Events in Sports History in 1984 (Part 2)

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• Aug 8 Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco becomes the first female Olympic champion of a Muslim nation, and the first of her country in the 400m hurdles at the Los Angeles Olympics
• Aug 9 Daley Thompson of Great Britain scores 8,797 points to win the Olympic decathlon in Los Angeles; later recognised as a world record
• Aug 9 Valerie Brisco-Hooks beats fellow American Florence Griffith to win the 200m gold at the LA Olympics; completes the 200-400m double
• Aug 10 Famous Mary Decker-Zola Budd collision during 3,000m at the LA Olympics; Decker falls, Budd finishes 7th; Maricica Puică of Romania wins
• Aug 10 Ian Ferguson of New Zealand wins 2 canoeing gold medals in the one day taking the K-1 500 and K-2 500 (with Paul MacDonald) at the LA Olympics; wins K-4 1000 the next day
• Aug 10 Sweden's Agneta Andersson takes out the women's canoeing 500m double at the Los Angeles Olympics with wins in the K-1 and K-2 (with Anna Olsson) events

• Aug 11 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazil vs France

• Aug 11 Future 4-weight world boxing champion Pernell Whitaker wins the lightweight gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics
• Aug 11 Ian Ferguson of New Zealand wins his 3rd canoeing gold medal of the LA Olympics taking out the K-4 1000 a day after victories in the K-1 500 & K-2 500
• Aug 12 Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls & 19 ejections
• Aug 12 Carlos Lopes of Portugal wins the men's marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2:09:21, an Olympic record that stands for 24 years

• Aug 16 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)

• Aug 26 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
• Aug 30 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
• Aug 31 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• Sep 1 Middlesex beats Kent off the last ball of the Nat West Trophy cricket final in London; John Emburey hits Kent seamer Richard Ellison to square leg for 4 for the winning runs

• Sep 3 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
• Sep 7 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236

• Sep 12 NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251
• Sep 17 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games

• Sep 20 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time

• Sep 24 Chicago Cubs clinch NL East title

• Sep 26 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• Sep 28 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10

• Sep 30 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
• Sep 30 California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game

• Oct 2 Due to a strike by MLB umpires, first 4 NLCS games played with replacement umpires; Game 1: Chicago Cubs beat SD Padres, 13-0
• Oct 7 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs, 3 games to 2
• Oct 7 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, San Diego Padres win pennant

• Oct 13 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
• Oct 13 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
• Oct 14 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 8-4 at Tiger Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 1; MVP: Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell
• Oct 14 NFL Cleveland Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds, in 24-20 loss to visiting NY Jets

• Oct 21 Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal
• Oct 21 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
• Oct 22 Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler retires after 17 seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints
• Oct 23 Chicago Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
• Oct 27 Washington State University's running back Rueben Mayes sets collegiate football record of 357 yards rushing in one game (at Oregon)

• Oct 28 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
• Oct 29 NY Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30)
• Nov 1 First NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - LA Clippers beat NY Knicks, 107-105

• Nov 9 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B

• Nov 9 Most shots in a NY Islander game (88 - Isles 45, NY Rangers 43)
• Nov 10 Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
• Nov 10 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again

• Nov 16 Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record

• Nov 17 Golden State Warrior Purvis Short scores career high 59 points though team loses to NJ Nets 124-110
• Nov 17 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
• Nov 18 34th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
• Nov 18 CFL Grey Cup, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17; Winnipeg scores final 44 points of the game
• Nov 18 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
• Nov 18 NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
• Nov 19 NY Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
• Nov 20 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year

• Nov 23 Limited-over international cricket debut for Wasim Akram for Pakistan, v New Zealand

• Nov 26 John W Mercom Jr announces New Orleans Saints are up for sale for $75 million

• Nov 29 Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad
• Dec 1 49th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-15 in Birmingham
• Dec 1 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
• Dec 1 American boxer Greg Page KOs home town favourite Gerrie Coetzee in 8th round to win WBA heavyweight title in Sun City, South Africa

• Dec 2 Australian Test cricket spin bowler Bob Holland takes a career best 9-83 for NSW in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia in Sydney

• Dec 5 New York Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Atlanta Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher

• Dec 6 Helena Suková snaps Martina Navratilova's 74-match winning streak 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the semi finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne; ends Navratilova's hopes of completing the Grand Slam

• Dec 8 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Helena Suková 6-7, 6-1, 6-3; continues streak of winning at least 1 major per year since 1973

• Dec 18 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)

• Dec 21 Brigham Young University (BYU) beats Michigan, 24-17 in the Holiday Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego to remain undefeated and secure their first ever NCAA Division I-A football title
• Dec 22 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG

• Dec 25 Knicks basketball forward Bernard King scores 60 points, but New York loses, 120-114 to the New Jersey Nets on Xmas Day at Madison Square Garden
• Dec 27 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees
• Dec 29 NHL St. Louis Blues launch 27 shots in 1 period during 5-1 loss to visiting New York Islanders; NY goaltender Kelly Hrudey finishes game with 47 saves
• Dec 29 Wayne Gretzky scores his NHL career 32nd hat trick & adds 3 assists in Edmonton's 6-3 win over Detroit Red Wings for his 100th point in just 35 games; 2nd fastest in history - recorded 100 points in 34 games in 1983
• Dec 31 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta

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