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September 7th ...

Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records. 

- William A. Ward

• 1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
• 1892 - James J Corbett knocks out John L Sullivan in round 21 at New Orleans.
• 1896 - A. H. Whiting wins first closed-circuit automobile race, held on a track at Cranston, Rhode Island.
• 1897 George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
• 1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
• 1912 Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit
• 1915 - Saint Louis Terriers' Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago Whales (Federal League), 3-0.
• 1923 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia Athletics, 4-0.

   

 

• 1932 Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
• 1941 61st U.S. Men's National Championship: Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs (5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3)
• 1941 55th U.S. Women's National Championship: Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (7-5, 6-2)
• 1942 62nd U.S. Men's National Championship: Ted Schroeder beats Frank Parker (8-6, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2)
• 1942 56th U.S. Women's National Championship: Pauline Betz Addie beats Louise Brough Clapp (4-6, 6-1, 6-4)

                 

            

• 1952 - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434 feet 1 inch (Tennessee).
• 1952 - Whitey Ford becomes the fifth pitcher to hurl consecutive one hitters.
• 1952 NY Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington, giving him a HR in all 15 major league parks
• 1952 3rd Formula One WDC: Alberto Ascari wins by 12 points
• 1953 Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs
• 1953 US Men's National Championship: Tony Trabert beats fellow American Vic Seixas 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
• 1953 67th U.S. Women's National Championship: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2, 6-4)
• 1958 78th U.S. Men's National Championship: Ashley Cooper beats Malcolm Anderson (6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6)
• 1958 72nd U.S. Women's National Championship: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (3-6, 6-1, 6-2)

                              

      

        

• 1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
• 1960 Japan wins the men's gymnastics teams combined exercises gold for the first of 5 consecutive Olympics at the Rome Games; beats Soviet Union by just 2.5 points
• 1963 - Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio, USA.
• 1968 US Open Women's Tennis: England's Virginia Wade wins first Open era US title; beats Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-2

     

       

• 1970 White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games
• 1972 American Rod Milburn with a world record 13.24 wins the 110m hurdles gold medal at the Munich Olympics; just 0.10 seconds ahead of Frenchman Guy Drut
• 1972 East German sprinter Renate Stecher runs a world record equalling 22.40 in the 200m final to repeat her 100m win over Australia's Raelene Boyle at the Munich Olympics
• 1972 Nadezhda Chizhova of the Soviet Union throws a world record 21.03m to win the women's shot put at the Munich Olympics
• 1972 American athletes Vincent Matthews & Wayne Collett finish 1-2 in 400m at the Munich Olympics; acted casually on the medal stand, did not face the flag during anthem; banned from the Olympics for life
• 1972 Future world professional cycling road race champion Hennie Kuiper of the Netherlands wins the road race gold medal at the Munich Olympics in 4:14:37
• 1973 Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion
• 1973 - Mike Storen becomes the American Basketball Association's fourth commissioner.
• 1974 US Open Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King wins her 4th and final US title; beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• 1975 Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
• 1975 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Pakistani cricketer Hanif Mohammad
• Sport awardTennis Open
• 1975 US Open Men's Tennis: Manuel Orantes of Spain wins his only Grand Slam title; upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• 1978 - First game of the Boston Massacre, New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 15-3.
• 1979 - In the USA, the Entertainment Sports Programming Network, known as ESPN, broadcasts for the first time.

   



  

• 1980 - Earnest Gray becomes second New York Giants' player to score four touchdowns (vs Saint Louis Cardinals).
• 1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf
• 1980 Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
• 1980 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic
• Sport awardTennis Open
• 1980 US Open Men's Tennis: In centenary men's singles final John McEnroe retains title; beats Björn Borg 7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4
• 1981 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts
• 1981 West Tampa Fl defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
• Sport awardTennis Open
• 1985 US Open Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlíková beats Martina Navratilova 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 for her first US title
• 1986 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
• 1986 Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
• 1986 Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so
• 1986 US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Czech final Ivan Lendl retains his title; beats Miloslav Mečíř 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
• 1987 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
• 1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame.
• 1988 NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist

           

• 1991 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
• 1991 Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
• 1991 - Monica Seles wins the womens tennis US Open.
• 1992 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
• 1992 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
• 1994 Jingyi Le, Ying Shan, Ying Le and Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)
• Sport awardTennis Open
• 1996 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf retains her title; beats Monica Seles 7-5 6-4
• 1997 Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
• 1997 Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275
• 1997 117th Men's U.S. Open: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5)
• 1997 117th Women's U.S. Open: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (6-0, 6-4)
• 1998 - Mark McGwire set a new major league baseball record for most homeruns hit in a single season. The previous record was 61 set in 1961. 

                         


   

• 2003 123rd Men's U.S. Open: Andy Roddick beats Juan Carlos Ferrero (6-3, 7-6, 6-3)
• 2003 123rd Women's U.S. Open: Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Kim Clijsters (7-5, 6-1)
• 2007 - The Rugby World Cup 2007 starts in France.
• 2008 - Serena Williams captures her third U.S. Open womens tennis title, beating Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5.
• 2014 Bob and Mike Bryan win their fifth US Open men's tennis doubles
• 2014 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her 3rd straight US title; beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-3, 6-3