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Today in sports history
Today is Aug. 16. On this date in:
1893 : Baltimore’s Bill Hawke threw the first major-league no-hitter from the modern pitching distance of 60 feet, 6 inches, beating Washington 5-0.
1920 : Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was struck in the head by a pitch from New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays; Chapman died the next day and remained the only player to die from an on-field Major League Baseball injury.
1924 : Helen Wills successfully defended her U.S. Women’s National Championship title, defeating Molla Bjurstedt Mallory in the final.
1927 : Babe Ruth hit the first home run to clear the roof at Chicago’s Comiskey Park as the Yankees defeated the White Sox 8-1.
1947 : Pittsburgh’s Ralph Kiner blasted three consecutive home runs in a 12-7 victory over St. Louis as the teams combined for a then-major league record 10 homers in a game.
1948 : Babe Ruth, who revolutionized baseball with his home-run hitting and retired with a record 714 homers, died of cancer at age 53.
1964 : Cardinals center fielder Curt Flood collected eight consecutive hits during a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers , one of the most remarkable single-day hitting performances in MLB history.
1965 : The American Football League awarded an expansion franchise to Miami owners Joe Robbie and Danny Thomas, creating the Miami Dolphins.
1976 : The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Chargers 20-10 in a preseason game in Tokyo, the first NFL game played outside North America.
1992 : Nick Price captured his first major championship, winning the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club by three strokes.
1996 : The San Diego Padres and New York Mets played in Monterrey, Mexico, in the first regularly scheduled Major League Baseball game staged outside the United States and Canada; Fernando Valenzuela started for San Diego in a 15-10 victory.
1998 : Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club for his first major title.
2001 : Barry Bonds hit his 52nd and 53rd home runs of the season, surpassing Willie Mays’ Giants single-season record of 52.
2003 : Eighteen-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo made his Manchester United debut as a substitute and helped spark a 4-0 Premier League victory over Bolton.
2006 : Bruce Froemming worked his 5,000th major-league game as an umpire, reaching the milestone at Fenway Park.
2008 : Michael Phelps won the Olympic 100-meter butterfly by 0.01 seconds for his seventh gold medal at the Beijing Games, tying Mark Spitz’s record for most gold medals at a single Olympics.
2008 : Usain Bolt stormed to Olympic gold in the 100 meters in a world-record 9.69 seconds at the Beijing Games.
2009 : Y.E. Yang defeated Tiger Woods to win the PGA Championship at Hazeltine, becoming the first Asian-born man to capture a major golf championship.
2009 : Usain Bolt lowered his own 100-meter world record to 9.58 seconds while winning the world championship in Berlin, a mark that remained the event’s world record.
2010 : The Washington Nationals signed Bryce Harper, the No. 1 overall selection in that year’s MLB draft.
2015 : Jason Day won his first major championship, finishing at a record 20 under par to capture the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
2016 : Houston’s José Altuve recorded his 1,000th career hit and became the fastest player in Astros history to reach the milestone.
2016 : Simone Biles won the Olympic floor-exercise title in Rio for her fourth gold medal of the games, tying the record for most gold medals by a woman gymnast at a single Olympics.
2018 : The New York Mets routed Philadelphia 24-4, setting a franchise record for runs in a game.
2019 : Cincinnati rookie Aristides Aquino became the fastest player in Major League Baseball history to reach 10 career home runs, accomplishing the feat in just 16 games.
— USA TODAY Network
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