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August 29th ...

Confidence is a very fragile thing.                                             - Joe Montana

• 1844 - First white vs Indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win.
• 1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs - "Death of English cricket"
• 1882 Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match v England (7-46 & 7-44)
• 1885 - Boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-ounce gloves and 3-minute rounds is fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey.
• 1885 - Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0.
• 1892 - Pop (Billy) Shriver (Chicago Cubs) caught a ball that was dropped from the top of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. 
• 1895 The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.
• 1889 - First American International professional lawn tennis contest (Newport, Rhode Island).
• 1906 26th U.S. Men's National Championship: William Clothier beats Beals Wright (6-3, 6-0, 6-4)
• 1908 28th U.S. Men's National Championship: William Larned beats Beals Wright (6-1, 6-2, 8-6)
• 1908 - New York gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London
• 1909 - World's first airplane race held in Rheims, France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins.

   

 

• 1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him
• 1935 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450)
• 1940 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)
• 1937 - Philadelphia Athletics' Bob Johnson is second to get six RBIs in an inning (first).
• 1950 - International Olympic Committee votes admission to Federal Republic of Germany and Japan in 1952.
• 1964 On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330)
• 1965 Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August
• 1967 - New York Yankees' longest day, Boston Red Sox take first game 2-1 in nine innings, New York Yankees win second game 4-3 in 20 innings; a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes.
• 1968 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)
• 1969 Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench

                 

            

       

• 1971 - Hank Aaron became the first baseball player in the National League to hit 100 or more runs in each of 11 seasons. 
• 1972 SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row
• 1972 Sandy Neilson wins the blue ribband women's 100m freestyle gold medal in 58.59 at the Munich Olympics beating fellow American Shirley Babashoff and Shane Gould of Australia
• 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
• 1977 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as San Diego Padres win 4-3.
• 1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY
• 1981 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
• 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)
• 1982 George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
• 1985 - Don Baylor of the New York Yankees is hit by a pitch for the 190th time breaking the American League record established by Minnie Minoso.
• 1986 - Heike Drechsler of German Democratic Republic ties world women's 200m mark (21.71s).
• 1987 Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
• 1987 Portuguese athlete Rosa Mota wins Women's Marathon at World Chapionships in Rome in 2hr 25:17mins                 

      

       

• 1990 - Seattle Mariners becomes first team to have father-son teammates, signing Ken Griffey to play with son Ken Griffey Junior.
• 1993 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), London Hunt GC: Brandie Burton wins in a playoff from Betsy King
• 1993 93rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris
• 1994 - Mario Lemieux announced that he would be taking a medical leave of absence due to fatigue, an aftereffect of his 1993 radiation treatments. He would sit out the National Hockey Leagues (NHL) 1994-95 season. 
• 1995 - At the O.J. Simpson trial, tapes of Mark Fuhrman were played. The recordings were of Fuhrman making racial comments. 

                     

     

• 2004 - Michael Schumacher wins a record seventh world championship title by finishing second in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
• 2004 28th Olympic Games closes at Athens, Greece
• 2004 Athens Olympic marathon is run on same route as 1896 Games, start at site of the Battle of Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens: Stefano Baldini of Italy wins men's gold in 2:10:55
• 2004 Future undisputed world light heavyweight boxing champion Andre Ward of the US wins the light heavyweight gold medal at the Athens Olympics beating Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus on points

   



  

• 2004 Brazil takes out the men's volleyball gold medal with a 3-1 victory over Italy at the Athens Olympics
• 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo makes his debut for Real Madrid, scoring a penalty in their 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruña
• 2010 Canadian Open Women's Golf, St. Charles CC: Michelle Wie wins by 3 from Suzann Pettersen, Jiyai Shin, Jee Young Lee & Kristy McPherson
• 2012 The USADA claims to have stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles