TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 22ND

1851 - Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup).

1927 - Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers.

1934 - Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12.

1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, Southampton New York,

Boston Red Sox great (1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame) is born.

1941 - Bill Parcells, Englewood New Jersey, NFL coach

(NY Giants, NY Jets, NE Patriots) is born.
1946 - Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it.

1947 - 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840).
1950 - Althea Gibson becomes first black

competetor in a US national tennis competition.
1951 - Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052.
1957 - Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1960 - Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352.

1964 - Mats Wilander, Vaxjo Sweden, tennis star (1988-US, Aust, French) is born.
1965 - San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marachal hits LA Dodger catcher

John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl.

1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the International

Olympic Committee for its racist policies.
1975 - McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens.

1980 - Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr

for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale.
1984 - Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200.

1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson).
2007 - The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3,

the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.