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Events in Sport

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1912 - Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8)
1914 - NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to World Series sweep
1934 - Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0
1946 - Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
1951 - 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
1953 - 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
1956 - Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
1960 - Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1963 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sight Golf Open
1964 - Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France
1967 - Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal
1968 - Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic
1969 - Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead)
1970 - 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
1970 - All star MVP: Carl Yastremski (Boston Red Sox)
1972 - Plate ump & catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is ump & Tom Haller is Tigers catcher, KC Royals win 1-0
1973 - 102nd British Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf shoots a 276 at Royal Troon
1974 - Sharon Miller wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
Baseball Player Hank Aaron 1985 - 40th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Baker
1986 - 41st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jane Geddes
1987 - 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
1987 - All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)
1987 - Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson
1988 - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
1991 - 46th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Meg Mallon
1992 - 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD
1992 - All star MVP: Ken Griffey Jr (Seattle Mariners)
1995 - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
1995 - Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins
1996 - 14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Raymond Floyd
1996 - Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
1996 - NY Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves

Birthdays in Sport

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1884 - Charles Meldrum Daniels, Dayton Oh, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1904, 08)
1898 - A. B. "Happy" Chandler, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1991)
1923 - Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (d. 1989)
1932 - Roosevelt Grier, Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On)
1934 - [Robert] Lee Elder, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1974 Monsanto Open)
1937 - Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner (took 2-116 at 16 in only Test)
1944 - Billy McCool, American baseball player
1947 - Steve Stone, Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1949 - Joyce Benson, LPGA golfer
1951 - Judi Brown, E Lansing Mich, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984)
1954 - Ralph D'Amico, jockey
1957 - Peter Webb, NZ cricketer (batsman against West Indies 1980)
1959 - Rodney Rash, horse trainer
1962 - Diane Ratnik, Toronto Ontario, Volleyball setter (Olympics-8-92, 96)
1963 - Bel Le Harper, NFL tight end (Atlanta Falcons)
1964 - Barbara Chiu, Canton China, Canada Table Tennis player (Oly-33-92, 96)
1964 - Brett J Ogle, Paddington Austral, PGA golfer (1993 AT&T Pebble Beach)
1964 - Jack Kay Jr, Montreal Que, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Singapore Open)
1965 - Reina Olea, female jockey
1966 - D J Johnson, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1967 - Glen Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1967 - Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer (Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman)
1967 - Leonardo Lavalle, Mexico, tennis star
1967 - Robin Ventura, Santa Maria CA, infielder (Chic White Sox)
1968 - John Maginnes, Atlanta GA, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Texarkana Open-5th)
1968 - Mark Lenz, US, 3m spring diver (Olympic-gold-1992)
1969 - Jose Hernandez, Hato Rey Puerto Rico, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
1970 - Mark Brandenburg, Houston TX, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1970 - Mark Strickland, NBA forward (Miami Heat)
1970 - Michelle Sawatzky, Steinbach Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 - Todd Rucci, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
1972 - Ben Talley, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1972 - Joe Aska, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1972 - Lou Roe, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1972 - Matthew Campbell, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Halil Mutlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
1974 - Erick Dampier, NBA center (SF Warriors)
1975 - Tim Hudson, American baseball player
1976 - Geraint Jones, English cricketer
1979 - Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player
1980 - George Smith, Australian Rugby player
1987 - Adam Johnson, English footballer
1988 - James Vaughan, English footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1917 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
1925 - Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (b. 1901)
1930 - W H Ashley, cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies
1938 - Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies
1940 - Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies
1949 - Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies
1951 - Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies
1983 - Jack MacBryan, cricketer (Test for England 1924), dies
1984 - Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
1996 - Jeff Krosnoff, CART driver (b. 1964)