On This Day

The NFL returned to Baltimore as the Ravens coached by Ted Marchibroda took the field at Memorial Stadium and defeated the Oakland Raiders.

Fifteen-year-old Michael Chang became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the US Open when he defeated Paul McNamee in four sets.

Masanori Murakami was the first Japanese player to play for a Major League Baseball team, the San Francisco Giants, he was sent over to the USA by the Nankai Hawks.

Don Mattingly is the first Yankee to have his number retired without winning a Championship, his uniform number 23 was retired and his plaque was dedicated in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium.

Gymnast Olga Korbut of the Soviet Union won two gold and a silver medal in individual competition at the Olympics in Munich, Germany.

Olga Korbut wins balance beam & floor exercise gold medals at the Munich Olympics.

On August 31, 1969, the eve of his 46th birthday, Rocky Marciano was a passenger in a small private plane that crashed and killed him.

NBA basketball star Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union get married at Miami's Chateau Artisan castle.

Former world No. 1 professional tennis player Andrew Roddick was born the youngest of three boys in Omaha, Nebraska.

Ludmilla Tourischeva wins the gymnastics individual all-round competition, her 2nd gold medal at the Munich Olympics.