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Winner of 8 Grand Slam singles championships, Chris Evert played in her last US Open match, she was defeated by American Zina Garrison.

Tom Tupa scored the first two-point conversion in NFL history, he ran in a faked extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The NFL Cardinals played their first game as the Phoenix Cardinals against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati, they finished the season with a 7-9 win loss record.

U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics , he swam the fly leg of the 400-meter medley relay.

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced he will miss the rest of the 2016 season due to his ongoing concussion-like symptoms.

Paul Gait of Long Island's team scored seven goals and one assist in the first MLL Championship Game against Baltimore.

Marat Safin weathered two long rain delays, returned to court dressed in clothes borrowed from Jeff Tarango and Nicolas Kiefer, got a victory over Sebastien Grosjean in a dramatic U.S. Open victories.

The Jaguars played its first regular season game at home , they suffered a 10–3 loss against the Houston Oilers.

Mike Greenwell set a MLB record by driving in all nine of Boston's runs, the last in the 10th-inning to give the Red Sox a 9-8 victory over Seattle.

Frank Bruno defeated Oliver McCall at Wembley Stadium, London, England to win the WBC heavyweight title.