Sports History
1913 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
PGA Championship
1923 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pelham CC: Defending champion Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagan in 38 holes for 3rd of his 7 major titles
- 1924 Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees
- 1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games; New York's 7-4 win v Philadelphia A's and 15-4 rout of Washington Senators
- 1928 Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
- 1935 Ryder Cup Golf, Ridgewood CC: US wins, 9-3; first of 7 consecutive wins by the Americans
- 1937 Frans Slaats cycles a world hour record time (45,563 km)
- 1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
- 1944 Browns last in AL attendance, only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
- 1945 Chicago Cubs clinch NL pennant with record of 98–56
- 1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards & Dodgers)
- 1946 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
Joe McCarthy Joins Red Sox
1947 Former New York Yankees manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Boston Red Sox
Baseball History
1950 Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel
- 1954 Bennekom (Netherlands) soccer team forms
The Catch
1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive during Game One of the World Series
I Love Mickey
1956 Music single "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
- 1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season
- 1957 NFL NY Giants play their last game at Polo Grounds, 9-1 loss to Pittsburgh
- 1959 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, & take NL pennant
Baseball Record
1963 Cardinal's celebrate Stan Musial Day in St Louis, for Stan Musial's final game, where he hits his 3,629th & 3,630th total hits (475 HRs)
- 1965 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season
Baseball Record
1966 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
Griffith vs. Benvenuti
1967 American boxer Emile Griffith regains his world middleweight crown on points in a brawling re-match with Italian Nino Benvenuti at Shea Stadium, NY; second of famous trilogy of fights
Baseball History
1968 Boston Red Sox arl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown
- 1968 Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
- 1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
- 1969 Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
- 1973 Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
- 1974 New York City Marathon: Norbert Sander wins men's race in 2:26:30; Katherine Switzer takes out women's event in 3:07:29
- 1976 San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
Sports History
1976 Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Los Angeles Dodgers manager
- 1977 Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship
Boxing Title Fight
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers by unanimous decision over 15 rounds in NYC for WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles
Sports History
1986 Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)
- 1986 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees
- 1986 Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
Baseball Record
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
Olympic Gold
1988 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40m; previously won the heptathlon
World Record
1988 American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner sets women's 200m world record 21.34; completes sprint double at the Seoul Olympics
- 1988 East German athlete Christian Schenk beats countryman Torsten Voss by 89 points to win the decathlon gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; Canadian Dave Steen is another 71 points back in third place
- 1988 US men's basketball team beats Australia 78-49 to take the bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics; last time US represented by a team that doesn't feature NBA players
- 1988 US retain women's basketball title at he Seoul Olympics with a 77-70 win over Yugoslavia; star guard Teresa Edwards top scores for the Americans with 18 points
Golf Tournament
1991 Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic at the Los Coyotes CC; her third LPGA title of the month
Ryder Cup
1991 Ryder Cup Golf, Kiahwa Island GR: US beats Europe, 14½-13½; Bernhard Langer misses 6-foot par putt which would have clinched 14-all tie and retained Cup for Europe
- 1992 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
Sports History
1992 Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)
O.J. Simpson Trial
1994 1st phase of O.J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen)
- 1995 Trial for former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson sent to the jury
- 1996 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
- 1996 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 HRs
Federation Cup
1996 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Atlantic City, NJ: Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 5-0) and 15th title
Sports History
1996 Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34
- 1996 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs
- 1996 San Diego Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title
- 2002 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: Europe wins 15½-12½ after teams tied at 8 points going into Sunday singles matches
- 2002 Seattle running back Shaun Alexander sets NFL record for most touchdowns in a half with 5 in 1st half of 48-23 win v Minnesota Vikings at Seahawks Stadium; runs for 4 plus 80-yard reception
- 2005 Chicago White Sox clinch their first division title since 2000 and become just the 10th team in the history of baseball to be in first place on every day of the season
- 2018 NY Yankees Venezuelan 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres smashes a 2-run homer in 8-5 win v Boston at Fenway Park; Yankees MLB record 265th homer of the season; Giancarlo Stanton adds #266 in 7th
Ben Ainslie Sails to Gold
2020 Ben Ainslie wins the Olympic gold medal in the Laser class, beating previous Laser Olympic champion Robert Scheidt
