S&H Farm Supply "On This Day in History", presented by Rib Crib, Hiland Dairy and Chevy Dealers of the Ozarks.

• 1876 - Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in fourth America's Cup.
  
• 1879 - First National Archery Association tournament (Chicago, Illinois).
  
• 1928 - Games of the IX Olympiad close in Amsterdam.
  
• 1936 - Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13 years 268 days).
  
• 1950 - New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (Canadian Football League) 20-6 in Ottawa, Canada.
  
• 1960 - Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 26 feet 11.25 inches.
  
• 1964 - 10th time Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet.
  
• 1969 - Boston Celtics team sold for an NBA record $6 million.
  
• 1974 - Nolan Ryan strikes-out 19 Boston Red Sox players.
  
• 1974 - New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become first teammates elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on the same day.
  
• 1984 - Don Drysdale, Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Luis Aparicio and Pee Wee Reese are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  
• 1986 - Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season.
  
• 1986 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single.
  
• William Timothy Lollar (born March 17, 1956) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1986 for the New York Yankees (1980), San Diego Padres (1981–84), Chicago White Sox (1985) and Boston Red Sox (1985–86), primarily as a starting pitcher.
•  Lollar played collegiately for the University of Arkansas. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 4th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft and was immediately assigned to the Double-A West Haven Yankees, just two steps below the majors. Lollar played 28 games as an infielder in 1978 and 65 games as an infielder in 1979 for the West Haven Yankees both years.^[1] He made his major league debut in 1980 as a pitcher. 
• 1988 - Boston Red Sox set American League consecutive home victories at 23.
  
• 1994 - Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually causing the cancellation of the World Series and delaying opening of the 1995 season.
  
• 2007 - Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.
  
• 2008 - Michael Phelps wins Olympic gold in 200-metre freestyle swimming, becoming only the fifth person to win nine career Olympic gold medals. His win also set a new world record time of 1.42.96..