S&H Farm Supply "On this Day in History" presented by Doke Propane, Rib Crib & Chevy Dealers of the Ozarks

            
August 14th 

• 1867 - In New York, horse Dexter runs the mile in harness in 2:17.75, a record.                     The Dexter Cup is an annual tribute to the great trotter Dexter who dominated                   harness racing in the mid-to-late 1860s and twice lowered the world record in 1867

• 1874 - Horse Gloster trots the mile in harness in 2:17 minutes, a record, winner                        of the first prize in the $6,000 purse.
• 1919 - New York Yankees' Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play.
  
• 1932 - Games of the X Olympiad at Los Angeles closes.
  
• 1936 - First Olympic basketball game (Berlin).
  
• 1937 - Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header versus Saint Louis Browns.
  
• 1939 - First night games at Comiskey Park (Chicago White Sox 5, Saint Louis Browns 2).
  
• 1947 - Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000.
  
• 1948 - Games of the XIV Olympiad in London closes.
  
• 1958 - Canadian Football League plays first game (Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29, Edmonton Eskimos 21).
  
• 1958 - Cleveland Indians' Vic Power steals home twice in one game.
  
• 1959 - American Football League (AFL) is organized with New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, and Houston.
  
• 1965 - Continental Football League plays first games.
  
• 1969 - New York Mets fall 9.5 games back (later to win the pennant).
  
• 1971 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0.
  
• 1973 - Johnny Unitas files US $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts.
  
• 1977 - 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stadium.
  
• 1981 - George Foster hits his 8th home run into the red seats at Riverfront.
  
• 1982 - With his 12,365th career at-bat, Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose passes Hank Aaron to become the all-time leader of plate appearances.
  
• 1986 - Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates play a six-game series in four days.
  
• 1990 - California Angels' Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside the park grandslam.
  
• 1990 - Denver votes for a 1 percent sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise.
  
• 1992 - Nigel Mansell wins the 1992 Formula One World Drivers Championship.