1885 - Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0.
1885 - Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute
1885 - Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute
rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey.
1889 - 1st American International professional lawn tennis contest (Newport RI).
1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union
1889 - 1st American International professional lawn tennis contest (Newport RI).
1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union
at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.
1904 - 1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis).
1904 - 1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis).
1925 - After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting
practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him.
1946 - Bob Beamon, Jamaica NY, high jumper
(Olympics-gold-68, 29' 2½" 8.9m) is born.
1950 - International Olympic Committee votes
to admit West Germany & Japan in 1952.
1964 - On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties
1964 - On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties
Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330).
1965 - Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August.
1967 - Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win
1965 - Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August.
1967 - Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win
2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes.
1968 - 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains).
1969 - Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench.
1968 - 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains).
1969 - Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench.
1972 - SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last
21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row.
1977 - St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old
1977 - St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old
career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3.
1978 - USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY.
1978 - USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY.
1981 - Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record
121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)).
1982 - George Brett gets his 1,500th hit.
1987 - Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time.
1987 - Portuguese athlete Rosa Mota wins Women's Marathon at
1982 - George Brett gets his 1,500th hit.
1987 - Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time.
1987 - Portuguese athlete Rosa Mota wins Women's Marathon at
World Chapionships in Rome in 2hr 25:17mins.
2007 - Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996
Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962) dies.
2012 - The USADA claims to have stripped
Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.
2014 - Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver, dies from cancer at 70.
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