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   August 24th ...

• 1883 US Men's National Tennis Championship, New:port R.I.: Richard Sears beats James Dwight 6-2, 6-0, 9-7
• 1905 - Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings.
• 1906 - Cincinnati Reds' pitcher John Weimer no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 1-0 in 7-inning game.
• 1907 3rd Australasian Championships: Horace Rice beats Harry Parker (6-3, 6-4, 6-4)
• 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1912 - New York City hold ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US Olympic athletes.
• 1918 Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
• 1918 Sect Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players
• 1919 Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning
• 1922 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams)
• 1925 US Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Kitty McKane (Godfree) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
• 1929 43rd U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (6-4, 6-2)
• 1940 Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits & 1 run
• 1954 - International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China.
• 1957 English soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea
• 1958 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
• 1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds
• 1963 - First 200-metre freestyle swim under two minutes (Don Schollander 1:58).
• 1963 - John Pennel is first to pole-vault 17 feet.
• 1964 - Second Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4.
• 1972 - 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Yankees beat New York Mets 2-1.
• 1972 - Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame.
• 1973 Garry Sobers scores 26th & last Test Cricket ton 150 v Eng Lord's
• 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
• 1975 - San Francisco Giants' player Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0.
• 1975 - Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup.
• 1979 - NFL fans (60,916) choose old New England Patriots' logo over new.
• 1980 Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
• 1982 KCs' John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record
• 1983 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745
• 1984 - Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver, Colorado.
• 1986 Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic
• 1989 - Record-setting baseball player Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from the sport following allegations of illegal gambling, thereby preventing his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1991 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
• 1992 Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings
• 1993 Padres scores 14 in 1st vs Cardinals
• 1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66)
• 1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00)
• 1997 97th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel
• 1997 Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic
• 2004 Kenyan runners sweep the medals in the 3000m steeplechase at the Athens Olympics; Ezekiel Kemboi wins gold ahead of Brimin Kipruto and Paul Kipsiele Koech
• 2004 Moroccan super star athlete Hicham El Guerrouj wins 1st leg of his 1,500/5,000m double at the Athens Olympics in 3:34.18
• 2004 Future 8-time Olympic gold medal winner Usain Bolt of Jamaica finishes 5th in his 200m heat in 21.05, failing to qualify for the 2nd round at the Athens Olympics
• 2004 Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic (8,893 points OR) edges American Bryan Clay (8,820) in the decathlon at the Athens Olympics
• 2004 Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia vaults 4.91m to break her own pole vault world record and win the gold medal from team mate Svetlana Feofanova at the Athens Olympics
• 2004 Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May team up to win the women's beach volleyball gold at the Athens Olympics beating Brazilian pair Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar 21–17, 21–11
• 2006 After signing a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers, Jerry Rice officially retires from the NFL
• 2007 - (to September 2) The 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
• 2008 - In Beijing, China, the Games of the XXIX Olympiad close, with the Olympic flag being handed to London mayor Boris Johnson, for the 2012 Games in England. Official cost of the games: US$2.2 billion, plus US$40 billion on preparation of infrastructure and cleaning the environment. China won 51 gold, more than any other country for the first time.
• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing becomes the most watched event on TV ever - nearly 5 billion, 70% of world's population
• 2008 The star-studded American men's basketball team led by the likes of LeBron James, Chris Paul & Kobe Bryant win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics with a relatively narrow 118-107 win over Spain
• 2008 Samuel Wansiru becomes first Kenyan to win the men's Olympic marathon in Beijing; wins in Olympic record time; silver medallist Joauad Gharib of Morocco also faster than OR, yet 44 seconds behind
• 2008 Dániel Varga & Péter Biros score 3 goals each as Hungary wins the men's water polo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics; third consecutive Olympic gold medal
• 2014 Canadian Open Women's Golf, London Hunt CC: Ryu So-yeon wins by 2 from fellow South Korean Na Yeon Choi