TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 24TH

1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer

(Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24) is born.

1906 - Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game.

1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1908 - NY Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as

"Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at Madison Square Garden.
1918 - Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2).
1918 - Sect Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players.
1919 - Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning.

1940 - Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings

in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits & 1 run.

1952 - Mike Shanahan, Oak Park IL, NFL coach (Denver Broncos) is born.

1956 - Gerry Cooney, Heavyweight boxer (US Olympics team 1980) is born.

1960 - Cal Ripken, Havre de Grace Maryland,

shortstop (Baltimore Orioles, consecutive game streak) is born.

1963 - John Pennel is first person to pole-vault 17'.

1965 - Reggie Miller, Riverside CA, NBA guard (Ind Pacers, Oly-gold-96) is born.

1972 - Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame.

1975 - SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0.
1979 - NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new.

1983 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745.

1989 - Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling.

1992 - Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings.

2006 - After signing a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers,

Jerry Rice officially retires from the NFL.

2011 - Mike Flanagan, American baseball pitcher (b. 1951)

dies of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.