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Today in sports history
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1936 : At the Berlin Olympics, 13-year-old American Marjorie Gestring won the women’s 3-meter springboard, becoming the youngest Olympic gold medalist at the time.
1950 : The New York Giants defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 27-6 in an exhibition that became the first international game between an NFL team and a Canadian football club.
1960 : Ralph Boston jumped 26 feet, 11¼ inches in Walnut, California, to break Jesse Owens’ 25-year-old world long-jump record, while Bill Nieder became the first shot-putter to surpass 20 meters with a throw of 65 feet, 9¾ inches at the same meet.
1964 : Mickey Mantle homered from both sides of the plate for a record 10th time as the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 7-3.
1968 : The Atlanta Braves signed 62-year-old Satchel Paige in a notable late-career move tied to his pension eligibility.
1970 : A federal judge ruled against Curt Flood in his challenge to baseball’s reserve clause; the case later reached the Supreme Court , which ruled against Flood in 1972.
1970 : Paris Saint-Germain was founded, launching the club that later became one of the most prominent organizations in world soccer.
1973 : Jack Nicklaus won the PGA Championship at Canterbury Golf Club, capturing his 12th professional major and his 14th major when his two U.S. Amateur titles were included, surpassing Bobby Jones’ combined major total.
1974 : Nolan Ryan struck out 19 Boston Red Sox batters in a 4-2 Angels victory, setting an American League record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game and tying the major-league mark.
1984 : The Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 in a beanball-marred game that produced multiple brawls and a major-league-record 17 ejections.
1987 : Detroit traded minor-league pitcher John Smoltz to Atlanta for Doyle Alexander, a deal that ultimately delivered the Braves a future Hall of Fame ace.
1988 : The Boston Red Sox beat Detroit for their 23rd consecutive home victory, establishing a new American League record. They would extend the record to 24 the next day.
1994 : Major League Baseball players began a strike that halted the season, eliminated the postseason and caused the World Series to be canceled for the first time since 1904.
2000 : Evander Holyfield defeated John Ruiz by unanimous decision to win the WBA heavyweight championship, becoming the first boxer to capture a world heavyweight title four times.
2007 : Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship at Southern Hills, earning his fourth PGA title and 13th major championship.
2008 : Michael Phelps won his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, continuing the historic run that culminated in an unprecedented eight gold medals at a single Summer Games.
2012 : The United States defeated Spain 107-100 in the London Olympics men’s basketball final, completing an 8-0 tournament and winning its second consecutive gold medal.
2016 : Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana shattered the women’s 10,000-meter world record at the Rio Olympics, winning gold in 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds.
2016 : Katie Ledecky completed an Olympic 200-400-800 freestyle sweep by winning the women’s 800 meters in a world-record 8:04.79, earning her fourth gold medal of the Rio Games.
2016 : Rafael Nadal and Marc López defeated Romania’s Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău to win Spain’s first Olympic gold medal in men’s doubles tennis.
2018 : Brooks Koepka closed with a 4-under-par 66 to win the PGA Championship by two strokes, becoming the fifth player to capture the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year.
2021 : Tim Anderson hit a two-run walk-off homer into the cornfield as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-8 in Major League Baseball’s inaugural Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville, Iowa.
2025 : Armand “Mondo” Duplantis cleared 6.29 meters in Budapest to break the men’s pole-vault world record for the 13th time.
— USA TODAY Network
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