Today in Sports History 8/22/06

[Deck]

This Day In Sports
August 22
1851 The United States won the first international yacht race, defeating 14 British yachts. The schooner was named "America".
1950 Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player allowed to participate in the national championships.
1951 The Harlem Globetrotters performed before 75,000 at Berlin's Olympic Games. It was the largest crowd ever to witness a basketball game.
1957 Floyd Patterson KO'd Pete Rademacher in the sixth round to retain his world heavyweight fight title at Sicks Stadium in Seattle.
1959 A second pro football league was named on this date, the American Football League. The original members of the league were Lamar Hunt of Dallas; Bob Howsam, Denver; K.S. (Bud) Adams, Houston; Barron Hilton, Los Angeles; Max Winter and Bill Boyer, Minneapolis; Harry Wismer, New York City. Buffalo's Ralph Wilson joined the group two months later and William H. Sullivan of Boston was added in November.
1965 In one of the most famous baseball brawls of all-time, San Francisco pitcher Juan Marichal clubbed Los Angeles Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro with his bat in the third inning of their game setting off a 14-minute benches clearing brawl. Marichal apparently got upset when he thought Roseboro's throws back to pitcher Sandy Koufax was coming too close to his head. Roseboro sustained cuts to his head during the incident.
1972 In preparation for his next start, the Aug. 26 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga, Secretariat worked a half-mile in :46 2-5.
1984 New York Mets sensation Dwight Gooden fanned 19 San Diego Padres and became the 11th rookie to strike out 200 batters or more in a season.
Evelyn Ashford set a world record in the 100-meter dash in 10.76 seconds during a meet in Zurich Switzerland.
1987 Brazil snapped the 34-game winning streak of the U.S. Men's Basketball team with a 120-115 victory in the Pan Am Games. Oscar Schmidt netted 46 points for Brazil.
1989 Nolan Ryan became the first player in major league history to reach 5,000 strikeouts in a career in a game against the California Angels.
1992 The Detroit Drive won ArenaBowl VI, as they defeated the Orlando Predators, 56-38.
1998 St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire launched his 52nd home run of the season and in so doing, eclipsed the immortal Babe Ruth for most homers ever over a three-year span. Ruth had 161 homers between 1926-1928, while McGwire is still chugging alone with 162 between 1996 and the final 33 games of the 1998 season.
2000 Colorado Rockies catcher Brett Mayne became the first position player since 1968 to win a major league game, pitching a scoreless 12th inning in a 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field.
2003 Scott Drew was named the new head coach of Baylor men's basketball team.
2004 The United States' men's rowing team scored a gold medal in the eights competition.
Chile tennis player Nicolas Massu won a gold medal in men's singles on by beating American Mardy Fish in five sets.
The Philadelphia Barrage won the Major League Lacrosse Championship, as they defeated the Boston Cannons 13-11.
Birthdays Carl Yastrzemski (1939) - Hall of Fame MLB player, Bill Parcells (1941) - NFL head coach, Paul Molitor (1956) - MLB player.

[Dr. Jack]

Originally Posted by Deck

Birthdays Carl Yastrzemski (1939) - Hall of Fame MLB player, Bill Parcells (1941) - NFL head coach, Paul Molitor (1956) - MLB player.

3 great sports icons share the same birthday