On This Day

Pete Rademacher, a Washington University football star took on Floyd Patterson for the championship, Radermacher got knocked down six times during the fight, it ended in the 6th round.

The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 to become the first American League team in history to score at least thirty runs in a game.

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher in MLB history to strike out 5,000 batters in his career.

Defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States captured the Beijing Olympic beach volleyball gold medal, the pair defeated China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie.

Golfer Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City Classic at the Sands Country Club in a playoff, she wins $33,750.

The first Little League World Series (National Little League Tournament) is won by the Maynard Midgets over Lock Haven All Stars in the final game.

Babe Ruth hit his 600th home run in third inning over the bleacher roof and onto a car parked on Grand Boulevard.

Two-time World silver medalist Jade Carey of Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays, is one of five women named to the U.S. Women’s Team that will compete in the Senior Pan American Championships.

Thirty year-old Tiger Woods had a five-shot victory in the 88th PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club.

Norbert Rozsa a breaststroker from Hungary, who competed at three consecutive Olympics, set world record in a 100-meter breaststroke preliminary at the European Swimming Championship.