On This Day

George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of NY Yankees for making $40,000 payment to gambler.

The Japanese team beat the Russian team to earn Olympic gold in woman's volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Michael Phelps sets world record in the 200 metres butterfly swimming event at the World Championships in Rome, Italy.

Chinese swimmer Zhang Lin set a record time in the 800 metres freestyle swimming race at the World Championships in Rome, Italy.

Ryan Lochte sets world record in the 200 metres individual medley swimming event at the World Championships in Shanghai, China.

Paul Biedermann set a record time of 01:42.0 for the 200 metres freestyle swimming race at the World Championships in Rome, Italy.

The American Bowl was played at Wembley Stadium, London between the Buffalo Bills and the Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo won 17-13.

The London Olympics opening ceremony officially began at 9:00 pm British Summer Time in the Olympic Stadium and the ceremony was called "Isles of Wonder".

Celebrating his birthday in true baseball style, Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers became the first player to hit a walk off grand slam on his birthday.

At the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta two people died as a result of a bombing, and more than 100 others were injured.