1901 – 1st golf championship is played

1933 – Lou Gehrig & Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn’t, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games

1952 – Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss

1963 – NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR

1965 – Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0

1969 – Oakland A’s Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7

1974 – Angels’ Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings

1979 – NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record

1989 – Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams

2004 – Jim Thome (Philadelphia Phillies) became the 37th player in major league history to reach 400 career home runs.

2005 – Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men’s 100 meters world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium

2009 – Phil Jackson (Los Angeles Lakers) recorded his 10th NBA title as coach