On This Day

Ted Turner's Goodwill Games conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promise international goodwill through competition take place in Washington state.

East German sportsman of the year Uwe Hohn sets the all-time record when he throws a javelin 104.8 m.

The Milwaukee Brewers played host to the California Angels when Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final career home run in the 7th innning.

Gladys Knight sang "Georgia on My Mind", Georgia's official state song, at the opening ceremony for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The Olympic cauldron was lit by former boxing champion Muhammad Ali to open the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.

Pete Rose, baseball's career hit leader, was sentenced by Judge Arthur S. Spiegel to five months in a Federal correctional institution for filing false income-tax returns.

Willie Mays becomes 10th Major League Baseball player to reach 3,000 career hits

At the 122nd British Golf Open, Australian Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George for first place.

At 1976 Summer Olympics, Nadia Comaneci becomes the first in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics.

Nadia Comaneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at 1976 Summer Olympics.