Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical.
- Yogi Berra
- 1897 3rd US Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago GC in Wheaton Ill
- 1906 Playing as "Sullivan" Columbia University jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's
- 1912 Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles
- 1917 Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33
- 1920 - The American Professional Football Association was formed in Canton, OH. It was the precursor to the National Football League (NFL).
- 1922 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ
- 1927 US Men's National Tennis Championship, Forest Hills NY: Frenchman Rene Lacoste successfully defends title; beats Bill Tilden 11-9, 6-3, 11-9
- 1928 - Pitcher Ray Boggs hits three batters in one inning.
- 1928 48th U.S. Men's National Championship: Henri Cochet beats Francis Hunter (4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3)
- 1931 Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles
- 1937 - First NFL game in Washington, DC; Washington Redskins beat New York Giants 13-3.
- 1939 59th U.S. Men's National Championship: Bobby Riggs beats Welby van Horn (6-4, 6-2, 6-4)
- 1939 53rd U.S. Women's National Championship: Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs (6-0, 8-10, 6-4)
- 1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4
- 1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
- 1949 8th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton GC, England
- 1950 - San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play first NFL game, lose 21-17.
- 1953 - Ernie Banks became the first black baseball player to wear a Chicago Cubs uniform. He retired in 1971 known as 'Mr. Cub'.
- 1954 - Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano knocks out Ezzard Charles in eight rounds.
- 1956 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #22 on Mickey Mantle's 50th homer of the year.
- 1959 59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
- 1960 80th U.S. Men's National Championship: Neale Fraser beats Rod Laver (6-4, 6-4, 9-7)
- 1960 74th U.S. Women's National Championship: Darlene Hard beats Maria Bueno (6-4, 10-12, 6-4)
- 1961 - The Minnesota Vikings were debuted as the new National Football League (NFL) team.
- 1961 Fran Tarkenton plays his first NFL Game against the Chicago Bears, coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a 37-13 victory, also becoming the only QB to throw four touchdown passes in his first career game
- 1964 - Mickey Mantle gets hits number 1999, 2000 and 2001.
- 1966 Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
- 1967 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
- 1967 - New Orleans Saints' first NFL game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 27-13.
- 1968 - Gaylord Perry (San Francisco Giants) no-hits Saint Louis Cardinals, 1-0.
- 1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Quality First Golf Classic
- 1974 - Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup.
- 1977 - Dave Kingman hits his first New York Yankees' homer, Reggie Jackson hits two more.
- 1977 22nd Ryder Cup: US, 12½-13½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes England
- 1978 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
- 1978 Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept 1978, 7-3
- 1979 Royals' George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season
- 1982 - New Jersey Devils' first exhibition game, beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
- 1983 - Johnny Bench, of the Cincinnati Reds, retired after 16 years as a catcher.
- 1983 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox broke Hank Aaron's major league record for games played when he started his 3,299th game.
- 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
- 1984 - Reggie Jackson hit his 500th career home run. It was exactly 17 years from the day he hit his first major league home run.
- 1984 - New York Mets' Dwight Goodin becomes second to strikeout 32 over two consecutive games.
- 1986 - Marina Stepanova of USSR sets the 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94).
- 1988 - Jeff Reardon becomes first to record 40 or more saves in both American League and National League.
- 1988 - (to October 2) The Games of the XXIV Olympiad are held in Seoul, Korea.
- 1989 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ)
- 1990 - The Toronto Blue Jays set a major league single-season attendance record of 49,902.
- 1991 - 4,355 turn out to see the Montreal Expos play the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
- 1992 NFL decides to suspend World League Football
- 1995 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
- 1996 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field
- 2000 Dan Marino's #13 jersey is retired by the Miami Dolphins
- 2001 Despite suffering from lung cancer and Parkinson's disease, Jack Buck stirs emotions by reading a patriotic-themed poem during the pregame ceremonies on baseball's first night back after the September 11th terrorist attacks
- 2004 - The 2004 Summer Paralympics commences in Athens, Greece.
- 2004 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 700th home run.
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