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  1. Sep 3, 2023 #641
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    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open

    1881 1st US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Richard Sears wins inaugural event beating William E. Glyn 6-0, 6-3, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerRichard Sears

    • 1889 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Henry Slocum defeats Quincy Shaw 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
    • 1903 American yacht Reliance (largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built) defends America's Cup for the NYYC beating UK challenger Shamrock III off the New Jersey shore for a 3-0 series win
    • 1904 For the only time in Olympic Games history, there is a throw-off in the discus final after Americans Martin Sheridan & Ralph Rose tie with a best throw of 128' 10½" in St. Louis; Sheridan wins with 127' 10¼"
    • 1906 After an 8 minute argument over an umpire call the NY Highlanders win on forfeit over Philadelphia A's; Highlanders' MLB record 5th doubleheader sweep on consecutive days
    • 1906 Philadelphia Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans; black baseball's largest crowd ever
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    1908 Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs Australian Bill Lang in 6 rounds in Melbourne in a warmup fight for his famous title bout with Jack Johnson

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    Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionTommy Burns
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    1911 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: William Larned wins his 5th consecutive & 7th overall US singles title; beats Maurice McLoughlin 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerWilliam Larned
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    Tennis PlayerMaurice McLoughlin
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1918 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Robert Lindley Murray successfully defends title; beats Bill Tilden 6-3, 6-1, 7-5

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    Tennis PlayerBill Tilden
    • 1921 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, NYC, NY: Americans Watson Washburn & William Norris beat Japanese pair Ichiya Kumagae & Zenzo Shimizuto 6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 for 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
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    1928 Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ty Cobb records his 4,189th and final career hit, as a pinch hitter for Philadelphia A's in 6-1 loss v Washington Senators

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    MLB LegendTy Cobb
    [​IMG]Jimmie Foxx Hits #51
    1932 A's first baseman Jimmie Foxx smashes his 50th & 51st home runs to become only 3rd player to reach 50 in a MLB season; joins Babe Ruth & Hack Wilson

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    MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
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    Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderHack Wilson
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    1935 First automobile to exceed 300cmph, Malcolm Campbell powers Bluebird to 301.129mph at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

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    Motor RacerMalcolm Campbell
    • 1936 For the first and only time in the history of the Walker Cup golf event, there is a shutout; the United States routs Great Britain, 9-0 at Pine Valley GC in New Jersey
    • 1938 1940 Olympic site is changed from Tokyo, Japan to Helsinki, Finland because of the Second Sino-Japanese War; WWII causes eventual cancellation
    • 1945 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills: American Frank Parker successfully defends title; beats William Talbert 14-12, 6-1, 6-2

    • 1945 US Women's National Tennis Championship, Forest Hills: Sarah Palfrey Cooke wins second US title; beats Pauline Betz Addie 3-6, 8-6, 6-4
    • 1947 New York Yankees total 18 hits, all singles to rout Boston Red Sox, 11-2 at Fenway Park
    • 1947 Philadelphia A's rookie pitcher Bill McCahan no-hits Washington Senators, 3-0
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    1950 Giuseppe "Nino" Farina wins inaugural Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in an Alfa Romeo; wins by 3 points from Juan Manuel Fangio

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    Auto RacerJuan Manuel Fangio
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    1956 American Johnny Longden becomes thoroughbred racing's winningest rider, breaking the record of 4,870 wins by British jockey Sir Gordon Richards; rides Arrogate to victory in the Del Mar Handicap

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    Hall of Fame JockeyJohnny Longden
    • 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play their final game in Jersey City, a 3-2 loss v Philadelphia Phillies; 11-4 record in New Jersey
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    1957 Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn sets an NL record for a left-hander with 41st shut-out; beats Cubs, 8-0

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn
    • 1960 Livio Berruti of Italy runs a world record 20.5 to win the gold medal in the 200m at the Rome Olympics
    • 1960 US women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood & Chris von Saltza swim world record 4:08.9 to beat Australia by 2.4 seconds and win gold medal at Rome Olympics
    • 1965 Preparing a move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels
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    1966 Future Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr signs his first NHL contract with the Boston Bruins; 2 year deal paying a then record $70,000 plus signing bonus

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    Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr
    • 1966 Houston Oilers hold Denver Broncos to no 1st downs in their NFL season opening 45-7 win at Rice Stadium
    • 1970 After playing a NL record 1,117 consecutive MLB games, Chicago Cubs outfielder Billy Williams asks to sit out
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    1972 American swimmer Keena Rothhammer has to swim world record 8:53.68 to beat Australian wonder-kid Shane Gould in the 800m at the Munich Olympics

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    SwimmerShane Gould
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    1972 American swimmer Mark Spitz wins coveted 100m gold medal in world record 51.22 at the Munich Olympics; completes the freestyle sprint double having already won 200m in world record 1:52.78

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    SwimmerMark Spitz
    • 1972 American women's 4 x 100m medley relay team of Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff & Sandy Neilson swim world record 4:20.75 to beat East Germany for gold at the Munich Olympics
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    1972 Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron earns his 6,135th total base to break Stan Musial’s MLB record in an 8-0 home defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies

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    Baseball PlayerHank Aaron
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    MLB LegendStan Musial
    • 1972 Finnish runner Lasse Virén scores a famous victory in the 10,000m at the Munich Olympics in world record 27:38.35
    • 1972 Great Britain's Mary Peters sets a new world record of 4801 points to win the Munich Olympics pentathlon gold by just 10 points from Heide Rosendahl of West Germany
    • 1972 Jerry Grant runs the first official 200mph qualifying lap in Champ Car history, posting a lap of 201.414mph around Ontario Motor Speedway

    • 1972 Swedish swimmer Gunnar Larsson wraps up the Olympic medley double when he sets world record 2:07.17 in the 200m I/M in Munich, having already won the 400m I/M
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    1973 American golfer Billy Casper finishes at 20-under-par 264 to beat Australian Bruce Devlin by 1 stroke to win the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open; his 50th PGA Tour title

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    GolferBilly Casper
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    Singer, Actor and TV HostSammy Davis Jr.
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    1974 Future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson retires; leaves NBA with 26,710 points, 9,887 assists & 7,804 rebounds in 1,040 games

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    NBA PlayerOscar Robertson
    • 1974 SF Giants' pitcher John Montefusco in his MLB debut, homers in his first at bat and pitches 9 innings in relief to earn a 9 - 5 victory over the Dodgers
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    1975 Dodgers 1st baseman Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak in a 13-2 loss v Cincinnati Reds

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    Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey
    • 1975 England cricket batsman Bob Woolmer scores 149 on the final day to save the 4th Test v Australia at The Oval; longest first-class match ever played in England; 32 hours 17 minutes
    • 1977 Japanese baseball superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron as all-time career leader in professional baseball
    • 1981 Longest MLB game in Fenway Park history is suspended after 19 innings at Seattle Mariners 7, Boston Red Sox 7; Mariners win 8-7 in 20 the following morning
    • 1984 MLB St. Louis Cardinals closer Bruce Sutter breaks his own NL record for saves in a season with his 45th in 7-3 win over NY Mets; record broken in 1991, by Lee Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals
    • 1985 England cricket swing bowler Richard Ellison with 5 for 76 helps dismiss Australia for 129 in 6th Test win at the Oval; England regains Ashes 3-1
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    1985 NY Mets catcher Gary Carter smashes 3 consecutive HRs in an 8-3 win v San Diego Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium

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    Baseball Hall of Fame CatcherGary Carter
    • 1986 Houston Astros & Chicago Cubs use MLB record 53 players, including 17 pitchers in a 2-day 18 inning marathon; Astros win 8-7
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    1989 American tennis star Chris Evert beats 15-year-old Monica Seles 6-0, 6-2 in a 4th round match for her 101st and last US Open singles victory

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    Tennis LegendChris Evert
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    Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1990 White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen tops Dave Righetti's MLB record with 47th save in Chicago's 4-2 win v Royals; Thigpen finishes season with 57 saves

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    MLB Pitcher and CoachDave Righetti
    • 1994 Florida's Terry Dean tosses an NCAA football record 7 touchdown passes in the first half as the Gators roll to a 70-21 drubbing of New Mexico State
    • 1994 Miami rout Georgia Southern 56-0, breaking NCAA football record with its 58th consecutive home win; Alabama won 57 straight at home between 1962-82
    • 1995 Carolina Panthers lose their debut NFL game in overtime 23-20 to the Atlanta Falcons in front of 58,808 fans at the Georgia Dome
    • 1995 In their NFL debut game the Jacksonville Jaguars fall to the Houston Oilers 10-3; 72,363 fans attend the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
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    1999 Mario Lemieux's ownership group officially takes over the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins; Lemieux is first player in the modern era of sports to buy the team he once played for

    • 2001 In just his 11th start, St. Louis Cardinals' rookie pitcher Bud Smith no-hits the San Diego Padres, 4-0
    • 2005 After beating South Africa the previous weekend, New Zealand clinch their 6th Tri Nations Rugby Series with a 34-24 win over Australia in Auckland; All Blacks winger Doug Howlett crosses for 3 tries
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2006 Andre Agassi loses to 112th-ranked Benjamin Becker of Germany 7-5, 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 in the 3rd round at the US Open in his final career match; 8-time Grand Slam winner finishes with record of 870-274

    • 2006 Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie wins the WNBA's Most Valuable Player award, joining Sheryl Swoopes as the league's only three-time winners
    • 2008 The new Oklahoma City NBA franchise announces the team will be named the 'Thunder'; reference to powerful storms in the area
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    2011 Following his disqualification in the 100m, Jamaica's Usain Bolt runs a season best 19.40 to win the 200m at the World Athletics Championships in South Korea

    • 2020 Philadelphia Phillies retire infielder Dick Allen's number 15 on the 57th anniversary of his MLB debut.
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    2022 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams plays her final match at the US Open, going down 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 to Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia in a third round match in New York
     
  2. Sep 4, 2023 #642
    g8orbill

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    • 1906 New York Highlanders beat Boston Pilgrims, 7 - 0 and 1 - 0 for their MLB record 5th straight doubleheader sweep
    • 1916 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown face each other for a final time; after 25 contests Mathewson takes a 13-12 advantage with Reds 10-8 winners over Cubs
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open

    1919 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Johnston wins his second US title; beats Bill Tilden 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

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    Tennis PlayerBill Tilden

    • 1920 Man o' War wins the 1 5/8-mile Lawrence Realization Stakes at Belmont Park by 100 lengths, the largest winning margin in modern thoroughbred racing history; world record time 2.40.8
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    1922 Finnish super athlete Paavo Nurmi runs a 2000m world record 5:26.3 in Tampere, Finland

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    Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi
    • 1922 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, NYC, NY: Bill Tilden beats James Anderson 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 for unassailable 3-1 lead for US over Australasia; US retains title, ends 4-1
    • 1923 New York Yankees pitcher "Sad" Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0
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    1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour

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    AviatorCharles Lindbergh
    • 1932 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Keller GC: Olin Dutra wins the first of 2 major titles, beating Frank Walsh, 4 & 3
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    1934 Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman scores 149 not out in just 104 minutes (17 fours, 4 sixes) in drawn tour match v England XI at Folkestone

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
    • 1937 15 year old cyclist Doris Kopsky becomes 1st Amateur Bicycle League of America woman's national champion in 4:22.4 in Buffalo, NY
    • 1941 New York Yankees clinch their 3rd straight AL pennant; beat the Red Sox, 6-3; earliest date in baseball history a team has captured a flag
    • 1944 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Frank Parker wins 1st of 4 Grand Slam titles; beats William Talbert 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
    • 1944 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Pauline Betz Addie wins her third straight US title; beats Margaret Osborne 6-3, 8-6
    • 1945 American chess grandmaster Reuben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid (10 seconds per move) games blindfolded in New York City
    • 1947 Champion Middlesex cricket batsman Denis Compton scores 101 for South of England in tour match defeat to South Africa at Lord's; his record 17th century of the English season

    • 1950 NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway hosts Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; winner Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth
    • 1966 Australian Jack Brabham clinches his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with a 6th place in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza
    • 1972 16 year old Ulrike Meyfarth of West Germany with a world record equalling 1.92m, wins the women's high jump gold medal at the Munich Olympics; youngest winner of individual athletics event in Olympic history
    • 1972 American swimmer Melissa Belote with a world record 2:19.19 takes the 200m backstroke gold medal at the Munich Olympics; wraps up backstroke double having won the 100m in Olympic record time
    • 1972 American swimmer Mike Burton sets a world record 15:52.58 to win the 1,500m gold medal at the Munich Olympics
    • 1972 Italian diver Klaus Dibiasi wins his 2nd of 3 consecutive 10m platform gold medals the Munich Olympics
    • 1972 Kenyan legend Kipchoge Keino follows his 1,500m gold in Mexico City with an Olympic record 8:23.64 to win the 3,000m steeplechase at the Munich Olympics
    • 1972 Soviet sprinter Valeriy Borzov runs 20.00 to win the men's 200m gold medal at the Munich Olympics; wraps up the 100/200m double at the Games
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    1972 US 4 x 100m medley relay team of Mike Stamm, Tom Bruce, Mark Spitz & Jerry Heidenreich sets world record 3:48.16 to win gold at the Munich Olympics; Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals at a single Games

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    SwimmerMark Spitz
    • 1972 Willem Ruska of the Netherlands wins gold medals in both the heavyweight & open class Olympic judo competitions in Munich; first judoka to win 2 Olympic gold medals at one Games
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    1979 Sunil Gavaskar scores his third double century in Test cricket (221) to guide India to a famous draw against England in the 4th Test at The Oval

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    CricketerSunil Gavaskar
    • 1981 Longest MLB game at Fenway Park ends in 20 innings; Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7
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    1983 Greg LeMond wins UCI World Road Race Championship in 7h 01' 21" in Altenrhein, Switzerland; first American cyclist to take the title

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    CyclistGreg LeMond
    • 1983 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, North Shore CC: Jay Sigel successfully defends title 8 & 7 over Chris Perry
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    1985 NY Mets catcher Gary Carter's 2 HRs in a 9-2 win in San Diego ties MLB record of 5 HRs in 2 games

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    Baseball Hall of Fame CatcherGary Carter
    • 1985 Russian Igor Paklin sets new high jump world record at 2.41m in Kobe, Japan
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    1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
    • 1988 The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati
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    1991 MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61 (passing Babe Ruth's 60) & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

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    Baseball PlayerRoger Maris
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1992 In his record 115th and final US Open singles match, Jimmy Connors is beaten by Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in a 2nd-round night match

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    Tennis LegendJimmy Connors
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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

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    1993 Mats Wilander beats fellow Swede Mikael Pernfors in a US Open marathon 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 4 hours, 1 minute; match ends at 2:26am

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    Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major ChampionMats Wilander
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    Tennis PlayerMikael Pernfors
    • 1993 MLB New York Yankees 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium
    • 1993 Penn State University plays its first football game in the Big 10, beating Minnesota 38-20; quarterback John Sacca throws 4 touchdown passes to Bobby Engram
    • 1994 Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy; becomes first female to win back-to-back world titles in the event
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    1994 Miami quarterback Dan Marino throws 5 touchdown passes in Dolphins' 39-35 win over New England; sets NFL record with his 18th game of 4-or-more touchdown passes

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    Hall of Fame NFL QuarterbackDan Marino
    • 1994 Tom Tupa scores the first 2-point conversion in NFL history, running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win at Cincinnati
    • 1995 Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the 4th and 5th, of a 14-3 rout of the Texas Rangers
    • 1998 NY Yankees beat Chicago White Sox, 11-6, to win their 100th game on the earliest date in MLB history besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs & 1954 Cleveland Indians by 5 days
    • 1999 MLB's Cincinnati Reds set a National League record with 9 home runs as they rout the Philadelphia Phillies, 22-3
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    2000 England claim first series (3-1) over West Indies since 1969; win 5th Test by 158 runs at The Oval, London; Windies captain Courtney Walsh's 132nd and final Test

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    West Indian CricketerCourtney Walsh
    • 2002 After blowing an 11-run lead to Kansas City, Scott Hatteberg's bottom of the 9th walk off HR gives Oakland a historic MLB victory, 12-11; A's set AL record 20 game winning streak
    • 2002 Argentina pulls off one of the biggest upsets in basketball history, beating the US, 87-80 in 2nd round of the World Championships; 1st US loss in 59 games since sending NBA players to international competition in 1992
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    2005 20 year old Kyle Busch becomes youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he out duels Greg Biffle in the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway

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    Auto RacerKyle Busch
    • 2006 Damon Allen moves past ex-CFL & NFL star Warren Moon as pro football's all-time leading passer; throws for 207 yards & 2 scores as Toronto routs Hamilton, 40-6; Allen 70,595 career passing yards
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    2006 Tiger Woods matches the lowest final round of his career (8-under 63) in the Deutsche Bank C'ship at Norton, MA to win for the 5th straight time and 7th time this PGA Tour season

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    GolferTiger Woods
    [​IMG]Kaepernick's Star Rises
    2018 NFL player Colin Kaepernick who kneeled during the US national anthem is the new face of Nike's 30th anniversary advertising campaign

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    NFL Player and Civil Rights ActivistColin Kaepernick
     
  3. Sep 5, 2023 #643
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    • 1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, better known as Minor League Baseball is formed at the Leland Hotel in Chicago
    • 1906 Saint Louis University quarterback Bradbury Robinson throws first legal forward pass in the history of American football for a TD to Jack Schneider at Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Saint Louis wins, 22-0
    • 1908 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 at Washington Park, Brooklyn

    • 1913 Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open

    1916 US National Championship Men's Tennis: R. Norris Williams beats Bill Johnston 4-6, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4 for his 2nd and final US singles crown

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    Tennis PlayerR. Norris Williams
    • 1918 Due to WWI, 15th Baseball World Series begins a month early; Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago Cubs, 1-0 at Comiskey Park
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    1921 Walter Johnson sets MLB strikeout mark at 2,287

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    MLB PitcherWalter Johnson
    • 1922 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
    • 1923 Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
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    1925 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones

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    GolferBobby Jones
    • 1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: US retain title as Don Budge beats Australian Adrian Quist 8-6, 6-1, 6-2 for unbeatable 3-1 lead; ends 3-2
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    1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Haverford, PA: John Bromwich beats American Frank Parker 6-0, 6-3, 6-1 to give Australia the title, 3-2

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    Tennis PlayerJohn Bromwich
    • 1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game, in his hometown of St. Louis; 2 RBI's in Cardinals' win over Chicago Cubs
    • 1948 Davis Cup Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 3 straight titles for US as Gardnar Mulloy & Bill Talbert beat Australians Colin Long & Bill Sidwell 8-6, 9-7, 2-6, 7-5 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
    • 1949 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beats fellow American Ted Schroeder 16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; longest singles final match by games (67), before tiebreaker introduction
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    1949 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Margaret Osborne duPont beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-4, 6-1

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    Tennis PlayerDoris Hart

    • 1950 38.7 inches (98.3 cm) rainfall - over several days - at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
    • 1950 US National Championship Men's Tennis: American Art Larsen beats countryman Herb Flam 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 for his only Grand Slam title
    • 1950 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Margaret Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart 6-3, 6-3 for her third consecutive US singles crown
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    1951 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Frank Sedgman of Australia beats American Vic Seixas 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 for his first of 2 straight US singles crowns

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    Tennis PlayerVic Seixas
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    Tennis PlayerFrank Sedgman
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    1951 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maureen Connolly wins her 1st of 9 Grand Slam singles titles; beats fellow American Shirley Fry 6-3, 1-6, 6-4

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    Tennis playerMaureen Connolly
    • 1955 Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
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    1960 A. J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories at Du Quoin, Illinois. State Fairgrounds

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    Racing Car DriverA. J. Foyt
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    1960 Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali] beats 3-time European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland by unanimous points decision to win Olympic light heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Rome Games

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
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    1960 Future world middleweight boxing champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy beats Yuri Radonyak of the Soviet Union to win welterweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics

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    BoxerNino Benvenuti
    • 1962 Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winner's Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
    • 1962 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
    • 1971 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
    • 1971 NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
    • 1972 11 Israeli athletes taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics
    • 1973 1st one-day Cricket international for West Indies (vs England) - lose by 1 wicket
    • 1977 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1979 American Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seed Björn Borg 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the US Open Tennis quarterfinals

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    Tennis PlayerRoscoe Tanner
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    Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg
    • 1979 Oakland A's pitcher Matt Keough beats Milwaukee Brewers, 6-1 for first win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 18 defeats (1 shy of the MLB record 19)
    • 1982 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, The Country Club: Jay Sigel wins 8 & 7 over David Tolley
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    1987 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in Men's Long Jump

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    Olympic Sprinter and Long jumperCarl Lewis

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    1987 John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open

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    Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe
    • 1988 CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception
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    1989 Chris Evert's final US Open tennis match; defeated by Zina Garrison 7-6, 6-2 in the quarter finals

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    Tennis LegendChris Evert
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    Tennis PlayerZina Garrison
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1990 #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title

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    Tennis PlayerPete Sampras
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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl
    • 1992 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
    • 1994 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
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    1994 SF wide receiver Jerry Rice catches 2 touchdown passes and runs for another score in 49ers' 44-14 rout of the Raiders; surpasses Jim Brown as NFL's career TD leader with 127

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    NFL LegendJerry Rice
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    NFL Legend and Civil Rights ActivistJim Brown
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    1995 Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games

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    MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
    • 1997 Athens in Greece, selected to host 2004 Olympics
    • 1997 Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
    • 2020 146th Kentucky Derby: 8-1 underdog Authentic with John R. Velazquez aboard holds off heavy favourite Tiz the Law to give trainer Bob Baffert his record-tying 6th Derby win
    • 2021 Tour Championship, Men's Golf, East Lake GC, GA: Patrick Cantlay claims richest prize in golf ($15m) with 1 stroke win over Jon Rahm; runner-up Rahm pockets $5m
     
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    • 1880 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval
    [​IMG]Cricket Debut

    1880 W. G. Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, v Aust The Oval

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    CricketerW. G. Grace

    • 1883 Chicago White Stockings beat Detroit Wolverines, 26-6 at Lake Front Park, Chicago; smash MLB record 18 runs in 7th inning
    • 1904 Soccer team Rheden forms
    • 1905 Chicago White Sox pitcher Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0
    • 1913 19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
    [​IMG]Dempsey KOs Miske
    1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1920 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins first of 6 straight US singles titles; beats Bill Johnston 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3

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    Tennis PlayerBill Tilden
    • 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 & 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track & field championships
    • 1930 3rd Women's World Games (track & field competition for women) is conducted over 3-days at the Letná Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia
    • 1930 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8
    • 1942 Czech marathon runner Oskar Hêks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau
    • 1943 Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in American League history at 16years, 8 months
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1943 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Joe Hunt beats fellow American Jack Kramer 6-3, 6-8, 10-8, 6-0 for his lone major title

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    Tennis PlayerJack Kramer
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1943 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Pauline Betz successfully defends title; beats Louise Brough Clapp 6-3, 5-7, 6-3

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    Tennis PlayerLouise Brough
    • 1945 A's catcher Greek George punches umpire Joe Rue gets suspended

    • 1946 All-America Football Conference begins regular season play as the Cleveland Browns beat the Miami Seahawks 44-0 before 60,135 at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1953 Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38

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    MLB CatcherRoy Campanella
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1954 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Vic Seixas beats Australian Rex Hartwig 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 for his second and final major singles title

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    Tennis PlayerVic Seixas
    • 1954 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Doris Hart beats Louise Brough Clapp 6-8, 6-1, 8-6 for the first of her 2 US singles titles
    • 1954 Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters
    • 1960 American Otis Davis runs a world record 44.9 to win the gold medal in the 400m at the Rome Olympics; German Carl Kaufmann records same time but ruled second via photo finish
    • 1960 Australian middle distance runner Herb Elliott breaks his own world record in winning the 1,500m at the Rome Olympics in 3:35.6
    • 1960 In a famous victory American decathlete Rafer Johnson scores Olympic record 8,392 points to win the gold medal in Rome; beats rival & friend C.K. Yang of China by 58 points
    • 1963 Historian Lee Allen says Cleveland Indians - Washington Senators game is 100,000th in Major League Baseball history
    • 1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich, Germany after massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by Black September Palestinian terrorist organization
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1975 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum in New York City during the US Open

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    Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1975 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Chris Evert wins her first of 6 US singles titles; beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

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    Tennis LegendChris Evert
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    Tennis PlayerEvonne Goolagong Cawley
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash, 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977

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    Baseball PlayerDave Kingman
    • 1980 French runner Chantal Langlacé sets women's 100k world record (7h 27m 22s) in Amiens, France
    • 1980 US College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalester College (St. Paul)
    • 1980 US Open Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, Chris Evert-Lloyd wins her 5th US title; beats Hana Mandlíková 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
    • 1981 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon named NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1982 Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #8

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    Baseball PlayerWillie Stargell
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1985 Mark Messier loses control of his Porsche and totals three cars, and would later be charged with hit and run and careless driving (he would pay a fine)

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    NHL LegendMark Messier
    • 1986 Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

    • 1986 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her 3rd US singles title; beats Czech star Helena Suková 6-3, 6-2
    • 1987 Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48)
    • 1987 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal
    • 1991 33rd Walker Cup: US, 14-10
    • 1994 Tom Dolan swims world record 400m medley (4:12.30)
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1995 Cal Ripken Jr breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games

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    MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1996 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career HR

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    MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1997 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis wins her first US title; outclasses Venus Williams 6-0, 6-4

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    Tennis PlayerMartina Hingis
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    Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2003 US Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Belgian final Justine Henin-Hardenne wins her first US title; beats Kim Clijsters 7-5, 6-1

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    Tennis PlayerJustine Henin
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    Tennis PlayerKim Clijsters
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2008 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her third US title; beats Jelena Janković of Serbia 6-4, 7-5

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
    [​IMG]Canadian Women's Open
    2009 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Priddis Greens GC: Suzann Pettersen of Norway wins by 5 strokes from a group of 5 players

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    GolferSuzann Pettersen
    • 2018 World Surf League announces from 2019 there would be equal prize money for men and women across elite tour events; first US-based global sports league with gender pay parity
    • 2019 Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga takes 4 wickets in 4 balls and finishes with 5 for 6 as New Zealand all out for 88 in 37-run defeat in 3rd T-20 International in Pellekele
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2020 World #1 tennis player Novak Đoković is sensationally disqualified in 4th round of US Open after hitting a ball in frustration, striking a line judge; trailed Pablo Carreño Busta 5-6 in 1st set

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    Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
    • 2021 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Inverness GC, OH: Europe retains title 15-13; Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark edges Danielle Kang 1-up to clinch Cup for Europe
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
    [​IMG]Corbett KOs Sullivan
    1892 James Corbett KOs 4 to 1 favourite and defending champion John L. Sullivan in 21 rounds at the Olympic Club, New Orleans for world heavyweight boxing title; Sullivan's only defeat and his last fight

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJohn L. Sullivan

    • 1896 A. H. Whiting wins the 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, Rhode Island
    • 1897 George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
    • 1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
    • 1923 Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0
    • 1932 Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1941 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 1939 champion Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

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    Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs
    • 1941 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats fellow American Pauline Betz Addie 7-5, 6-2; sweeps all 3 women's titles
    • 1942 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Ted Schroeder wins his first of 2 Grand Slam events; beats countryman Frank Parker 8-6, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1942 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Pauline Betz beats fellow American Louise Brough Clapp 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 for her first of 3 straight US singles titles

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    Tennis PlayerLouise Brough
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    1952 Alberto Ascari of Italy in a Ferrari wins Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with victory in season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza; wins title by 12 points from countryman Giuseppe Farina

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    Auto RacerAlberto Ascari
    • 1952 NY Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington, giving him a HR in all 15 major league parks
    • 1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1953 Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs

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    MLB CatcherRoy Campanella
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1953 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Tony Trabert beats fellow American Vic Seixas 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to win his first of 5 major titles

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    Tennis Player and Five-Time Major ChampionTony Trabert
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    Tennis PlayerVic Seixas

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1953 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Maureen Connolly becomes first female to achieve a Grand Slam; beats Doris Hart 6-2, 6-4

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    Tennis playerMaureen Connolly
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    Tennis PlayerDoris Hart
    [​IMG]Baseball History
    1955 New York Yankee Whitey Ford becomes 5th MLB pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters

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    MLB PitcherWhitey Ford
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1958 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ashley Cooper outlasts fellow Australian Mal Anderson 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6 for his 3rd Grand Slam event win of the year

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    Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionAshley Cooper
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1958 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerDarlene Hard
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    Tennis PlayerAlthea Gibson
    • 1960 American weightlifter Charles Vinci wins 2nd consecutive bantamweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics with world-record equalling 3-lift (snatch, clean & jerk, overhead press) total of 345.0 kilograms
    • 1960 Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrøm wins the Finn class at the Rome Olympics; his 4th straight Olympic gold medal in the category
    • 1960 Future Constantine II, last King of Greece, wins Dragon class sailing gold medal at the Rome Olympics
    • 1960 Japan wins the men's gymnastics teams combined exercises gold for the first of 5 consecutive Olympics at the Rome Games; beats Soviet Union by just 2.5 points
    • 1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
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    1960 US sweeps the medals in the men's discus at the Rome Olympics; Al Oerter wins his 2nd of 4 career discus gold ahead of fellow Americans Rink Babka and Dick Cochran

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    Discus ThrowerAl Oerter
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1968 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: England's Virginia Wade wins first Open era US singles title; beats Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-2

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    Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionVirginia Wade
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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    1969 Scottish Matra-Ford driver Jackie Stewart wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; his 6th F1 win of the season

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    Auto RacerJackie Stewart
    • 1970 White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games
    • 1972 American athletes Vincent Matthews & Wayne Collett finish 1-2 in 400m at the Munich Olympics; acted casually on the medal stand, did not face the flag during anthem; banned from the Olympics for life
    • 1972 American Rod Milburn with a world record 13.24 wins the 110m hurdles gold medal at the Munich Olympics; just 0.10 seconds ahead of Frenchman Guy Drut
    • 1972 East German sprinter Renate Stecher runs a world record equalling 22.40 in the 200m final to repeat her 100m win over Australia's Raelene Boyle at the Munich Olympics
    • 1972 Future world professional cycling road race champion Hennie Kuiper of the Netherlands wins the road race gold medal at the Munich Olympics in 4:14:37
    • 1972 Nadezhda Chizhova of the Soviet Union throws a world record 21.03m to win the women's shot put at the Munich Olympics
    • 1973 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1974 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Billie Jean King wins her 4th and final US singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 7-5

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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
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    Tennis PlayerEvonne Goolagong Cawley

    • 1975 Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
    [​IMG]Cricket History
    1975 Pakistani all-time great batsman Hanif Mohammad plays final day of 1st-class cricket for Pakistan International Airlines v Hyderabad at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad

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    1975 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Manuel Orantes of Spain wins his only Grand Slam title; upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; played on green Har-Tru clay surface

    • 1978 1st game of Boston Massacre, NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 15-3
    • 1979 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
    • 1980 Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1980 US Open Men's Tennis: In centenary men's singles final John McEnroe retains title; beats Björn Borg 7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4

    • 1981 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts
    • 1981 West Tampa Fl defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1984 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1985 US Open Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlíková beats Martina Navratilova 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 for her first US title

    • 1986 Cleveland Browns become 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1986 Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1986 US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Czech final Ivan Lendl retains his title; beats Miloslav Mečíř 6-4, 6-2, 6-
    [​IMG]Hockey Hall of Fame
    1988 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1988 NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
    • 1991 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
    • 1991 Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1991 US Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first US title; beats Martina Navratilova 7-6, 6-1

    • 1992 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns

    • 1992 Former owner and team president of the Milwaukee Brewers Bud Selig is appointed interim Commissioner of Major League Baseball; holds office until becoming official Commissioner in 1998
    • 1993 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds
    • 1994 Jingyi Le, Ying Shan, Ying Le and Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1996 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf retains her title; beats Monica Seles 7-5 6-4 for her 5th and final US singles crown

    • 1997 US Open Men's Tennis: Patrick Rafter of Australia wins his first Grand Slam title; beats Canadian Greg Rusedski 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
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    2002 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins second US title; beats older sister Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2003 US Open Men's Tennis: American Andy Roddick wins his only career Grand Slam title; beats Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 6-3, 7-6, 6-3

    [​IMG]Cricket History
    2004 Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid is named Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council

    • 2014 American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan beat Spanish pair Marcel Granollers & Marc López 6–3, 6–4 to win their Open era record 5th US men's tennis doubles title; extends record for most Grand Slam doubles titles (16)
    • 2014 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her 3rd straight US title; beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-3, 6-3
    • 2019 US Open Women's Tennis: Bianca Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title; stuns Serena Williams 6-2, 7-5
    • 2020 Tour Championship, Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Dustin Johnson wins by 3 strokes from Xander Schauffele & Justin Thomas; claims FedEx Cup, equal biggest winner's prize in golf, US$15m
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 1883 New York Gothams score 13 runs in an inning in a 16-6 win over Philadelphia Quakers at Recreation Park, Philadelphia; MLB record (18) set 2 days earlier
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    1894 Employed by Thomas Edison, William K.L. Dickson films first boxing match at West Orange, New Jersey, an exhibition between world heavyweight champion James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney

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    InventorThomas Edison
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    BoxerJames J. Corbett

    • 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base in 8-3 defeat to Cincinnati Reds at Exposition Park, Pittsburgh
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1915 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: William Johnston beats Maurice McLoughlin 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, 10-8 in first US event held at West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York

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    Tennis PlayerMaurice McLoughlin
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1939 Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller
    • 1939 Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning
    • 1943 NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game
    • 1946 San Francisco 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1946 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Jack Kramer beats fellow American Tom Brown Jr. 9-7, 6-3, 6-0 for his first of 2 straight US singles crowns

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    Tennis PlayerJack Kramer
    • 1946 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Pauline Betz Addie beats Patricia Canning Todd 11-9, 6-3 for her 4th and last US singles title
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1952 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Frank Sedgman wins his second straight US title; beats American Gardnar Mulloy 6-1, 6-2, 6-3; last amateur major before turning pro in 1953

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    Tennis PlayerFrank Sedgman
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1952 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Maureen Connolly beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 7-5

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1954 With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks

    • 1955 Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    1957 Juan Manuel Fangio confirms his F1 World Drivers Championship, finishing 2nd in the season ending Italian GP at Monza; takes record 5th title by 15 points from Stirling Moss
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1957 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Mal Anderson wins his only Grand Slam event; beats Ashley Cooper 10-8, 7-5, 6-4


    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1957 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Althea Gibson beats Louise Brough Clapp 6-3, 6-2 for the first of her 2 home singles crowns

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    1958 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties modern record of 3 triples in a game

    • 1960 American sprinter Wilma Rudolph wins her third gold medal of the Rome Olympics anchoring the US 4 x 100m relay team; earlier won 100/200m double
    • 1960 German 4 x 100m relay team equal world record 39.5 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer
    • 1960 US 4 x 400m relay team of Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis & Otis Davis run a world record 3:02.2 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1963 Milwaukee Braves future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 x 20-win seasons
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    1963 Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship; Clark's 5th GP win of the season

    • 1963 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rafael Osuna of Mexico beats Frank Froehling 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 for his lone major singles title
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    1963 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins second of 4 US singles crowns; beats defending champion Margaret Smith of Australia 7-5, 6-4

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1965 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1968 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Arthur Ashe wins first Open era US title; beats Dutchman Tom Okker 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1969 US amateur Men's Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1969 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Court wins her third US singles title & 16th Grand Slam singles event; beats Nancy Richey 6-2, 6-2

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1972 Chic Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year

    • 1972 East German Annelie Ehrhardt with a world record 12.59 takes the 100m hurdles gold medal at the Munich Olympics; beats Romanian Valeria Bufanu by just 0.25
    • 1972 Mykola Avilov representing the Soviet Union scores a world record 8454 points to win the decathlon gold medal at the Munich Olympics; beats teammate Leonid Lytvynenko by 419 points
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1973 Billy Martin named manager of the Texas Rangers

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1973 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Court wins her 24th and final Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7-6, 5-7, 6-2

    • 1974 England's Ian Thompson wins European Championship marathon in 2:13:18.8 in Rome, Italy
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1974 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Jimmy Connors wins his first of 5 US singles titles; outclasses veteran Australian Ken Rosewall 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 in last event played on grass
    Tennis LegendJimmy Connors
    • 1978 2nd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 13-2
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1979 US Open Women's Tennis: Tracy Austin becomes youngest US champion (16 years, 9 months); beats Chris Evert 6-4, 6-
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1980 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1984 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1985 US Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins his first US title; beats NYC home town favourite John McEnroe 7-6, 6-3, 6-4

    • 1988 Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43m
    • 1988 NL president A. Bartlett Giamatti is unanimously elected Major League Baseball's 7th Commissioner
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1989 American MLB player George Brett gets his 2,500th hit

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    1990 US Open Women's Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini becomes only Argentine woman to win a Grand Slam singles event; beats Steffi Graf 6-2, 7-6

    • 1991 NFL Buffalo Bill QB Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pittsburgh Steelers (52-34)
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1991 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first US title; beats American Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0

    • 1992 Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
    • 1993 Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
    • 1993 Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in Astros' 7-1 win over NY Mets
    • 1994 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo
    • 1995 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1996 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras retains his title; beats fellow American Michael Chang 6-1, 6-4, 7-6

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2001 US Open Women's Tennis: Venus Williams successfully defends title; beats younger sister Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4

    • 2002 Rookie quarterback David Carr throws for 2 TDs as the Houston Texans beat Dallas Cowboys 19-10 to become only the 2nd expansion team (1961 Minnesota Vikings) to win their inaugural game
    • 2002 Texas Rangers set a major league record by homering in their 26th consecutive game as Texas falls to the Tampa Bay
    • 2002 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins 14th and final Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
    • 2007 US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Justin Henin beats Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-1, 6-3; Henin wins event without losing a set
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2008 US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Scotsman Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 for his 5th consecutive US title

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2013 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams successfully defends her title; beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-5, 6-7, 6-
    • 2014 US Open Men's Tennis: Marin Čilić of Croatia wins his maiden grand slam title; beats Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2018 US Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka first Japanese female to win a Grand Slam singles final; beats Serena Williams in controversial match 6-2, 6-4

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2019 US Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal defeats Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to win his 19th Grand Slam singles title, and 4th US crown

    [​IMG]Baseball Hall of Fame
    2021 Derek Jeter, Ted Simmons, Larry Walker, and Marvin Miller are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY; elected in 2020, ceremony was postponed due to pandemic

    • 2022 Australian Stephanie Gilmore wins her eighth world surfing title at Lower Trestles, California - making her the most successful women's champion in history
     
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    • 1841 Tom Hyer beats George McChester in 101 rounds at Caldwell's Landing, NY to become first American heavyweight boxing champion
    • 1904 Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913
    [​IMG]Johnson vs. Kaufman

    1909 Jack Johnson retains his heavyweight boxing title when he fights Al Kaufman to a no decision in 10 rounds at Coffroth's Arena, San Francisco, California

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    World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson

    • 1914 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0
    [​IMG]Tony Lazzeri Day
    1927 Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium

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    Baseball PlayerTony Lazzeri
    • 1928 Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ½"
    • 1936 New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 12-9 at League Park to clinch AL pennant on the earliest date in history
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1940 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Donald McNeill beats fellow American Bobby Riggs 4-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 for his second major singles title

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    Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1940 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-3 for her third US singles title

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    Tennis ChampionAlice Marble
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    Tennis PlayerHelen Jacobs
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1945 Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th & final HR

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    MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
    • 1948 Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
    • 1955 Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1956 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall wins his first US singles title, beating Lew Hoad 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3

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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall
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    Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionLew Hoad
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1956 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Shirley Fry Irvin beats Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-4 for her only US singles crown

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    Tennis PlayerAlthea Gibson
    • 1960 Denver Broncos beat Boston Patriots, 13-10 in the American Football League's first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston
    • 1960 Pakistan ends India's run of 6 consecutive Olympic field hockey gold medals with a 1-0 win over their sub-continent rivals at the Rome Games
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1965 LA Dodgers future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his 4th career no-hitter and first perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium

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    Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1969 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam

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    Tennis PlayerRod Laver
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    Tennis Player and CoachTony Roche
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1970 Bowie Kuhn suspends Denny McLain for carrying a gun

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    MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn
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    Baseball PitcherDenny McLain
    • 1970 Feyenoord wins soccer's Club World Cup
    • 1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires (for the first time), after 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings
    • 1972 Soviet runner Lyudmila Bragina with a world record 4:01.38 wins the women's 1,500m gold medal at the Munich Olympics
    • 1972 Soviet Union beats the United States 51-50 in the most controversial game in international basketball history; with US leading 50-49 the final 3 seconds is replayed 3 times until the Soviets finally win
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1972 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Billie Jean King retains her title; beats Kerry Melville Reid of Australia 6-3, 7-5

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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
    • 1972 West German equestrian rider Liselott Linsenhoff follows her dressage teams gold in Mexico City with the individual dressage title at her home Olympics in Munich
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    1973 4th place finish in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is enough to clinch Jackie Stewart his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1973 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian John Newcombe wins his second US singles title; beats Jan Kodeš 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

    • 1978 3rd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-0
    • 1978 Baltimore Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto)
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1978 US Open Women's Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Chris Evert wins her 4th straight US singles title; beats fellow American Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4; first time event played on hard courts

    • 1979 South African Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; first RSA champion
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1979 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins first Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5, 6-3, 6-3

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1983 Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player[​IMG]
    Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
    • 1984 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins his 4th US title and final Grand Slam singles event; beats Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
    • 1987 Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1987 Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59


    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1987 MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter

    • 1988 MLB Atlanta Braves Bruce Sutter joins Rollie Fingers & Gooses Gossage with 300 MLB career saves
    • 1988 US Stars & Stripes H3 defeats NZ's KZ-1 at the 27th America's Cup: NZ appeal in court but eventually lose
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1989 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf retains her title; beats Martina Navratilova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

    • 1990 Oakland beats NY 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1990 US Open Men's Tennis: 19 year old Pete Sampras wins his first Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Sampras youngest male US Open winner

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1991 Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington

    • 1991 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
    • 1992 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
    • 1992 MLB player Robin Yount, is 17th to reach 3,000 hits
    • 1995 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins her 4th US title; beats Monica Seles 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2000 US Open Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins her first US title; beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 7-
    • 2001 US Open Men's Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt of Australia becomes youngest (20) world #1 player; beats Pete Sampras 7-6, 6-1, 6-1
    • 2002 MLB Arizona Diamondbacks' lefthanded pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2006 US Open Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova of Russia wins her first US title; overpowers Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2007 US Open Men's Tennis: Switzerland's Roger Federer wins 4th consecutive US title; beats Novak Đoković of Serbia 7-6, 7-6, 6-4

    • 2012 Armenia wins the 40th FIDE Chess Olympiad
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2012 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her 4th US title; beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 2-6, 7-
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2013 US Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal wins his second US title; beats Novak Đoković 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

    2017 US Open Women's Tennis: In the first all-American final since 2002 unseeded Sloane Stephens defeats Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0
    • 2018 Green Bay Packers start 100th season with historic 24-23 comeback win over Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field; first ever Packer recovery from 17+ points deficit at 3/4 time (20-3)
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2018 US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his third US title; beats '09 champion Juan Martín del Potro 6-4, 7-6, 6-3; equals Pete Sampras' 14 Grand Slams

    [​IMG]Sports History
    2021 Tom Brady becomes first player in NFL history to start 300 regular season games as he guides Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an opening day 31-29 win at home to Dallas Cowboys
     
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    • 1875 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins his 4th title; beats fellow Scot Bob Martin by 2 strokes
    • 1918 Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs players threaten to boycott the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers
    • 1919 Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell no-hits New York Yankees, 3-0 at the Polo Grounds, NYC

    • 1922 New York Yankees play their farewell home games in Polo Grounds, win both games of doubleheader against Philadelphia Athletics; move to Yankee Stadium the following season
    • 1924 New York Giants rip Boston Braves, 22-1 at the Polo Grounds; future Baseball HOF infielder Frankie Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out
    [​IMG]International Lawn Tennis Challenge

    1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Vincent Richards & R. Norris Williams clinch US 7th straight title; beat Jacques Brugnon & Henri Cochet of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 for 3-0 lead; ends 4-1

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    Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet
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    Tennis PlayerR. Norris Williams
    • 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Henri Cochet beats Bill Johnson 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to clinch a 3-2 win for France and break 7 title US win streak
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1931 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ellsworth Vines beats George Lott 7-9, 6-3, 9-7, 7-5 for his first of 2 straight US singles titles

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    Tennis PlayerEllsworth Vines
    • 1932 Dodgers' Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
    • 1932 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills: American Ellsworth Vines successfully defends his title; beats Frenchman Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1933 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry robs Australian Jack Crawford of his Grand Slam chance; wins final 6-3, 11-13, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1

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    Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry
    • 1937 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0)
    • 1937 Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0
    [​IMG]Cricket History
    1948 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium

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    Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
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    1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher, Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls

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    Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm

    [​IMG]Olympic Gold
    1960 Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs WR 2:15:16.2 barefoot to take out the men's marathon at the Rome Olympics; Africa's first ever Olympic gold medal

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    Marathon RunnerAbebe Bikila
    • 1960 Fencer Aladár Gerevich is part of the gold medal winning Hungarian sabre team at the Rome Olympics; Gerevich's 6th consecutive gold medal in the event
    [​IMG]Olympic Gold
    1960 Future Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas scores 23 points as the US wins its 5th straight men's basketball Olympic gold medal with a 90-63 drubbing of Brazil at the Rome Games

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    NBA ForwardJerry Lucas
    [​IMG]Olympic Gold
    1960 Gymnastics competition at the Rome Olympics concludes with the Soviet Union taking 10 of the 15 gold medals; Soviet gymnasts Boris Shakhlin & Larisa Latynina win 3 gold medals each

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    GymnastLarisa Latynina
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1960 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit

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    Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
    • 1960 Yugoslavia dominates Denmark 3-1 to win the men's football gold medal at the Rome Olympics
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1961 75th US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Darlene Hard beats England's Ann Jones 6-3, 6-4

    • 1961 American Ferrari driver Phil Hill wins Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch F1 World Drivers Championship; first American F1 world champion
    • 1961 Italian F1 Grand Prix, Monza: a crash causes the death of German driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators hit by his Ferrari
    • 1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1961 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Roy Emerson beats Rod Laver 7-5, 6-3, 6-2; Emerson's second Grand Slam title

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1962 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver completes his first Grand Slam defeating fellow Queenslander Roy Emerson 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

    • 1962 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith beats defending champion Darlene Hard 9-7, 6-4 for her first US singles crown
    • 1963 Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0
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    1963 Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather

    • 1965 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
    [​IMG]Boxing Title Fight
    1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
    • 1967 Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1967 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: John Newcombe of Australia defeats American Clark Graebner 6–4, 6–4, 8–6 for first of 2 US singles titles

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1967 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Billie Jean King defeats England's Ann Haydon-Jones 11–9, 6–4 for first of 4 US singles crowns

    • 1969 NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time
    • 1972 American freestyle wrestler Dan Gable wins the 68kg division gold medal at the Munich Olympics; only Olympic wrestler not to have a single point scored against him in the competition
    • 1972 American long distance runner Frank Shorter scores a famous win in the men's marathon in 2:12:19.8 at the Munich Olympics
    • 1972 American men's 4 x 100m relay team of Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Eddie Hart combine for a world record 38.19 to beat the Soviet Union for the gold medal at the Munich Olympics
    • 1972 An American double in the inaugural Olympic archery competition in Munich; John Williams wins the men's individual gold medal; Doreen Wilber takes the women's gold
    • 1972 Cuban boxer Teófilo Stevenson wins first of 3 consecutive Olympic heavyweight gold medals when Munich Games opponent Ion Alexe of Romania withdraws from the final because of a broken thumb
    • 1972 East v West in a women's 4 x 100m relay at the Munich Olympics; West Germany beats East Germany by 0.13 seconds for the gold medal
    • 1972 Kazimierz Deyna scores twice as Poland beats Hungary 2-1 in the Olympic football gold medal match; 80,000 at the Munich Olympic Stadium
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1972 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ilie Năstase of Romania beats Arthur Ashe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 for his first Grand Slam title
    • 1972 West Germany beats Pakistan 1-0 to become first European nation since 1920 to win the field hockey Olympic title; marred by disgraceful behaviour of Pakistani players, fans & officials after losing the Munich final
    • 1972 Yugoslavia beats Czechoslovakia, 21-16 in the inaugural Olympic handball final in Munich
    • 1973 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on a 12 round split decision for NABF heavyweight boxing title at the Forum, Inglewood, California
    • 1973 NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
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    1974 MLB St Louis Cardinals Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark

    • 1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1975 Darryl Sittler is named captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs

    • 1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
    • 1977 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1977 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Chris Evert wins her 3rd straight US singles title; beats Wendy Turnbull of Australia 7-6, 6-2; final time event played at West Side Tennis Club

    • 1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-4 to tie for AL East 1st place; Yanks out hit arch rivals, 67-21; score 42-9
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    1978 The single point American Lotus driver Mario Andretti earns for finishing 6th at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is enough to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1978 US Open Men's Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Jimmy Connors beats Björn Borg 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to become the first player to win the US Open on 3 different surfaces
    [​IMG]Boxing Title Fight
    1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1983 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 6-1, 6-3 for her first US singles titl
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1988 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany wins her first US title and completes the Grand Slam; beats Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

    • 1989 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1989 Five days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, MLB and NFL player Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown, his first

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1989 Indianapolis running back Eric Dickerson rushes for 106 yards against San Francisco to become the fastest player to top the 10,000 yard plateau; 91st career game

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1989 US Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his only US title; beats Czech Ivan Lendl 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6

    • 1990 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
    • 1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
    • 1991 Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
    • 1994 US Open Women's Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain wins her only US singles title; beats Steffi Graf 1-6, 7-6, 6-4
    • 1995 35th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland beats US, 14-10
    • 1995 Cleveland's major league sports franchises, NFL Browns & MLB Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, both win; Browns 22-6 v Tampa, Indians 5-3 v Orioles
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1995 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his 3rd US title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

    [​IMG]Baseball Record 1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe Ruth as only the players to hit 50 HRs in 2 consecutive years
    • 2000 US Open Men's Tennis: Marat Safin of Russia wins his first Grand Slam title; beats home favourite Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2005 125th US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Kim Clijsters wins her first of 4 Grand Slam titles; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-3, 6-1
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2006 US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins 3rd straight US title; beats home favourite Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2011 US Open Women's Tennis: Samantha Stosur becomes first Australian to win a Grand Slam title since 1980; upsets Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2012 US Open Men's Tennis: Andy Murray of Scotland wins his first Grand Slam event; beats defending champion Novak Đoković 7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2

    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    2016 US Open Women's Tennis: Angelique Kerber beats Karolína Plíšková 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to become first German player to win the event since Steffi Graf in 1996

    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    2017 US Open Men's Tennis: Spain's Rafael Nadal wins his 3rd US title; beats Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
    2018 Australian newspaper the "Herald Sun" criticised for "racist" cartoon of American tennis star Serena Williams
    • 2022 US Open Women's Tennis: World #1 Iga Świątek of Poland wins her 3rd major title with a 6–2, 7–6 (7–5) victory over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur
     
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    • 1839 1st Canadian track and field meet held at Caer Howell Grounds
    • 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
    [​IMG]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

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    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
    [​IMG]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

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

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

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    SwimmerFlorence Chadwick
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis Player and Five-Time Major ChampionTony Trabert
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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    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

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    Auto RacerStirling Moss
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    1955 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward Hales of England 6-4, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerDoris Hart
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1956 Cincinnati Reds outfielder Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR

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

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    MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra
    • 1959 Baltimore starter Jerry Walker pitches all 16 innings as the Orioles edge the Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium
    • 1959 Elroy Face's 22 game winning streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4
    • 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
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    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

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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
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    Tennis PlayerRosemary Casals
    • 1972 XX Summer Olympic Games close in Munich, German FR
    • 1976 Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis LegendChris Evert
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    Tennis PlayerEvonne Goolagong Cawley
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionGuillermo Vilas
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    Tennis LegendJimmy Connors
    • 1982 US Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert wins her 6th and final US title, beating Hana Mandlíková 6-3, 6-1
    • 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
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis LegendJimmy Connors
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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

    [​IMG]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

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    MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
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    MLB LegendTy Cobb
    • 1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India
    • 1988 Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world
    [​IMG]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 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
    • 1991 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
    [​IMG]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

    [​IMG]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"
    [​IMG]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
    [​IMG]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

    [​IMG]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

    [​IMG]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)
    [​IMG]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
    • 2022 US Open Men's Tennis: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defeats Casper Ruud of Norway 6–4, 2–6, 7–6, 6–3 for his first major title
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 1885 Highest football score recorded in any 1st-class soccer match: Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord in Scotland
    • 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
    • 1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup

    [​IMG]Baseball 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

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    MLB PitcherCy Young
    • 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
    • 1920 VII Summer Olympic Games close in Antwerp, Belgium
    [​IMG]World Record
    1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)

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    Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi
    [​IMG]International Lawn Tennis Challenge
    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

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    Tennis PlayerBill Tilden
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    Tennis PlayerGerald Patterson
    • 1925 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0)
    [​IMG]International Lawn Tennis Challenge
    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

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    Tennis PlayerRené Lacoste
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    Tennis PlayerJean Borotra
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    Tennis PlayerR. Norris Williams
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1930 Brooklyn catcher Al López hits major league's last recorded bounce HR

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    Baseball PlayerAl López
    • 1932 Brooklyn Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    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

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    Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry
    • 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
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    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

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    Tennis PlayerHelen Jacobs
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis ChampionAlice Marble
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    Tennis PlayerHelen Jacobs

    • 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
    • 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 Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
    [​IMG]World Record
    1964 American long jumper Ralph Boston sets then world record 27' 4 1⁄4" (8.34m) at Los Angeles, California

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    Long JumperRalph Boston
    • 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
    • 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
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno
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    Tennis Player and Two-Time Major ChampionNancy Richey
    [​IMG]Sports History
    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

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    Tennis PlayerJohn Newcombe
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    Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Stolle
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis PlayerRosemary Casals
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    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)
    [​IMG]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

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1979 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off NY Yankee Jim Beattie

    • 1979 Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club
    [​IMG]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

    [​IMG]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-

    [​IMG]Sports History
    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
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1984 NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251

    • 1986 MLB Minnesota Twins fire manager Ray Miller and replace him with coach Tom Kelly
    • 1987 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year
    • 1988 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1991 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win

    [​IMG]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)

    [​IMG]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-
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1993 Paul Molitor at 37 is oldest to reach 100 RBIs for 1st time in career

    [​IMG]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-
    • 1997 NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle
    [​IMG]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
    [​IMG]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
    • 2004 Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field to snap their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak
    [​IMG]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

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

    • 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
    [​IMG]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

    [​IMG]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

    • 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
    [​IMG]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-
    • 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
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 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)
    [​IMG]Baseball History

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

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    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
    [​IMG]Baseball 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

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

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    Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi
    [​IMG]PGA Championship
    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

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    GolferGene Sarazen
    • 1930 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St John's Rugby, 7-3
    • 1932 NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
    [​IMG]World Series Rights Deal
    1934 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000

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    1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis

    [​IMG]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

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller
    [​IMG]Baseball Hall of Fame
    1938 Alexander Cartwright is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

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    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
    [​IMG]F1 World Champion
    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

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    Auto RacerJuan Manuel Fangio
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    Auto RacerAlberto Ascari
    • 1953 Pitcher Bob Trice becomes the first black player for Philadelphia Athletics
    • 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
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1958 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times

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    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
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno
    • 1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1963 Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches New York Yankees' 28th pennant

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    Baseball Pitcher and AuthorJim Bouton
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson
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    Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Stolle
    • 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
    [​IMG]Baseball History
    1965 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win

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    MLB LegendWillie Mays
    • 1969 Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1969 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player

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    MLB Outfielder and CoachBobby Bonds
    • 1970 New York City Marathon: inaugural event won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall
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    Tennis Player and CoachTony Roche
    [​IMG]Baseball History
    1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR

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    Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
    • 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)
    [​IMG]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
    • 1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
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    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

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1983 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1983 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season

    • 1983 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
    • 1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season
    • 1987 Tampa Bay quarterback Steve DeBerg establishes a franchise record with 5 touchdown passes in the Buccaneers 48-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons
    [​IMG]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

    • 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
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    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
    [​IMG]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
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1999 John Elway's #7 jersey is retired by the Denver Broncos

    [​IMG]Sports History
    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

    [​IMG]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 1975l
    [​IMG]Golf Tournament
    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

    [​IMG]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

    [​IMG]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
    • 2020 Chicago Cubs pitcher Alec Mills no-hits the Milwaukee Brewers, 12-0 at Miller Park, Milwaukee
    [​IMG]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
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 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

    [​IMG]Dempsey KOs Firpo

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

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey
    • 1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play
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    1924 Walter Johnson selected as the American League MVP

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    MLB PitcherWalter Johnson
    • 1929 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
    [​IMG]US Men's Tennis Open
    1929 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 7th US title; beats Francis Hunter 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

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    Tennis PlayerBill Tilden
    • 1930 Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6
    [​IMG]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

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    MLB Hall of Fame 2nd Baseman and ManagerRogers Hornsby
    • 1942 Yanks clinch pennant #13
    • 1943 Yanks clinch pennant #14
    [​IMG]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

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

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    Tennis PlayerLouise Brough
    • 1953 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1954 Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record

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    MLB LegendWillie Mays
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    Baseball Player and ManagerMel Ott

    • 1955 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245)
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    1958 Yankees win 24th pennant, & 9th under Casey Stengel

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    Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
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    1968 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season

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    Baseball PitcherDenny McLain
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    1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

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    Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson
    • 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
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    1978 MLB Atlanta Braves' Jim Bouton (38) beats San Francisco Giants, his 1st win since 1970

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

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

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    NFL Running BackWalter Payton
    • 1986 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
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    1987 Cal Ripken Jr.'s record streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is finally broken

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    MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
    • 1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles
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    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

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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl
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    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
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    1996 As' Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season

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    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
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    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

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    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)
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
    [​IMG]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

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

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    Tennis PlayerBill Tilden
    • 1928 Kent leg-spinner Alfred "Tich" Freeman takes 2-102 and 4-75 for Rest of England vs Lancashire to become the only bowler to take 300 wickets (304) in an English cricket season
    • 1928 St. Louis Cardinals set NL record of 18 men left-on-base; still beat Phillies, 8-6 at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
    • 1940 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)
    • 1940 Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher)
    • 1946 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats
    • 1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15
    • 1950 For a record 6th time, NY Yankees' first baseman Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game
    • 1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)
    • 1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game
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    1960 Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.

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

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

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    Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
    • 1975 1st College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 17-3 in Foxborough
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    1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)

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    MLB ManagerEarl Weaver
    • 1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans
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    1978 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionLeon Spinks
    • 1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL & NL (Astros)
    • 1985 MLB New York Yankees trade 25-year-old pitching prospect Jim Deshaies to Houston Astros for 40-year-old pitcher Joe Niekro
    • 1985 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: Europe beats US, 16½-11½; first US loss since 1957; Sam Torrance clinches for Europe beating Andy North, 1 up
    • 1988 Lillehammer, Norway, upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics
    • 1988 Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
    • 1990 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves
    • 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)
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    1995 Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays

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

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    GolferMark O'Meara
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    GolferDavid Duval
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    1996 Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34

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    MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
    • 2000 27th Olympic Games opens at Sydney, Australia
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    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

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

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

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

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    GolferSuzann Pettersen
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    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

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

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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 1864 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. wins third title; beats fellow Scot Andrew Strath by 2 strokes
    • 1869 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: At just 18 years of age, Tom Morris Jr. retains his title; beats fellow Scot Bob Kirk by 11 strokes
    • 1869 Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one by Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole, Scotland

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

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

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    Baseball PlayerJim Bottomley
    • 1926 St Louis Cards beat Phillies 23-3
    • 1930 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
    • 1931 St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
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    1937 Redskins NFL franchise play first game in Washington at Griffith Stadium; defeat the New York Giants in season opener, 13–3

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    American Football PlayerMel Hein
    • 1939 NY Yankees clinch their 11th & 4th successive pennant
    [​IMG]Leo Durocher Suspended
    1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"

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    Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher
    • 1950 Cleveland Browns (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Philadelphia 35-10)

    • 1951 US National League umpire Frank Dascoli clears the Dodgers bench, ejecting 15 players
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    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

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    LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls
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    Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
    • 1953 AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
    • 1955 Bauer & Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
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    1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt

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    Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
    • 1957 LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers
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    1960 Milwaukee Braves' future HOF pitcher Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0 at County Stadium

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

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    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 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
    • 1979 Ryder Cup Golf, The Greenbrier: US wins, 17-11; new Team Europe replaces Great Britain & Ireland as official opposition to the United States
    • 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
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    1993 Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield is 19th to get 3,000 hits

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

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    MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

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    1996 MLB Minnesota Twins' Paul Molitor becomes 21st player to reach 3,000 hits

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    Baseball Player and ManagerPaul Molitor
    • 1997 ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA
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    1997 Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cardinals for $26M

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

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

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

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    NFL QuarterbackPatrick Mahomes
     
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    g8orbill

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

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    Baseball LegendEddie Collins

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

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

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    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
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    1922 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ

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    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

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    Tennis PlayerBill Tilden
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    Tennis PlayerRené Lacoste
    • 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
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    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

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    Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet
    • 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
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    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

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    Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs
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    1939 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Dual champion Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs 6-0, 8-10, 6-4

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    Tennis ChampionAlice Marble
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    Tennis PlayerHelen Jacobs
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4

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

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    • 1949 Ryder Cup Golf, Ganton GC: US beats Great Britain, 7-5; Americans win 6 of 8 singles matches to claim victory

    • 1950 San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17
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    1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player

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    MLB shortstopErnie Banks
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    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

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    1955 Future MLB Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game

    • 1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year
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    1959 59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus

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    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

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    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

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    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

    • 1961 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)
    • 1964 The Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 by baseball team owner Charles Finley for a concert at Municipal Stadium in Kansas, Missouri on a scheduled day off
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    1964 Yankee Mickey Mantle gets career hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR in 6-2 victory over Los Angeles Angels at New York

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

    • 1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup
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    1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more

    • 1977 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain & Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
    • 1978 After 6 losses to the New York Yankees in September, the Boston Red Sox finally score a 7-3 win over their arch rivals at Yankee Stadium
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    1979 Royals' George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season


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    1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season

    • 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
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    1984 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games

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    1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs

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

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    Hall of Fame NFL QuarterbackDan Marino
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    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

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

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

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

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherRed Ruffing
    • 1938 Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
    • 1938 Despite losing a double header (4-3, 8-7) to the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park III, the New York Yankees clinch their 10th AL pennant
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    1946 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

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

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

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    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
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    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

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    NFL QuarterbackJohnny Unitas
    • 1967 Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup yacht race at Newport, Rhode Island
    • 1968 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
    • 1971 Ryder Cup Golf, Old Warson CC: US beats Europe, 18½-13½; after leading by 1 match, GB loses all Friday morning 4-ball matches to lose momentum
    • 1972 1st black NL umpire is Art Williams for Los Angeles vs San Diego
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    1976 MLB Cleveland Indians player-manager Frank Robinson's last game as a player

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    Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
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    1977 Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore

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    • 1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
    • 1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31
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    1984 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons

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

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    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
    [​IMG]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

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    [​IMG]Baseball
    1994 Ken Burn's documentary miniseries "Baseball" premieres on PBS (Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series)

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

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    MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens
    [​IMG]Hall of Fame
    1997 Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame

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    Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros
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    Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis PlayerMary Pierce
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    Tennis PlayerAmélie Mauresmo
    • 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
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2017 England footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years

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    English FootballerWayne Rooney
     
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    • 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
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    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

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    • 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
    • 1931 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
    [​IMG]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

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    GolferDenny Shute
    • 1933 NY Giants clinch the pennant
    [​IMG]Baseball History
    1947 Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of the Year"

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    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
    [​IMG]US Open Women's Tennis
    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

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    Tennis PlayerLouise Brough
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season

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    MLB shortstopErnie Banks
    • 1966 Mike Burke named Yankees pres
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    1968 Denny McLain's 31st win & Mickey Mantle's 535th HR

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

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    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 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
    • 1986 Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1
    [​IMG]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

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

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    • 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
    • 1992 Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)
    • 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
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    1993 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years

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    Baseball PitcherTom Glavine
    • 1995 Colorado Rockies Andres Galarraga becomes 4th team member to hit 30 HRs in the sesaon
    • 1995 MLB San Diego Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits HRs in 3rd of 4 games
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    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

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

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    Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.
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    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]

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

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

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    MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux
    • 2015 Japan beats South Africa 34-32 in Brighton, England in the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history
    • 2017 New MLB record for most home runs in a season, no. 5,694 hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals
     
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    • 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
    [​IMG]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

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    GolferHarry Vardon
    [​IMG]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

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    Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
    [​IMG]PGA Championship
    1919 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Engineers CC: Defending champion Jim Barnes defeats Fred McLeod, 6 & 5 in the final

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    Pioneering GolferJim Barnes
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1922 St. Louis Cardinals future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games

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

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    GolferWalter Hagen
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    Pioneering GolferJim Barnes
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1931 MLB's Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184

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    Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
    • 1932 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
    • 1933 Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
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    1939 Joe Louis puts Bob Pastor down 5 times before an 11th round KO at Briggs Stadium, Detroit in his 8th heavyweight boxing title defense

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    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
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    1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR

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

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

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

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    Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26

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    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
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    1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536

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    Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis ChampionIlie Năstase
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    Tennis PlayerStan Smith
    • 1969 MLB Pittsburgh Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0
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    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

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    GolferJack Nicklaus
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1973 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match

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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
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    Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs
    • 1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
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    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

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    GolferArnold Palmer
    • 1980 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of catcher Thurman Munson unveiled at Yankee Stadium: Munson died in plane crash in 1979
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1980 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good

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    MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett
    • 1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out

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

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    NFL Running BackWalter Payton
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    1987 French driver Alain Prost wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; his record 28th Formula 1 victory

    • 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
    [​IMG]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

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    1988 Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons

    • 1988 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #18 in Tigers' 4-3 loss to Cleveland Indians; Evans' 400th MLB career HR
    • 1995 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
    • 1997 Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive
    [​IMG]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
    • 1998 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Muirfield Village: US retains Cup; beats Europe 16-12 for third consecutive victory
    • 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 107th Tour de France: Slovenian Tadej Pogačar claims yellow jersey from countryman Primož Roglič; also wins mountains and U25 classifications; green jersey, Sam Bennett
    • 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
    • 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
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    2022 Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own world record for the marathon in 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds in Berlin (previous record 2:01:39) [1]
     
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    • 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
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    1951 Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec

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    Distance RunnerEmil Zátopek

    • 1952 MLB Boston Braves play what turns out to be their last home game at Braves Field in Boston, losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers 8–2 before crowd of 8,822; team relocates to Milwaukee before start of next season
    [​IMG]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

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano
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    Boxing ChampionArchie Moore
    [​IMG]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

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    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)
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1970 Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0

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    Major League Baseball pitcherVida Blue
    • 1971 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
    [​IMG]Contract of Interest
    1973 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000

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    NBA Point GuardNate Archibald
    • 1973 NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games
    • 1980 LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception
    • 1980 Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
    • 1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) goes off the air
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    1981 MLB Philadelphia Phillies lefthander Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson)

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    MLB StarAndre Dawson
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    Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

    • 1982 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
    • 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
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    1985 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion

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    WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes
    • 1986 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown
    • 1986 NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards
    • 1986 SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitches 1-hitter in his major league debut
    • 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
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    1988 Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville, New Jersey home

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
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    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

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    SwimmerMatt Biondi
    • 1990 MLB Commissioner Faye Vincent turns down Chicago White Sox bid to reinstate 68 year old Minnie Miñoso
    • 1990 Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years
    • 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 Ryder Cup Golf, Valhalla GC: US lead from start to finish to win 16½-11½ and regain Cup after 3 consecutive European victories
    • 2008 The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.
    • 2017 Andre Ward, unified light heavyweight champion and world’s top pound-for-pound boxer, announces his retirement
     
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    • 1861 Federal troops shoot and kill 12 Navajo men, women and children, and wound 40 more, following a dispute over a friendly horse race during monthly "Ration Day" at Fort Fauntleroy in Bear Springs. Territory of New Mexico [1]
    • 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

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    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

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    MLB PitcherCy Young
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    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

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    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
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    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

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    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
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    1957 Duke Snider's 39th & 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field

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    Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDuke Snider
    • 1959 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
    • 1961 MLB Baltimore Orioles Jim Gentile ties record of 5 grand slams in a single season

    • 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
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    1969 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs

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    MLB LegendWillie Mays
    • 1973 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
    • 1973 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 19-13; first time 'Ireland' included in team name
    • 1977 Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0
    • 1979 Montreal Expo Larry Parrish HRs off Phillies Rawly Eastwick 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"
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    1985 Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson

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

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherFernando Valenzuela
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    1987 Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons

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    Baseball PlayerWade Boggs
    • 1987 NFL players go on strike for 24 days (2nd regular-season strike)
    • 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)
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    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

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    SwimmerMatt Biondi
    • 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
    • 1989 MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
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    1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits

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    MLB StarAndre Dawson
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    MLB LegendWillie Mays
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1991 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory

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    NFL Head CoachDon Shula
    • 1991 NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)
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    1993 Texas Ranger player Nolan Ryan at 46, pitches his last game

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    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
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    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)

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    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

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