Wednesday, August 7, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 7TH

1907 - Walter Johnson wins first of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland.
1929 - Don Larsen, pitcher (NY Yankees), on what must have been a perfect day is born.
1951 - Gary Hall, US swimmer (Olympics-bronze/2 silver-1968, 72) is born.
1956 - Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans.
1957 - Alexander Dityatin, Leningrad, Russia, Soviet 
gymnast (3-time Olympic Champion) is born.
1983 - Grete Waitz of Norway, wins first all-women Marathon (Helsinki, Finland).
1984 - Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball.
1985 - Baseball Players end a 2 day strike.
1986 - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe 
begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina.
2007 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great 
Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.

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