On This Day

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.

Ernie Banks hit his 400th home run off Curt Simmons in the third inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 at Wrigley Field.

The USA Gymnastics Team won all-around gold for artistic gymnastics at the 2014 Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.