1906 - Chicago Cubs' pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the third inning.
John W. "Jack" Taylor made his major league debut with the Cubs on September 25, 1898. His best years as a pitcher were 1900 (2.55 ERA), 1902 (1.33 ERA with 7 shutouts; #1 in the league), 1903 (2.45 ERA), and 1906 (1.99 ERA). His career average was 2.66 ERA.
Taylor and fellow Cub Larry McLean were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in return for Mordecai Brown and Jack O'Neill in December 1903; he was then traded back to Chicago in July 1906 (in return for Fred Beebe and Pete Noonan).
1910 - Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, two errors, five strikeouts, three walks, 1 passed ball, and 1 hit by pitch.
1917 - Philadelphia Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against the Boston Braves.
1919 - Man O' War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga).
1928 - Soviet Union's Spartacan Games begin.
1932 - New York Yankees' pitcher Red Ruffing homers and wins game 1-0 in 10 tying the feat of Washington Senators' Tom Hughes who also won 1-0 in 10 in 1906.
1939 - New York Yankees set American League shutout margin with 21-0 victory over Philadelphia Athletics.
1948 - Satchel Paige at age 42 pitches his first major league complete game.
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) who is notable for being perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, for his longevity in the game, and for attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
1963 - Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382.
1969 - Baltimore Orioles' player Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland Athletics, 8-0.
1969 - Temporary baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn is formally appointed.
1978 - New York Yankees score five runs in top of 7th, but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Baltimore Orioles wins 3-0.
1979 - Lou Brock gets his 3,000th career hit.
Louis "Lou" Clark Brock is an American former pro baseball player. He began his 19-year MLB career playing in 1961 for the Chicago Cubs, and spent the majority of his career playing as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and the St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014. He is currently a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league stolen base record in 1977. He was an All-Star for six seasons and a National League stolen base leader for eight seasons. He led the NL in doubles and triples in 1968. He also led the NL in singles in 1972, and was the runner-up for the NL MVP Award in 1974.
1980 - Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR.
1988 - Boston Red Sox win American League record 24 straight home games.
1988 - Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, British Columbia to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 13 days, 15 hours, 4 min.
1988 - US beats Jamaica 5-1, in second round of 1990 world soccer cup.
1997 - In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Cruzeiro wins Sporting Cristal of Peru by 1-0 and are Copa Libertadores de América champions by second time.
1999 - Steffi Graf announces her retirement from tennis after a 17 year career in which she won 107 career titles including 22 Grand Slams.
2004 - (to August 29) The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are held in Athens, Greece.
2008 - At the Beijing Olympics, American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 10th and 11th career gold medals, in men's 200-metre butterfly and 4x200 freestyle relay in world record 6:58.56). Phelps is now the record holder of most career Olympic gold medals.
2008 - At the Beijing Olympics, Stephanie Rice of Australia wins gold in the women's 200-metre individual medley in world record 2:08.45.
2008 - At the Beijing Olympics, Federica Pellegrini of Italy wins gold in the women's 200-meter freestyle in world record 1:54.82.
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