• 1972 Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as President International Olympic Committee
• 1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24)

US Men's Tennis Open
1976 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Jimmy Connors wins his second US title; beats Björn Borg of Sweden 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4

• 1979 Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club

Baseball Record
1979 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off NY Yankee Jim Beattie


Sports History
1981 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles


US Open Women's Tennis
1981 US Open Women's Tennis: Tracy Austin wins her second US title; beats Martina Navratilova 1-6, 7-6, 7-6

• 1982 Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon
• 1982 US Open Men's Tennis: Jimmy Connors wins his 4th US title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Sports History
1984 NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251


Baseball PitcherDwight Gooden

• 1987 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year
• 1988 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card

Sports History
1991 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
US Men's Tennis Open
1992 Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang 6-7, 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 in the longest match in US Open history (5 hours, 26 minutes)


Tennis Player and French Open ChampionMichael Chang

Tennis PlayerStefan Edberg
US Open Women's Tennis
1992 US Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles retains her title; beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6-3, 6-3


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Sports History
1993 Paul Molitor at 37 is oldest to reach 100 RBIs for 1st time in career


Baseball Player and ManagerPaul Molitor
US Men's Tennis Open
1993 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his second US title; beats Frenchman Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3


Tennis PlayerPete Sampras

Tennis PlayerCedric Pioline

• 1997 NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle

US Open Women's Tennis
1998 US Open Women's Tennis: Lindsay Davenport wins her first career Grand Slam title; beats defending champion Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-5


Tennis PlayerMartina Hingis
US Men's Tennis Open
1999 US Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins 2nd and final US title; beats fellow American Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2


Tennis LegendAndre Agassi

Tennis PlayerTodd Martin
US Men's Tennis Open
2004 US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer of Switzerland wins first US title; outclasses Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6, 6-0


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

• 2004 Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field to snap their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak

Radio History
2005 Mark Messier announces on ESPN radio that he will retire from the NHL


NHL LegendMark Messier
US Open Women's Tennis
2009 US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Kim Clijsters becomes first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament; beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-5, 6-3


Tennis PlayerKim Clijsters

Tennis PlayerCaroline Wozniacki

• 2009 South Africa claims 3rd Tri Nations Rugby Series with 32-29 win over defending champions New Zealand in Hamilton; Steyn bros dominate with the boot; Morné kicks 2 penalties, 2 conversions & dropped goal; François, 3 penalties

US Men's Tennis Open
2011 US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his first US title; beats Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković

Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal

• 2015 US Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Italian final Flavia Pennetta wins her only Grand Slam title; beats Roberta Vinci 7-6, 4-7, 6-2; first Italian to win US title

US Open Women's Tennis
2020 US Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka of Japan wins her second US title; beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 1-6, 6-3, 6-3


Tennis PlayerNaomi Osaka

Tennis PlayerVictoria Azarenka

• 2021 US Open Men's Tennis: Russia's Daniil Medvedev wins his first major title by shattering Novak Đoković's hopes of completing a Grand Slam in one-sided 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 final

 

SEPT 13

• 1866 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins his 3rd title; beats his brother Davie Park by 2 strokes
• 1872 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris, Jr. wins 4th consecutive title; beats fellow Scot Davie Strath by 3 strokes

• 1883 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia
• 1902 Chicago Cubs infielders Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, & Frank Chance appear together as teammates for 1st time, creating the famed double-play combination of "Tinker to Evers to Chance"
• 1907 Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) forms with merge of Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) and Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal FC (QRFU)

Sports History

1909 Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1910 Regina Rugby Club forms
• 1924 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0)
• 1925 Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1

Sports History
1927 NY Yankees clinch AL pennant after 5-3 win over Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium; Babe Ruth hits HR #52 en route to MLB record 60


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
World Record
1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

• 1930 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Fresh Meadow CC: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Gene Sarazen 1-up in the final for the second of his 3 major titles
• 1930 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St John's Rugby, 7-3
• 1930 50th US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: John Doeg beats Frank Shields 10-8, 1-6, 6-4, 16-14 for his lone major singles title
• 1932 NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
• 1934 Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000

Baseball Record
1936 17 year old Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF pitcher Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 Philadelphia A's in 5-2 win at League Park, Cleveland


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller
Hall of Fame
1938 Alexander Cartwright is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame


Inventor of Modern BaseballAlexander Cartwright

• 1942 Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning
• 1946 Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
• 1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
• 1951 St Louis Cards beat NY Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
• 1953 Pitcher Bob Trice becomes the first black player for Philadelphia Athletics
• 1953 Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari retains Formula 1 World Drivers Championship although forced to retire (engine trouble) in season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza; wins title by 6.5 points from Juan Manuel Fangio
• 1954 Cincinnati first baseman Ted Kluszewski scores a run in his record 17th consecutive game as Reds lose 5-4 to Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field

Sports History
1958 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1959 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Neale Fraser wins first of 2 straight US singles titles; beats Alex Olmedo of Peru 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4

US Open Women's Tennis
1959 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her first of 4 US singles crowns; beats England's Christine Truman 6-1, 6-4


Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno

• 1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law

Sports History
1963 Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches Yanks 28th pennant


Baseball Pitcher and AuthorJim Bouton
US Men's Tennis Open
1964 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his 3rd Grand Slam title of the year


Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

• 1964 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her 3rd US singles title; dominates American Carole Graebner 6-1, 6-0

Baseball Event
1965 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1969 Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
• 1969 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
• 1970 New York City Marathon: inaugural event won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38

US Men's Tennis Open
1970 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ken Rosewall wins second US title; beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3; first major in which tiebreak used to decide sets at 6-6


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall

Tennis Player and CoachTony Roche

• 1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
• 1973 US Congress passes & sends a bill to President Nixon to lift NFL football's television blackout of sold out games
• 1974 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
• 1976 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
• 1978 New York Yankees recover from 14 games behind to gain sole possession of AL East 1st place with 7-3 win over the Tigers in Detroit
• 1981 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)

US Men's Tennis Open
1981 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins 3rd straight US title; beats Björn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in Borg's last Grand Slam match


Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe

Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg

• 1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game

Baseball Record
1982 MLB Phillies Steve Carlton tosses a complete-game shutout and hits a home run for the 4th time in his career, in 2-0 win over St. Louis, at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; he becomes only pitcher to do so in three different decades


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Sports History
1983 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save


MLB PlayerDan Quisenberry
Baseball Record
1983 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1983 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
• 1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season

US Open Women's Tennis
1987 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Steffi Graf of Germany 7-6, 6-1


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf

• 1987 Tampa Bay quarterback Steve DeBerg establishes a franchise record with 5 touchdown passes in the Buccaneers 48-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons
• 1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
• 1989 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
• 1990 Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner

Sports History
1991 Joe Carter 1st baseball player with 3 consecutive 100 RBI seasons with 3 different teams (Indians, Padres, Blue Jays)

• 1991 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
• 1992 NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28

US Men's Tennis Open
1992 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg retains his title; beats Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2

• 1997 Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat NY Islanders 4-1
• 1998 US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Patrick Rafter retains title; beats Mark Philippoussis 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

Sports History
1999 John Elway's #7 jersey is retired by the Denver Broncos

• 2008 New Zealand beats Australia, 28-24 in Brisbane to clinch their 4th straight Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter scores a try and lands 4 conversions for the All Blacks

US Men's Tennis Open
2010 US Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins his first US crown; beats Novak Đoković 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; first Spanish man to win US title since Manuel Orantes 1975

• 2013 Jim Furyk fires 12-under-par 59 in the 2nd round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms GC in Lake Forest, Illinois, becoming just the 6th player to shoot sub-60 in a PGA Tour event

Golf Major
2015 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins by 6 from Lexi Thompson to become youngest major winner, 18yrs, 142 days


US Men's Tennis Open
2015 US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4; third man to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in the same year in Open Era after Rod Laver and Federer

• 2017 International Olympic Committee announces Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) will host the Olympic games
• 2018 Amazon live streams “Thursday Night Football” Cincinnati beats Baltimore 34-23; first all-female broadcast booth in NFL history; Andrea Kremer calls game with Hannah Storm
• 2020 ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Mirim Lee of South Korea wins her first major title; beats Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda with a birdie on first playoff hole

US Men's Tennis Open
2020 US Open Men's Tennis: Austrian Dominic Thiem becomes first in 70 years to recover from 2 sets down to win US crown; beats Alexander Zverev of Germany 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6

• 2020 Chicago Cubs pitcher Alec Mills no-hits the Milwaukee Brewers, 12-0 at Miller Park, Milwaukee

 

Sept 14

• 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
• 1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)

• 1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game

Boxing Title Fight

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

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

Baseball 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

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

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


MLB LegendWillie Mays

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

Sports History
1958 Yankees win 24th pennant, & 9th under Casey Stengel


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


Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson
Sports History
1968 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

Sports History
1978 Braves' Jim Bouton, 38, beats 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 Event
1986 Bo Jackson's 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)


NFL Running Back and Baseball OutfielderBo Jackson

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

Sports History
1987 Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is 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
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
• 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
• 1928 St. Louis Cardinals set NL record of 18 men left-on-base; still beat Phillies, 8-6 at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
• 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
• 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
• 1952 Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee
• 1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)
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• 1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game

NHL Record

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


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard
Golf Tournament
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

Sports History
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

Sports 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

Boxing Title Fight
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 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: Europe beats US, 16½-11½; sole US loss in 50 years; Sam Torrance clinches for Europe beating Andy North, 1 up
• 1985 New York Yankees trade 25-year-old pitching prospect Jim Deshaies to Houston Astros for 40-year-old pitcher Joe Niekro
• 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
• 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)

Sports History
1995 Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays


Baseball PlayerOzzie Smith

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

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


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 2000 27th Olympic Games opens at Sydney, Australia
• 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
• 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
Sports History
2018 Russian boxer Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) loses his first pro fight in record 20th title defence as well as undisputed world middleweight crown when outpointed by Mexican Canelo Álvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) in Las Vegas


BoxerCanelo Álvarez

• 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

Sports History
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

 

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 Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one by Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole, Scotland

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Sports History

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

• 1939 NY Yankees clinch their 11th & 4th successive pennant

Sports History
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)

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

• 1951 US National League umpire Frank Dascoli clears the Dodgers bench, ejecting 15 players
• 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 LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for 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's O.J. Simpson rushes for a then NFL record 250 yards in Buffalo's 31-13 win at New England


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1975 Pittsburgh second baseman Rennie Stennett is second to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning MLB game as Pirates rout Chicago Cubs, 22-0 at Wrigley Field
• 1978 New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2; at Yankee Stadium; Blue Bombers 6th win over arch rivals in 2 weeks
• 1979 Ryder Cup Golf, The Greenbrier: US wins, 17-11; new Team Europe replaces Great Britain & Ireland as official opposition to the United States
• 1979 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
• 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 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits


Baseball Player and ManagerPaul Molitor

• 1997 ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA

Sports 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 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Halmstad GK, Sweden: US retains Cup 16-12; after trailing by a point US dominates singles 8½-3½
• 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)
• 2012 NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement
• 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
• 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

Farm Aid Concert
2017 Farm Aid held in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, and Jamey Johnson [1]


Singer-songwriterSheryl Crow

Singer-SongwriterJohn Mellencamp

Singer-Songwriter and GuitaristDave Matthews
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

• 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

 

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

Sports History

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


Baseball LegendEddie Collins

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


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Sports History
1917 Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33


MLB ShortshopHonus 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
• 1922 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ
• 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
• 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 Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 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


Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs
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


Tennis ChampionAlice Marble
Sports History
1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4


MLB LegendStan Musial
Sports History
1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News


Baseball PlayerJackie 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

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


MLB shortstopErnie Banks
Boxing Title Fight
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 ChampionRocky Marciano

Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles
Sports History
1955 Future MLB Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks 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


GolferJack 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


Tennis PlayerRod Laver
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


Tennis PlayerDarlene Hard

Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno

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

Sports History
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 QuarterbackFran Tarkenton
Sports 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 LegendMickey 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
• 1968 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0
• 1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup
• 1977 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain & Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
• 1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
• 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 BasemanGeorge Brett
Sports History
1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherFernando 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 PitcherDwight Gooden
Baseball Record
1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs


MLB Right FielderReggie 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

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


Hall of Fame NFL QuarterbackDan Marino
Sports 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


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


MLB LegendBarry Bonds

• 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)

 

Sept 18

• 1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner
• 1863 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park, Sr. wins his 2nd title; beats rival Tom Morris Sr. by 2 strokes

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Boxing Title Fight

1946 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 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 at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game

Sports History
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 (Aust) in 21st America's Cup
• 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

Sports History
1976 Cleveland Indians player-manager Frank Robinson plays last game as a player


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


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson

• 1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
• 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
Sports 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
• 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
Television Premiere
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
Hall of Fame
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

• 2016 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Chun In-gee of South Korea wins her 2nd major title by 4 strokes from Ryu So-yeon & Park Sung-hyun; 21-under-par score a record for all women's majors

Sports History
2017 England footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years


English FootballerWayne Rooney

 

Sept 19

• 1876 Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa
• 1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days

• 1901 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley
• 1912 Soccer team NAC (Noad Advendo Combination) forms in Breda
• 1921 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden successfully defends title; beats Wallace F. Johnson 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
• 1925 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 6th consecutive US title; beats Bill Johnston for 4th straight year 4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

PGA Championship

1931 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Wannamoisett CC: 20 year old American Tom Creavy beats Denny Shute, 2 & 1 in the final for his lone major title


GolferDenny Shute

• 1931 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
• 1933 NY Giants clinch the pennant

Sports History
1947 Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year"


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

• 1948 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Pancho Gonzales wins first of 2 consecutive US singles titles; beats Eric Sturgess 6-2, 6-3, 14-12
• 1948 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Osborne duPont wins first of 3 straight US singles crowns; beats Louise Brough Clapp 4-6, 6-4, 15-13

Baseball Record
1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1966 Mike Burke named Yankees pres

Sports History
1968 Denny McLain's 31st win & Mickey Mantle's 535th HR


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1971 New York City Marathon: inaugural women's race won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22; 2nd men's race won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54

Baseball Record
1973 Frank Robinson, Angels OF, homers in record 32nd major league ballpark - Arlington Stadium (Arlington, Texas), against the Rangers


Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson

• 1973 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington, D.C.
• 1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
• 1986 Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1
• 1986 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras

Olympic Games
1988 American diver Greg Louganis smashes his head on diving board during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Seoul Olympics; recovers to qualify for the final which he wins the following day


DiverGreg Louganis

• 1988 US women's all-round gymnastics team is controversially penalised 0.5 after compulsory round at the Seoul Olympics; substitute an alternate athlete on uneven bars medal podium; Americans finish 4th just 0.3 behind East Germany
• 1988 Australian swimmer Duncan Armstrong sets world record 1:47.25 to win the 200m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; beats Anders Holmertz of Sweden by 0.64
• 1988 British swimmer Adrian Moorehouse wins 100m breaststroke gold medal in 1:02.04 at the Seoul Olympics; edges Károly Güttler of Hungary by 0.01
• 1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
• 1992 Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)

Sports History
1992 Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson & Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal MLB seasons


MLB LegendBarry Bonds

MLB Third BasemanHoward Johnson

MLB OutfielderRon Gant

• 1992 Demolition begins of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; built in 1926 as Sesquicentennial Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium, it hosted the 1926 Tunney-Dempsey fight, 41 Army-Navy football games, The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; victory rallies for The NHL Flyers and MLB Phillies; and the US portion of Live-Aid

Sports History
1993 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years


Baseball PitcherTom Glavine

• 1993 San Diego Chargers' kicker John Carney boots 6 field goals in an 18-17 win over Houston to set a new NFL record with 29 consecutive field goals made
• 1995 Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits HRs in 3rd of 4 games
• 1999 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Stanford, California: Lindsay Davenport beats Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-4, 6-4 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 4-1) and their record extending 16th title

Baseball Record
2000 Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run becoming the first major league player to reach the mark as a pinch-hitter


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.

• 2004 Ryder Cup Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Europe retains Cup wins 18½-9½; victory margin largest by a European team in history of the event

Sports History
2004 NFL Oakland Raider wide receiver Jerry Rice ends NFL streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception in a 13-10 victory over Buffalo Bills [1]


NFL LegendJerry Rice
Sports History
2007 MS Dhoni named Captain of Indian Cricket team for the 1st time for the ICC World Twenty20


CricketerMS Dhoni
Sports History
2008 Greg Maddux pitches his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants


MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

• 2015 Japan beats South Africa 34-32 in Brighton, England in the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history

Farm Aid Concert
2015 Farm Aid (30th Anniversary) held in Chicago, Illinois; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mavis Staples [1]


Country SingerWillie Nelson

Singer-SongwriterJohn Mellencamp

Singer-Songwriter and GuitaristDave Matthews

• 2017 New MLB record for most home runs in a season, no. 5,694 hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals

 

Sept 20

• 1876 Ottawa Football Club forms
• 1902 Chicago White Sox pitcher Jimmy 'Nixey' Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0

• 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox no-hits Brooklyn Superbas, 2-1 at Exposition Park, Pittsburgh
• 1908 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Philadelphia 1-0
• 1911 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header

US Golf Open
1913 US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: 20-year old amateur Francis Ouimet wins his only Open title in an 18-hole playoff, 5 strokes ahead of Britons Harry Vardon & Ted Ray


GolferHarry Vardon
PGA Championship
1919 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Engineers CC: Defending champion Jim Barnes defeats Fred McLeod, 6 & 5 in the final


Pioneering GolferJim Barnes
Baseball Record
1919 Legendary baseball slugger Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's MLB mark of 27 home runs with a 9th inning blast in Boston Red Sox 4-3 win against Chicago White Sox


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Baseball Record
1922 St. Louis Cardinals future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games


MLB Hall of Fame 2nd Baseman and ManagerRogers Hornsby
PGA Championship
1924 PGA Championship Men's Golf, French Lick CC: 1921 champion Walter Hagen beats Englishman Jim Barnes 2-up in the final


GolferWalter Hagen

Pioneering GolferJim Barnes

• 1924 Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams
• 1924 Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game

Sports History
1931 MLB's Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1932 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
• 1933 Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2

Boxing Title Fight
1939 Joe Louis puts Bob Pastor down 5 times before an 11th round KO at Briggs Stadium, Detroit in his 8th heavyweight boxing title defence


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1948 Mexican Baseball league disbanded
• 1949 Top American tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
• 1951 MLB owners elect National League President Ford Frick as 3rd Baseball Commissioner for a 7-year term at a then massive $65,000 per annum

Sports History
1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR


MLB shortstopErnie Banks
Sports History
1954 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy


Middle-Distance RunnerRoger Bannister
Baseball Record
1955 Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1955 Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRs in a season
• 1958 Baltimore Oriole knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0

Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

• 1964 20th America's Cup yachting: Eric Ridder skippered Constellation beats English challenger Sovereign for a 4-0 American series sweep off Newport, RI

Baseball Record
1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
Ryder Cup
1969 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: US, Great Britain tie, 16-16; great sporting gesture, America's Jack Nicklaus concedes missable 3-foot putt to Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole for the draw


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1969 Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0

Davis Cup
1969 58th Davis Cup: American pair Bob Lutz & Stan Smith clinch final 8-6, 6-1, 11-9 over Ilie Năstase & Ion Țiriac of Romania in Cleveland, OH; ends 5-0


Tennis ChampionIlie Năstase
Sports History
1973 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match


Tennis LegendBillie Jean King

Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs

• 1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season

Ryder Cup
1975 Ryder Cup Golf, Laurel Valley GC: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 21-11; Arnold Palmer non-playing American captain; Bernard Hunt GB & I skipper


GolferArnold Palmer

• 1980 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of catcher Thurman Munson unveiled at Yankee Stadium: Munson died in plane crash in 1979

Sports History
1980 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett

• 1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
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• 1981 Ryder Cup Golf, Walton Heath GC: US wins 18½-9½; 6th and final Ryder Cup for Jack Nicklaus as a player; wins all 4 of his matches
• 1983 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• 1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
• 1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players

Sports History
1987 French driver Alain Prost wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; his record 28th Formula 1 victory


Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost

• 1987 San Francisco wide receiver Dwight Clark's NFL record streak of 105 consecutive games with a reception ends in 49ers 27-26 victory in Cincinnati

NFL Record
1987 Chicago running back Walter Payton scores his NFL record 107th rushing touchdown in the Bears' 20-3 victory over Tampa Bay


NFL Running BackWalter Payton

• 1988 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #18 in Tigers' 4-3 loss to Cleveland Indians; Evans' 400th MLB career HR

Olympic Gold
1988 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 3m springboard gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after famously hitting his head on the board the previous day


DiverGreg Louganis

• 1988 Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons
• 1995 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
• 1997 Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive
• 1998 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Muirfield Village: US retains Cup; beats Europe 16-12 for third consecutive victory

Federation Cup
1998 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Geneva, Switzerland: Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beat Martina Hingis & Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-0, 6-2 in doubles decider to clinch Spain's 5th title, 3-2


Tennis PlayerMartina Hingis

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario

Tennis PlayerConchita Martínez

• 2013 Alex Rodriquez sets new MLB record with 24 Grand Slam home runs for the New York Yankees
• 2015 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, GC St. Leon-Rot: US regains Cup 14½ to 13½; Paula Creamer beats Sandra Gal 4 & 3 in deciding singles match
• 2020 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot CC: American Bryson DeChambeau claims his first career major title as the only player to score under par; wins by 6 strokes from Matthew Wolff
• 2020 107th Tour de France: Slovenian Tadej Pogačar claims yellow jersey from countryman Primož Roglič; also wins mountains and U25 classifications; green jersey, Sam Bennett
• 2021 Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez hits his 46th home run to break Hall of Famer Johnny Bench's MLB record for most in a season by a catcher, in Royals 7-2 win in Cleveland

 

Sept 21

• 1906 New York Highlanders 1st baseman Hal Chase has 22 put-outs to tie MLB record in a 6-3 win over Chicago White Sox at South Side Park
• 1934 St Louis Cardinals pitching Dean brothers shut-out Brooklyn Dodgers in a doubleheader; Dizzy, in a 13-0 rout and Paul, with a 3-0 no-hitter

• 1951 Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec

Boxing Title Fight

1955 In his last fight, undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano KOs light heavyweight Archie Moore in the 9th round at Yankee Stadium, NYC


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

Boxing ChampionArchie Moore
Baseball Record
1956 New York Yankees set dubious MLB record, stranding 20 on base; Mickey Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but rival Boston Red Sox win 13-9 at Fenway Park


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1969 NY Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos
• 1969 Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8)
• 1970 Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0
• 1971 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
• 1973 NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games

Contract of Interest
1973 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000


NBA Point GuardNate Archibald

• 1980 LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception
• 1980 Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)

Baseball Record
1981 MLB Philadelphia Phillies lefthander Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson)


MLB StarAndre Dawson

Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) goes off the air
• 1982 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
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• 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike

Boxing Title Fight
1985 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes

• 1986 NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards
• 1986 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown
• 1986 SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitches 1-hitter in his major league debut

Sports History
1988 Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville, New Jersey home


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1988 Suriname swimmer Anthony Nesty wins 100m butterfly at the Seoul Olympics; Suriname's first gold; first black to win individual Olympic swim gold medal; thwarts Matt Biondi's attempt at 7 gold medals
• 1988 East German swimmer Silke Hörner sets world record 2:26.71 to win the 200m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; first of 2 gold (4 x 100m medley relay)
• 1988 Hungarian swimmer Tamás Darnyi sets world record 4:14.75 to win the 400m individual medley at the Seoul Olympics; also wins 200m I/M gold for the medley double
• 1990 Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years
• 1990 MLB Commissioner Faye Vincent turns down Chicago White Sox bid to reinstate 68 year old Minnie Miñoso
• 1991 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics
• 1997 Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a HR out of Dodger Stadium
• 1997 NY Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR
• 2008 The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.
• 2008 Ryder Cup Golf, Valhalla GC: US lead from start to finish to win 16½-11½ and regain Cup after 3 consecutive European victories

Farm Aid Concert
2013 Farm Aid held in Saratoga Springs, New York; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Pete Seeger, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Carlene Carter, Pegi Young & The Survivors, and Insects vs Robots [1]


Singer-Songwriter and GuitaristDave Matthews

Singer-SongwriterJohn Mellencamp

World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson

• 2017 Andre Ward, unified light heavyweight champion and world’s top pound-for-pound boxer, announces his retirement

 

Sept 22

• 1861 Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate) in New Mexico fires on and kills Navajo Indians after horse race dispute
• 1905 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt GC: Willie Anderson wins his 3rd consecutive Open title, and his record 4th overall, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Alex Smith

• 1910 Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms with an initial 9 team competition

Sports History

1911 Boston Rustlers' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young beats Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-0 at Forbes Field for his final career victory, number 511


MLB PitcherCy Young
Sports History
1912 Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins becomes only player in MLB history to steal 6 bases in one game for a second time as A's beat St. Louis Browns, 8-2


Baseball LegendEddie Collins

• 1915 Boston Red Sox ask Boston Braves for use of Braves Field (10,000+ capacity) for Baseball World Series against Philadelphia Phillies
• 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
• 1925 New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicago White Sox

Boxing Title Fight
1927 "The long count" - in a famous boxing rematch, Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey by 10-round unanimous decision at Soldiers Field, Chicago to retain world heavyweight title; crowd 104,943; gate $2,858,660


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey

• 1927 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
• 1935 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
• 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant as Chicago defeats St. Louis Cardinals in second game of a double header
• 1954 Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st MLB game
• 1957 Duke Snider's 39th & 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
• 1959 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
• 1961 MLB Baltimore Orioles Jim Gentile ties record of 5 grand slams in a single season
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• 1966 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
• 1966 Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
• 1967 Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
• 1968 Minnesota Twins utility César Tovar pitches a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions in a 2-1 win over Oakland A's at Metropolitan Stadium

Baseball Record
1969 SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1973 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 19-13; first time 'Ireland' included in team name
• 1973 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
• 1977 Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0
• 1979 Larry Parrish (Expos) HRs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH
• 1982 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
• 1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"

Sports History
1985 Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1985 St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
• 1986 India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie

Sports History
1986 LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherFernando Valenzuela

• 1987 NFL players go on strike for 24 days (2nd regular-season strike)
• 1987 Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons
• 1988 South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
• 1988 Soviet gymnast Vladimir Artemov wins individual all-round gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; follows his teams all-round victory; wins 4 gold for the Games
• 1988 American swimmer Janet Evans sets a world record 4:03.85 to win the 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; 3rd gold medal of the Games (400m I/M, 800m)
• 1988 American swimmer Matt Biondi wins the blue ribband 100m freestyle gold medal in Olympic record 48.63 at the Seoul Games; beats countryman Chris Jacobs & Stéphan Caron of France
• 1989 MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs

Baseball Record
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits


MLB StarAndre Dawson

MLB LegendWillie Mays
Sports History
1991 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory


NFL Head CoachDon Shula

• 1991 NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)

Sports History
1993 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1996 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, St. Pierre Hotel & CC: US retains Cup; beats Europe 17-11; in expanded format US wins 10 of 12 singles matches in final day blowout
• 1997 American sportcaster Marv Albert pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
• 2002 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Interlachen CC: US regains Cup 15½-12½; Rosie Jones gains winning point in her 3 & 2 victory over Karine Icher

Baseball Record
2004 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times in a 9-inning game (MLB record) for the second time (1 May 2004)


MLB LegendBarry Bonds
Farm Aid Concert
2012 Farm Aid held in Hershey, Pennsylvania; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Kenny Chesney, Jack Johnson, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Dale Watson, and Pegi Young [1]


Country SingerWillie Nelson

Singer-SongwriterJohn Mellencamp

Singer-Songwriter and GuitaristDave Matthews

• 2019 Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Geneva: Alexander Zverev beats Milos Raonic 6-4 3-6 10-4 to earn Team Europe a dramatic 13-11 win over Team World; Europe's 3rd straight win

 

Sept 23

• 1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
• 1868 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Jr. beats his father, Tom Morris Sr. by 3 strokes; at 17 young Morris remains youngest Open champion

• 1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
• 1892 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Harold Hilton wins by 3 shots from amateur John Ball, Sandy Herd & Hugh Kirkaldy
• 1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th & disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay & pennant)
• 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
• 1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP

Boxing Title Fight

1926 "Upset of the Decade" - Gene Tunney beats defending champion Jack Dempsey by 10-round unanimous decision at Sesquicentennial Stadium (later known as JFK Stadium), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for world heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey

• 1933 MLB New York Yankees commit 5 errors (3 by shortstop Frankie Crosetti), but beat Red Sox 16-12 at Fenway Park, Boston
• 1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit
• 1939 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4
• 1948 Braves clinch NL pennant

Sports History
1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck

• 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
• 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant with a record of 96-57 over the New York Giants 92-62

Boxing Title Fight
1952 Undefeated Rocky Marciano KOs defending champion Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round at Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia for the world heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe

• 1955 Yanks clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2
• 1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
• 1962 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills breaks Ty Cobb's 1915 MLB steals record, recording #97 on his way to 104
• 1979 MLB St Louis Cardinals legend Lou Brock steals 938th & final base of his career
• 1983 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in Ohio

Sports History
1983 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game, beating Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Sports History
1984 NFL San Francisco 49er quarterback Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games


NFL QuarterbackJoe Montana
Sports History
1984 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues


MLB Player and ManagerSparky Anderson
Baseball Record
1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1988 Portuguese world champion Rosa Mota runs 2:25:40 to score a famous Olympic marathon win over Australian Lisa Martin at the Seoul Games
• 1988 Americans Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter & Matt Biondi swim world record 3:16.53 to win 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the Seoul Olympics
• 1988 East German swimmer Uwe Dassler sets world record 3:46.95 to win 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; edges Australian Duncan Armstrong by 0.2s
• 1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
• 1992 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
• 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
• 1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258)

Sports History
2017 US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn't want to attend


45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump

Basketball SuperstarStephen Curry
Golf Tournament
2018 Tour Championship Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Tiger Woods wins by 2 strokes from Billy Horschel; Woods' 80th PGA Tour win; first in 5 years; Justin Rose wins FedEx Cup crown, $10m bonus


GolferTiger Woods
Sports History
2018 39 year old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws 17 yard pass to Michael Thomas to become NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6,300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37


NFL QuarterbackDrew Brees

• 2018 Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Chicago: Alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World

 

Sept 24

Sports History
1853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)


Business MagnateCornelius Vanderbilt

• 1903 Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle
• 1906 St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game
• 1908 Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1

Baseball Record
1919 Boston Red Sox slugger Babe Ruth sets MLB season home run record at 28 off Yankee Bob Shawkey in a 2-1 loss at the Polo Grounds in NYC


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1920 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth becomes first to hit 50 home runs in a MLB season with a 1st inning blast off Jose Acosta in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Senators

Baseball Record
1922 St Louis Cardinals future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby sets National League HR mark at 42


MLB Hall of Fame 2nd Baseman and ManagerRogers Hornsby

• 1927 NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs
• 1927 New York Yankees set a record of 106 victories
• 1929 New York Yankee pitcher Tom Zachary ends season 12-0, record for most pitching wins without a loss in one season
• 1930 Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights
• 1931 Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks
• 1934 2,500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium
• 1934 Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0
• 1938 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Don Budge beats fellow American Gene Mako 6-3, 6-8, 6-2, 6-1 to become first player to win a Grand Slam

US Open Women's Tennis
1938 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Alice Marble wins her second US singles crown; beats Nancye Wynne Bolton of Australia 6-0, 6-3


Tennis ChampionAlice Marble

• 1946 Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs
• 1948 Yanks, Boston & Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL (91-56)

Boxing Title Fight
1953 Rocky Marciano TKOs home town favourite Roland LaStarza in 11 at NYC's Polo Grounds to retain his world heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

• 1954 Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning
• 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
• 1963 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
• 1967 NFL St. Loius Cardinals' Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals at Pittsburgh Steelers, setting NFL record at the time

Sports History
1968 NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack


MLB First BasemanGil Hodges

• 1969 NY Mets clinch NL East pennant
• 1971 Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings

Sports History
1972 NY Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (44-34)


NFL QuarterbackJoe Namath
Baseball Record
1974 Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderAl Kaline

• 1977 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards

Sports History
1978 Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74


Baseball pitcherRon Guidry
Sports History
1979 Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1979 Russian ice skaters Protopopov & Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland
• 1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
• 1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in season
• 1983 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 6 in drawn 2nd Test v India in Jullundur; goes on to play 45 Tests
• 1984 Chicago Cubs clinch NL East title

Baseball Record
1985 Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th), and joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 HRs in an inn twice


MLB StarAndre Dawson
World Record
1988 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)


Olympic Sprinter and Long jumperCarl Lewis

• 1988 American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record 7,291 points to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John & Anke Behmer take the minor medals
• 1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson breaks his own 100m world record with a time of 9.79 at the Seoul Olympics; disqualified 3 days later for use of drug stanozolol; Carl Lewis awarded gold and world record 9.92
• 1988 Soviet gymnast Vladimir Artemov shares horizontal bar gold medal with teammate Valeri Liukin at the Seoul Olympics; also wins the parallel bars event to take his gold medal haul to 4 for the Games
• 1988 East German cyclist Christa Luding-Rothenburger wins silver medal in the women's track sprint at the Seoul Olympics; first athlete to win medals at Summer & Winter Games in same year; won speed skating gold in Calgary
• 1988 Swimmer Silke Hörner wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics as part of the victorious East German 4 x 100m medley relay team
• 1988 West German swimmer Michael Gross wins 200m butterfly in Olympic record 1:56.94 at the Seoul Games; third career gold medal
• 1988 American swimmer Matt Biondi sets world record 22.14 to win the 50m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; his 4th of 5 gold medals for the Games
• 1989 Ryder Cup: US & Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England

Sports History
1991 Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns


NFL LegendDeion Sanders

• 1992 John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers)
• 1992 Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in NJ Devils history

Sports History
1992 Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDave Winfield

• 1995 Ryder Cup Golf, Oak Hill CC: Europe wins 14½-13½; unheralded Irish rookie Philip Walton secures victory for Europe beating Jay Haas 1 up
• 2006 Ryder Cup Golf, K Club, Ireland: Europe, captained by Ian Woosnam wins convincingly 18½-9½ for 3rd consecutive Cup victory

Sports History
2017 NFL players kneal, lock arms or stay in their dressing room during the anthem in protests against comments made by President Donald Trump


45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump
Sports History
2017 LeBron James calls President Donald Trump "U Bum" in a tweet in response to Trump's comments about Stephen Curry


Basketball PlayerLeBron James

45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump

Basketball SuperstarStephen Curry
Sports History
2017 Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Prague: Roger Federer is unbeaten as Team Europe dominates Team World, 15-9 in the inaugural teams event


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

• 2017 Tour Championship Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Xander Schauffele wins rich season-ending event by 1 stroke from Justin Thomas

Football Awards
2018 Real Madrid midfielder & Croatian World Cup captain Luka Modrić is named world's best male player at the FIFA Awards in London; Brazil & Orlando Pride forward Marta best female player; France's Didier Deschamps best men's coach


FootballerLuka Modrić

Football Player and CoachDidier Deschamps

 

Sept 25

• 1844 Canada defeats USA by 23 runs in the first cricket international match at the grounds of the St George's Cricket Club in Manhattan, NYC
• 1866 (Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing

• 1882 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence & Worcester)
• 1908 Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
• 1920 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Marion Zinderstein 6-3, 6-1 for her 5th US singles crown
• 1924 Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 miles per hour

PGA Championship

1926 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Salisbury GC: Walter Hagen defeats Leo Diegel, 5 & 3 in the final to win his 3rd consecutive PGA C'ship title


GolferWalter Hagen

Golfer and Two-Time PGA ChampionLeo Diegel

• 1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks & Detroit Red Wings
• 1926 Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant

Sports History
1932 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season


MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
Sports History
1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1934 Rainbow (US) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup
• 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years

US Women's Golf Open
1949 US Open Women's Golf, Prince George's CC: Louise Suggs leads wire-to-wire to win by 14 strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Babe Zaharias


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

• 1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place

Sports History
1955 Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderAl Kaline

• 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0
• 1960 NY Yankees clinch AL pennant
• 1960 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses

Boxing Title Fight
1962 Challenger Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson at 2:06 of round 1 at Comiskey Park, Chicago to win the world heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionSonny Liston

Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

• 1962 Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup
• 1962 Yankees clinch AL pennant

Sports History
1965 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City Athletics pitches 3 scoreless innings


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige
LPGA Championship
1966 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC, LV: Gloria Ehret wins her only major title by 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Mickey Wright


LPGA GolferMickey Wright

• 1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1

Sports History
1973 New York Mets beat Montreal Expos, 2-1 on 'Willie Mays Night' at Shea Stadium, NYC


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1979 California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant

Sports History
1980 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres


Baseball PlayerOzzie Smith
Sports History
1981 Nolan Ryan's 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1982 Keke Rosberg becomes the first Fin to win the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship when he finishes 5th in season ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas; wins by 5 points from Didier Pironi

Baseball Record
1984 NY Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit HRs as a teen & in 40s


MLB LegendTy Cobb
Baseball Record
1985 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1986 Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits SF Giants, 2-0
• 1988 American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins women's 100m in Olympic record 10.54; beats teammate Evelyn Ashford by 0.29; 1st leg of sprint double at Seoul Games
• 1988 Romanian gymnast Daniela Silivaș wins 3 gold medals in one day at the Seoul Olympics; balance beam, floor exercise & uneven bars events; records record equalling 7 perfect scores of 10

Olympic Gold
1988 Americans sweep the medals in the long jump at the Seoul Olympics; Carl Lewis wins his second gold of the Games with leap of 8.72m ahead of teammates Mike Powell & Larry Myricks


Olympic Sprinter and Long jumperCarl Lewis

• 1988 Phoebe Mills finishes third in the balance beam at the Seoul Olympics to become the first American female gymnast to win a medal at a fully attended Games
• 1988 East German swimmer Kristin Otto swims Olympic record 25.49 to win the 50m freestyle gold at the Seoul Olympics; her 6th gold medal of the Games
• 1988 Super swimmer Matt Biondi wins his 5th gold medal of the Seoul Olympics anchoring the victorious American 4 x 100m medley relay team
• 1988 Hungarian swimmer Tamás Darnyi wins the 200m individual medley gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in world record 2:00.17; wraps up medley double at the Games
• 1989 Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits & 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
• 1990 1st 8 NY Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record
• 1990 Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
• 1991 3rd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m

Sports History
1992 Sparky Anderson ties Hughie Jennings as Detroit Tigers' winningest manager


MLB Player and ManagerSparky Anderson
Boxing Title Fight
1994 Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionLennox Lewis

• 1997 American sportcaster Marv Albert plea bargains in his sexual assault case
• 1997 WNBA announces it will add Detroit & Washington, D.C. franchises
• 2000 American basketball player Vince Carter jumps over 7 foot 2 Frédéric Weis in 2000 Summer Olympics, known in France as "le dunk de la mort" (the dunk of death)

Sports History
2005 Spanish Renault driver Fernando Alonso takes 3rd place in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Auto RacerFernando Alonso
President's Cup
2005 Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Chris DiMarco, Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson unbeaten as US beat International team, 18½–15½


GolferPhil Mickelson

• 2011 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Killeen Castle, Ireland: Europe regain Cup 15-13; Azahara Muñoz beats Angela Stanford 1-up to clinch the Cup for Europe

Sports History
2013 Oracle Team USA defeats Team New Zealand 9-8 to win the America's Cup


YachtsmanRussell Coutts

• 2016 Tour Championship Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins in a playoff with Kevin Chappell & Ryan Moore; biggest winner's prize in golf, US$10m

 

Sept 26

• 1861 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. beats Willie Park Sr. by 4 strokes
• 1867 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. wins 4th title; beats rival Willie Park Sr. by 2 strokes; at 46, Morris remains oldest Open champion

• 1906 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game
• 1908 Ed Ruelbach becomes the first person to pitch a doubleheader shutout in major league baseball
• 1921 Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 & 58 to beat Indians 8-7

PGA Championship

1925 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Defending champion Walter Hagen defeats Bill Mehlhorn, 6 & 5 in the final; 3rd PGA crown overall, and 7th of his 11 major titles


GolferWalter Hagen

• 1926 Shortest double header, Yanks lose 6-1 in 72 minutes & lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yanks had already clinched pennant
• 1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series
• 1948 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
• 1950 Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
• 1952 Yanks clinch 4th straight & 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2
• 1953 Shortstop Billy Hunter smashes final home run in St Louis Browns history during a 6-3 loss to Chicago White Sox at Busch Stadium; franchise moves to Baltimore next season
• 1954 A's defeats Yanks 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Philadelphia

Sports History
1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd & Mickey Mantle plays shortstop


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1958 Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (Britain) in 18th America's Cup

Sports History
1959 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1959 SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0

Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

MLB PitcherJack Fisher

• 1962 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills becomes first player in MLB history to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)
• 1964 Braves (25) & Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
• 1965 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 stroke from Clifford Ann Creed

Sports History
1971 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season


Baseball PlayerJim Palmer
Sports History
1973 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1975 Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
• 1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
• 1977 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
• 1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
• 1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million

Sports History
1983 Cardinals' Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, beating Montreal Expos 3-0, in St. Louis


Baseball PitcherBob Forsch

• 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks 56 yard field goal, a NY Giants record
• 1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner
• 1984 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• 1987 Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games
• 1988 Soviet throwers sweep the medals in the hammer throw at the Seoul Olympics; Sergey Litvinov wins gold with an Olympic record 84.80m ahead of teammates Yuriy Sedykh & Jüri Tamm

Sports History
1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3


Tennis LegendJimmy Connors

Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1992 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates

Ryder Cup
1993 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: US beats Europe, 15-13; Davis Love III secures victory for the US beating Costantino Rocca at the 18th, 1 up


GolferDavis Love III

• 1993 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
• 1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4

Sports History
1993 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship; after race Prost announces his retirement at the end of the season


Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost

• 1995 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)
• 1995 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1

Baseball Record
1996 SF Giant Barry Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases


MLB LegendBarry Bonds
Baseball Record
1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 56th HR of 1997


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.

• 1999 Ryder Cup Golf, The Country Club, Brookline: US wins 14½-13½ after trailing 10-6 going into the singles; win first 6 matches to set up victory; poor American crowd & team behaviour heavily criticised
• 2004 Ed Whitlock becomes 1st person over 70 to complete a marathon in under 3 hours (2:54:48) at Toronto Marathon
• 2021 Ryder Cup Golf, Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin: United States regain title beating Team Europe by a record, 19-9; Dustin Johnson 5-0-0
• 2021 Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Boston: Team Europe whitewash Team World, 14-1; Team Europe wins title for a 4th consecutive edition; Andrey Rublev 3-0 for event high 6 points

 

Sept 27

• 1879 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins by 3 shots from countrymen Jamie Allen & Andrew Kirkaldy; 3rd consecutive title
• 1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12

• 1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0
• 1914 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit

Baseball Record

1919 Boston Red Sox slugger Babe Ruth takes his MLB home run record to 29 with a 3rd inning blast in a 7-5 defeat at the Washington Senators' Griffith Stadium


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
• 1921 American swimmer Johnny Weismuller sets his first 2 world records in the 100m and 150yd freestyle events the A.A.U. Nationals meet in Brighton Beach, NY
• 1921 MLB NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 21-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC

Baseball Record
1923 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1930 Chicago Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 HRs give him NL record 56 HRs

Golf Tournament
1930 US Amateur Championship Men's Golf, Merion GC: Bobby Jones scores an 8 & 7 win over Eugene V. Homans to win his 5th National Amateur title and clinch golf's Grand Slam


GolferBobby Jones

• 1931 Closest NL batting race ends; St. Louis Cardinals Chick Hafey's .34889 beats NY Giants Bill Terry .34861 [1]
• 1931 MLB's Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
• 1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant
• 1936 Boston Redskins and Brooklyn Dodgers play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Boston wins 14-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
• 1936 First baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game for the St. Louis Cardinals; manages Brooklyn/LA Dodgers for 23 years
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• 1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose twice to Cleveland, 5-2 & 7-5

Sports History
1940 Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller

• 1940 Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
• 1942 NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down

Boxing Title Fight
1950 Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles

Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1953 St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
• 1957 American MLB San Francisco Giants rent Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals Stadium until Candlestick Park is built in 1960
• 1959 Braves & Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)

Baseball Record
1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1964 Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
• 1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place

Baseball Record
1967 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning

• 1968 Cardinals' super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year
• 1970 Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
• 1972 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)

Baseball Record
1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
• 1980 Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.

Sports History
1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs


MLB OutfielderTim Raines

MLB LegendTy Cobb
Sports History
1987 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro's final MLB appearance, he surrenders for 5 runs in 3 innings against the San Francisco Giants


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherPhil Niekro

• 1987 NFL players' strike begins in the US
• 1987 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: Europe beats US, 15-13; after 13-0 unbeaten record spanning 60 years, US loses for first time on home soil

Olympic Gold
1988 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 10m platform gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up diving double after also taking out the 3m springboard gold


DiverGreg Louganis
World Record
1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is disqualified from the Seoul Olympics 100m after his urine sample found to contain steroid stanozolol; American Carl Lewis awarded gold medal and world record 9.92


Olympic Sprinter and Long jumperCarl Lewis

• 1988 East German cyclist Olaf Ludwig wins the men's road race in 4:32:22 at the Seoul Olympics; beats West German pair Bernd Gröne & Christian Henn
• 1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
• 1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
• 1992 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
• 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
• 1996 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck

Olympic Gold
2000 United States baseball team, managed by Tommy Lasorda, wins Olympic Gold Medal in Sydney, Australia


Baseball Pitcher and ManagerTommy Lasorda

• 2005 Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th straight division title thanks to Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets

Sports History
2008 Greg Maddux wins his final start of his career (#355)


MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

• 2014 New Zealand's All Blacks scores 4 tries to beat Argentina, 34-13 in La Plata and claim their 3rd straight Rugby Championship; All Blacks first five eighth Beauden Barrett kicks 6 from 6

 

Sept 28

• 1911 NY Highlanders get 13 walk & steal 15 bases (including then record 6 in one inning), beating Browns 18-12; each team committed 6 errors
• 1919 Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1

• 1920 8 Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted by a grand jury, charged with fixing 1919 World Series; infamous "Black Sox scandal"

PGA Championship

1921 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY


GolferWalter Hagen

• 1923 Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4
• 1928 NY Yanks clinch pennant #6

Sports History
1930 Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1938 Homer in the Gloamin' - famous walk-off home run hit by Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates

Sports History
1940 Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands & attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan


American Football Player and BroadcasterTom Harmon

• 1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
• 1941 Phillies lose club record 111th game

Sports History
1941 Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1942 NY Americans NHL team folded
• 1951 New York's Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951, an 8-0 home victory over Boston Red Sox; Yankees clinch pennant #18
• 1951 Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL record 554 yards

Sports History
1952 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance, throwing one pitch to Chicago Cubs Frank Baumholtz


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
• 1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 (off Jack Fisher)
• 1964 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
• 1969 NFL Minnesota Vikings QB Joe Kapp passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts in 52-14 home win
• 1970 Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Australia) in 22nd America's Cup
• 1972 Canada defeats the USSR in the eighth and final game of the ice hockey Summit Series

Sports History
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1975 New York City Marathon: Tom Fleming claims men's title in 2:19:27; Kim Merritt wins women's event in 2:46:14
• 1975 Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad & Rollie Fingers, no-hit California Angels, 5-0

Boxing Title Fight
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

Heavyweight BoxerKen Norton
Boxing Title Fight
1979 Larry Holmes beats Earnie Shavers by TKO in 11th round in Las Vegas for WBC heavyweight boxing title


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes

• 1980 Australian Williams driver Alan Jones clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning the Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit
• 1984 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10
• 1986 Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21
• 1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
• 1986 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds
• 1988 American athletes go 1-2-3 in the 400m at the Seoul Olympics with Steve Lewis taking the gold medal in 43.87 ahead of teammates Butch Reynolds & Danny Everett
• 1988 Australian Debbie Flintoff-King wins the 400m hurdles gold at the Seoul Olympics in 53.17, just 0.01 ahead of Tatyana Ledovskaya of the Soviet Union
• 1988 Despite totally dominating his sport for 14 years, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka wins his only Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m at the Seoul Games
• 1988 Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)

Sports History
1988 LA Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale's record by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings


MLB PlayerDon Drysdale

• 1991 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
• 1992 Oakland A's win AL West title

Sports History
1993 Dennis Martínez is 7th to win 100 games in AL & NL


MLB PitcherDennis Martínez
Television Finale
1994 Ken Burn's documentary miniseries "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS


Baseball Player and CoachBuck O'Neil

• 1995 Dennis Martínez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win
• 1995 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
• 1996 NY Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
• 1996 Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
• 1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas & Alabama)
• 1997 Ryder Cup Golf, Valderrama GC, Spain: Europe wins 14½-13½ to retain the Cup; first time event contested in continental Europe; first of 6 consecutive victories at home by Europe

Baseball Record
1997 St Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A's)


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire

• 2003 Final game played at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Atlanta Braves defeat Phillies, 5-2
• 2008 The last game played at Shea Stadium before its demolition happens between baseball teams The New York Mets and the Florida Marlins, the Marlins win 4-2
• 2014 Ryder Cup Golf, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland: Europe wins 16½-11½ to win Cup for 3rd consecutive time

Sports History
2018 Cristiano Ronaldo accused of rape in 2009 in US lawsuit filed in Nevada


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

• 2020 Stanley Cup Final, Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta: Tampa Bay Lightning claim second championship in franchise history with a 2-0 Game 6 win over Dallas Stars; win series 4-2

 

Sept 29

• 1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
• 1880 1st pro baseball game at Polo Grounds, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings

• 1908 Calgary Rugby Football Union forms

Sports History
1913 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
• 1915 Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant

Baseball Record
1920 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth sets then-MLB home run season record at 54 with a 9th inning shot off Dave Keefe in New York's 7-3 win at the Philadelphia A's


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1923 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pelham CC: Defending champion Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagan in 38 holes for 3rd of his 7 major titles
• 1924 Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees
• 1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games; New York's 7-4 win v Philadelphia A's and 15-4 rout of Washington Senators
• 1928 Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
• 1935 Ryder Cup Golf, Ridgewood CC: US wins, 9-3; first of 7 consecutive wins by the Americans
• 1937 Frans Slaats cycles a world hour record time (45,563 km)

Boxing Title Fight
1941 Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
• 1944 Browns last in AL attendance, only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
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• 1945 Chicago Cubs clinch NL pennant with record of 98–56
• 1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards & Dodgers)
• 1946 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
• 1947 Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox

Sports History
1950 Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel

• 1954 Bennekom (Netherlands) soccer team forms

Sports History
1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive during Game One of the World Series


MLB LegendWillie Mays
Sports History
1956 "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season
• 1957 NFL NY Giants play their last game at Polo Grounds, 9-1 loss to Pittsburgh
• 1959 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, & take NL pennant

Baseball Record
1963 Cardinal's celebrate Stan Musial Day in St Louis, for Stan Musial's final game, where he hits his 3,629th & 3,630th total hits (475 HRs)


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1965 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season
• 1965 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"

Baseball Record
1966 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax
Sports History
1967 American boxer Emile Griffith regains his world middleweight crown on points in a brawling re-match with Italian Nino Benvenuti at Shea Stadium, NY; second of famous trilogy of fights


BoxerNino Benvenuti
Sports History
1968 Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

• 1968 Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
• 1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
• 1969 Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
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• 1973 Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
• 1974 New York City Marathon: Norbert Sander wins men's race in 2:26:30; Katherine Switzer takes out women's event in 3:07:29
• 1976 San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0

Sports History
1976 Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Los Angeles Dodgers manager


Baseball Pitcher and ManagerTommy Lasorda

• 1977 Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship

Boxing Title Fight
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers by unanimous decision over 15 rounds in NYC for WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1979 Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313
• 1979 LA Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit
• 1983 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
• 1985 Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)

Sports History
1986 Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)


MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

• 1986 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees
• 1986 Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast

Baseball Record
1987 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly

• 1988 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40m; previously won the heptathlon
• 1988 American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner sets women's 200m world record 21.34; completes sprint double at the Seoul Olympics
• 1988 East German athlete Christian Schenk beats countryman Torsten Voss by 89 points to win the decathlon gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; Canadian Dave Steen is another 71 points back in third place
• 1988 US men's basketball team beats Australia 78-49 to take the bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics; last time US represented by a team that doesn't feature NBA players
• 1988 US retain women's basketball title at he Seoul Olympics with a 77-70 win over Yugoslavia; star guard Teresa Edwards top scores for the Americans with 18 points

Golf Tournament
1991 Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic at the Los Coyotes CC; her third LPGA title of the month


LPGA GolferPat Bradley

Ryder Cup
1991 Ryder Cup Golf, Kiahwa Island GR: US beats Europe, 14½-13½; Bernhard Langer misses 6-foot par putt which would have clinched 14-all tie and retained Cup for Europe


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

• 1992 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title

Sports History
1992 Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)


NBA LegendMagic Johnson
Murder of Interest
1994 1st phase of O.J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen)


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1995 Trial for former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson sent to the jury
• 1996 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
• 1996 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 HRs

Federation Cup
1996 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Atlantic City, NJ: Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 5-0) and 15th title


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Sports History
1996 Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1996 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs
• 1996 San Diego Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title
• 2002 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: Europe wins 15½-12½ after teams tied at 8 points going into Sunday singles matches
• 2002 Seattle running back Shaun Alexander sets NFL record for most touchdowns in a half with 5 in 1st half of 48-23 win v Minnesota Vikings at Seahawks Stadium; runs for 4 plus 80-yard reception
• 2005 Chicago White Sox clinch their first division title since 2000 and become just the 10th team in the history of baseball to be in first place on every day of the season
• 2018 NY Yankees Venezuelan 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres smashes a 2-run homer in 8-5 win v Boston at Fenway Park; Yankees MLB record 265th homer of the season; Giancarlo Stanton adds #266 in 7th

Olympic Gold
2020 Ben Ainslie wins the Olympic gold medal in the Laser class, beating previous Laser Olympic champion Robert Scheidt


SailorBen Ainslie

 

Sept 30

• 1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)
• 1882 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Bob Ferguson wins third consecutive Open title; beats fellow Scot Willie Fernie by 3 strokes

• 1887 8th America's Cup: New York Yacht Club’s cutter Volunteer beats Scottish challenger Thistle by 11:48.75 seconds on corrected time to win series, 2-0 off Newport, RI
• 1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days
• 1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit
• 1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak
• 1922 Yanks clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1

Baseball Record

1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York's 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
• 1937 Ryder Cup Golf, Southport & Ainsdale GC: US wins 8-4; first time the host team loses the competition
• 1939 Chicago pitcher Clint Brown sets MLB record with his 61st relief appearance as White Sox beat St. Louis Browns, 7-5
• 1939 In the first televised college football game, Fordham beats Waynesburg, 34-7 at Randalls Island, NY

Sports History
1945 Detroit's future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg smacks an AL pennant-winning grand slam on the final day of the season as the Tigers beat St. Louis Browns, 6-3


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg

• 1947 In first televised World Series Baseball game, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3 in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium; also largest WS crowd to date, 73,365
• 1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR & NL record 16th in September
• 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR
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• 1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses)
• 1962 NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1

Sports History
1965 LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts


MLB PlayerDon Drysdale

• 1968 AL & NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires
• 1971 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field

Baseball Record
1972 Pittsburgh right fielder Roberto Clemente doubles off Mets' Jon Matlack to become the 11th MLB player to record 3000 hits as Pirates beat NY, 5-0


Baseball PlayerRoberto Clemente

• 1973 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
• 1973 New York City Marathon: American Nina Kuscsik retains her crown in 2:57:07; Tom Fleming wins men's race in 2:21:54
• 1973 New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium with an 8-5 loss to Detroit Tigers for an 80-82 season record; manager Ralph Houk resigns
• 1978 Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
• 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati
• 1978 Phillies clinch NL East title
• 1979 Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout
• 1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium

Baseball Record
1980 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record with his 97th in A's 5-1 win over Chicago White Sox; breaks Ty Cobb's mark of 96 set in 1915


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1981 International Olympic Committee votes to award Seoul, South Korea as host of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games

Sports History
1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

• 1984 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
• 1984 California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game

Sports History
1984 NY Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly

• 1988 Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal

TV Show Appearance
1988 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

Model and ActressRobin Givens

• 1988 Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia 76-63 to win the men's basketball gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; US finishes 3rd; final time US field non-NBA team

Baseball Record
1989 Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1989 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title
• 1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park
• 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title

Baseball Record
1992 KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett
Baseball Record
1997 New York Yankees Tim Raines, Derek Jeter & Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Cleveland Indians 8-6)


MLB OutfielderTim Raines

Baseball PlayerDerek Jeter

MLB Right FielderPaul O'Neill

• 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai, China: Birgit Prinz and Simone Laudehr score as Germany beats Brazil, 2-0
• 2007 Presidents Cup Golf, Royal Montreal GC: David Toms and Scott Verplank remain undefeated as US beats International team, 19½–14½
• 2012 Ryder Cup Golf, Medinah CC: Europe retains Cup 14½-13½; win 8 and tie 1 of the 12 singles matches after trailing 10-6
• 2018 New York Yankees suffer a 10-2 drubbing at the Boston Red Sox but accumulate a MLB record 267 home runs for the season; surpass Seattle Mariners previous mark of 264 in 1997
• 2018 Ryder Cup Golf, Le Golf National: Europe regains Cup with 17½–10½ win over the US; Italian Francesco Molinari wins all 5 matches; Sergio Garcia becomes biggest point scorer in event history with 25½