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Aug. 11
Today in sports history
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1919 : The Green Bay Packers were founded by a group led by Curly Lambeau with backing from the Indian Packing Company, beginning what became one of the NFL’s most storied franchises.
1929 : Babe Ruth became the first major leaguer to reach 500 career home runs, connecting off Cleveland’s Willis Hudlin.
1951 : WCBS-TV in New York aired the first color telecast of a Major League Baseball game as the Boston Braves played the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1961 : Milwaukee Braves left-hander Warren Spahn earned his 300th career victory with a 2-1 complete-game win over the Chicago Cubs.
1970 : Jim Bunning defeated the Houston Astros 6-5 to become the first pitcher since Cy Young to win 100 games in both the American and National leagues.
1974 : Lee Trevino won the PGA Championship , capturing the first of his two victories in the event.
1980 : Reggie Jackson hit the 400th home run of his major league career for the New York Yankees.
1984 : Carl Lewis anchored the United States to a world-record 37.83 seconds in the Olympic 4x100-meter relay, securing his fourth gold medal of the Los Angeles games and matching Jesse Owens’ four-event sweep from 1936.
1985 : Hubert Green won the PGA Championship by two strokes for the second major title of his career.
1991 : John Daly, a 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie who entered the field as the ninth alternate, completed his improbable victory in the PGA Championship at Crooked Stick for his first tour title.
1991 : Chicago White Sox rookie Wilson Álvarez pitched a no-hitter in his second major-league start, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 7-0.
1993 : Roger Clemens recorded the 2,000th strikeout of his career while pitching for the Boston Red Sox .
2002 : Karrie Webb won the Women’s British Open by two strokes, claiming her sixth career major championship.
2008 : The United States won Olympic gold in the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay at Beijing in world-record time, producing one of the most dramatic swimming finishes in games history.
2012 : Mo Farah won the Olympic 5,000 meters in London, joining an exclusive group of runners who captured the 5,000-10,000 double at one games.
2012 : Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica to Olympic gold and a world record of 36.84 seconds in the men’s 4x100-meter relay, completing his second consecutive sweep of the 100, 200 and relay titles.
2016 : Simone Biles won the Olympic women’s gymnastics all-around title in Rio de Janeiro, finishing more than two points ahead of American teammate Aly Raisman.
2016 : Michael Phelps won the Olympic 200-meter individual medley for the fourth consecutive games, earning his 22nd career gold medal.
— USA TODAY Network
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