1921 - 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY

1923 - Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4

1932 - NY Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3

1941 - Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg

1942 - NY Americans NHL team folded

1945 - Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders

1951 - Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards

1955 - 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)

1960 - Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 (off Jack Fisher)

1964 - 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)

1970 - Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup

1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shaver in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1980 - Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1988 - Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)

1991 - NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game

1995 - Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov

1996 - Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)

1996 - NY Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask

1996 - Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear

1997 - Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic

1997 - Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic

1793 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine

1879 - NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players

1890 - 1st pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in NYC

1908 - Calgary Rugby Football Union forms

1923 - 6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY

1924 - Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees

1941 - Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1941 - Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade

1946 - 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers)

1947 - Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox

1951 - 1st color telecast of football game on network, Phila (CBS)

1954 - Bennekom soccer team forms in Bennekom

1957 - Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single \"Oh Boy!\"/\"Not Fade Away\"

1959 - Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant

1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1968 - Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)

1968 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1969 - Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season

1969 - Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver

1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic

1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1983 - \"A Chorus Line\" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show

1985 - Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)

1986 - Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast

1987 - 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation

1991 - Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic

1992 - Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)

1996 - 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)

1996 - SD Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title

1996 - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic

1659 - Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)

1877 - 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)

1915 - Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit

1939 - 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC)

1947 - Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised

1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open

1962 - NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat NY 5-1

1968 - Sharon Miller wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational

1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open

1973 - Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions

1978 - Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati

1978 - Phillies clinch NL East title

1978 - Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title

1979 - Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout

1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1980 - 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium

1980 - A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100

1981 - Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics

1981 - Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to KC 5-2

1984 - Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner

1984 - Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), KC wins 10-6

1984 - Calif Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0

1984 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg

1988 - LA Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings

1988 - Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show

1988 - Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8\" to win Olympic gold medal

1988 - Dave Stieb, loses 2nd consecutive no hitter bid with 2 outs in 9th

1989 - Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout

1989 - Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title

1990 - Chic White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park

1990 - Pitts Pirates wins NL East title

1994 - NHL goes on strike

1995 - Cleve Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season

1997 - 1st time 3 cons HRs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (NY Yankees)