S&H Farm Supply "On This Day in History" presented by State Farm Agents: Steven Gum, Bill Johnson, Shane Parker, Brad Hill, & Chuck Medley

            
            August 15th

• 1899 - Louisville Colonels' Henry Dowling is struck out five times in a game.
• 1903-  New Zealand's All Blacks play their first Rugby Test Match against                           Australia's Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney; New Zealand win 22-3
• 1905 - Philadelphia Athletics' Rube Waddell no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 2-0 in five innings.
• 1912 - New York Yankees' player Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game.
• 1914 - 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York 
• 1925 - White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919
• 1931 - Spakenburg soccer team forms
• 1936 - Marshall Wayne and Elbert Root make it an American 1-2 in the 10m platform diving at the Berlin Olympics
• 1936 - The Berlin Olympic fencing competition concludes with Italy winning 4 of the 7 gold medals and Hungary taking the other 3
• 1939 - First night game at baseball's Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2
• 1945 - Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually
• 1948 - US Open Women's Golf, Atlantic City CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 8 strokes from Betty Hicks
• 1952 - 19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316)
• 1958 - 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
• 1960 - Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 16-7 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (NFL expo).
• 1960 - Milwaukee Braves' Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0.
• 1964 - Philadelphia Phillies triple-play New York Mets.
• 1964 - Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 3.25 inches.
• 1965 - PGA Championship, Laurel Valley GC: Dave Marr wins his only major title, beating Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus by 2 strokes.
• 1966 Puerto Rican champion José Torres beats Eddie Cotton on points in Las Vegas to retain the WBC/WBA light-heavyweight boxing title
• 1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
• 1971 Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
• 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
• 1974 Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours or 52 days)
• 1976 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
• 1977 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia
• 1981 - Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50m.
• 1987 - US beats Cuba in the Pan-Am baseball.
• 1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
• 1990 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
• 1993 Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
• 1993 75th PGA Championship, Inverness GC: Paul Azinger wins his first major title in a playoff with Greg Norman of Australia
• 1993 Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament
• 1997 Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR
• 1997 LA Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2
• 2004 - Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
• 2007 - NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed.
• 2008 - In Beijing, China, an Olympic Torch used in the relay to China sells for over US $42,000. A torch from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (first torch relay) sells for almost US $25,000.
• 2008 - At the Beijing Olympics, American Michael Phelps won his sixth gold and his sixth world record in the 200 metres individual medley. American Ryan Lochte wins gold in the Olympic men's 200-metre backstroke in a world-record 1:53.94.
• 2010 - Germany's Martin Kaymer wins his first major golf title in the 92nd U.S. PGA Championship, earning $1.35 million.
• 2012 Seattle Mariners' Felix Hernandez becomes 23rd pitcher to throw a perfect game (1-0 vs Tampa Bay)