1904 - Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913

1909 - Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title

1914 - Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Phila Phillies, 7-0

1928 - Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then Long Jump record at 26' ½"

1933 - 53rd US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61)

1934 - Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner (2:52:29.0)

1940 - 60th US Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75)

1948 - Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0

1951 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open

1955 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open

1956 - 70th US Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64)

1956 - 76th US Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad (46 62 63 63)

1960 - 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10)

1962 - 76th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64)

1962 - 82nd US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64)

1962 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open

1965 - Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0)

1968 - 1st US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)

1968 - Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win US Tennis Open

1969 - Smallest US Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)

1970 - Feyenoord wins soccer's World Cup

1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires

1972 - 86th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75)

1973 - 93rd US Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62)

1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open

1974 - 88th US Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley (36 63 75)

1978 - 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0

1978 - 92nd US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats Pam Shriver (75 64)

1978 - Balt Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto)

1979 - 93rd US Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats C E Lloyd Mills (64 63)

1979 - 99th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63)

1979 - Sally Little wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1983 - Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player

1984 - 104th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61)

1984 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship

1987 - Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016

1987 - Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59

1987 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter

1988 - Braves Bruce Sutter joins Fingers & Gossage to save 300 games

1988 - Chris Evert defaults at US Open due to a stomach flu

1989 - 103rd US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (36 75 61)

1990 - 110th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62)

1990 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship

1991 - Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington

1991 - Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland

1992 - 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home

1995 - 109th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (76 06 63)

2002 - Pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record