September 5th ...
Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.
- Bob Richards, Pole Vaulter
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- 1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms in the USA.
- 1906 - The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22-0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
- 1908 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Doves, 6-0.
- 1913 - Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves tie record of only one run in a double header, Philadelphia Phillies win first game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th.
- 1914 - Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a professional player in the International League.
- 1916 36th U.S. Men's National Championship: R. Norris Williams beats William Johnston (4-6, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4)
- 1918 - Due to the Great War, 15th World Series begins a month early.
- 1918 - Babe Ruth (Boston Red Sox) threw a six-hitter in the opening game of the World Series.
- 1920 - Bill Tilden won the first of seven U.S. Open men's singles crowns.
- 1921 Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
- 1922 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
- 1922 - New York Yankees play final game at the Polo Grounds, after 7 years.
- 1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho knock out each other simultaneously.
- 1925 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
- 1927 - Boston Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings.
- 1931 - John Thomson, Scottish soccer player, dies in an accident during a Celtic-Rangers match (born 1909).
- 1936 - Boston Red Sox turn a triple-play on the New York Yankees.
- 1938 Davis Cup Final, Philadelphia: Don Budge beats Adrian Quist of Australia 8-6, 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up the tie for the United States 3-2
- 1939 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
- 1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
- 1949 69th U.S. Men's National Championship: Pancho Gonzales beats Ted Schroeder (16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4)
- 1949 63rd U.S. Women's National Championship: Margaret Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (6-4, 6-1)
- 1950 70th U.S. Men's National Championship: Art Larsen beats Herb Flam (6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3)
- 1950 64th U.S. Women's National Championship: Margaret Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (6-3, 6-3)
- 1951 US National Men's Tennis Championship: Australian Frank Sedgman beats Vic Seixas of the United States 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
- 1951 65th U.S. Women's National Championship: Maureen Connolly beats Shirley Fry Irvin (6-3, 1-6, 6-4)
- 1955 Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
- 1959 - Washington Senators' Jim Lemon is 7th to get six RBIs in an inning (third).
- 1960 A. J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories at Du Quoin, Illinois. State Fairgrounds
- 1960 - Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal.
- 1962 Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winner's Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
- 1962 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
- 1971 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
- 1971 - New York Mets' Don Hahn hits first inside the park homer in game against Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1972 - Eleven Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics, Germany.
- 1973 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
- 1975 - In New York, Martina Navratilova appeared at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office and asked for political asylum.
- 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
- 1977 - Cleveland Indians stage first "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night".
- 1979 A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19)
- 1979 Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve & upsets top-seeded Björn Borg in US Open Tennis quarterfinals
- 1982 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, The Country Club: Jay Sigel wins 8 & 7 over David Tolley
- 1983 Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
- 1983 - "Sports Illustrated" became the first national weekly magazine to use four-color process illustrations on every page.
- 1987 John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open
- 1987 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in Men's Long Jump
- 1988 - Canadian Football League's Earl Winfield (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) scores touchdowns on 101-yard punt return, 100-yard kickoff return, and 58-yard pass reception.
- 1989 Chris Evert's last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison
- 1990 Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final
- 1992 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
- 1993 Largest US Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502)
- 1994 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
- 1994 SF wide receiver Jerry Rice catches 2 touchdown passes and runs for another score in 49ers' 44-14 rout of the Raiders; surpasses Jim Brown as NFL's career TD leader with 127
- 1995 Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
- 1997 - The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- 1997 Orioles beat Yankees 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
- 1997 - The FOX group announced a deal to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis) hit his 60th home run of the season. The home run tied McGwire with Babe Ruth.
- 1998 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) hit his 58th home run of the season.
- 1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a major league team record for home runs in two consecutive games. The team hit 14 home runs over the two games at Veterans Stadium.
- 2001 - The New York Islanders signed Alexi Yashin to a 10-year $90 million contract. It was the biggest deal in NHL history.
- 2002 - In New York, the NFL held a concert to celebrate its season opener. Eve, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias and 'N Sync's Joey Fatone performed. The event preceded the rare Thursday-night opener between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers.
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