Events in Sport
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Event of Interest
Jul 19 Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington)

Mike Tyson
- Jul 19 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
- Jul 20 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant
- Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood
Hall of Fame
Jul 21 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY

Bill Veeck

Rod Carew
- Jul 23 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
- Jul 25 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
- Jul 25 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use
- Jul 26 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
- Jul 26 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 28 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by 4 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff

Jack Nicklaus
Baseball Record
Jul 28 Dennis Martínez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history

Dennis Martínez
- Jul 28 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3' 36" for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
Federation Cup
Jul 28 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Nottingham, England: Spain wins first title with 2-1 victory over US; Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinch final 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson

Zina Garrison

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- Jul 29 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0)

José Canseco
- Jul 30 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
- Aug 5 Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his own world pole vault record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
- Aug 6 American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her 2nd consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba; beats Nicaragua, 8-0
World Record
Aug 7 American team of Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell & Dennis Mitchell set 4 x 100m relay world record of 37.67 seconds in Zürich, Switzerland

Carl Lewis
PGA Championship
Aug 11 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: John Daly wins by 3 strokes from fellow American Bruce Lietzke

John Daly
- Aug 12 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall
- Aug 13 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
- Aug 13 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford
- Aug 14 Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
- Aug 17 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983
- Aug 20 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)
Event of Interest
Aug 20 Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million

Dan Marino

Joe Montana
- Aug 22 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100m backstroke (1:00.31)
- Aug 23 3rd Athletics World Championships open at Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 24 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
- Aug 25 Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds
- Aug 25 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
- Aug 25 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
- Aug 25 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
- Aug 26 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
- Aug 28 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martínez both perfect game pitcher
- Aug 30 Dan O'Brien sets US decathlon record with 8,812 points
- Aug 30 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
- Aug 31 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
- Sep 1 Japanese runner Hiromi Taniguchi wins the marathon in 2:14:57 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan
Baseball Record
Sep 4 MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61 (passing Babe Ruth's 60) & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

Roger Maris
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first US title; beats Martina Navratilova 7-6, 6-1

Monica Seles

Martina Navratilova
- Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first US title; beats American Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
- Sep 9 Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington
- Sep 9 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
- Sep 10 Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
- Sep 11 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
- Sep 11 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
Event of Interest
Sep 12 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win

Nolan Ryan
Event of Interest
Sep 13 Joe Carter 1st baseball player with 3 consecutive 100 RBI seasons with 3 different teams (Indians, Padres, Blue Jays)

Joe Carter
- Sep 13 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
- Sep 14 San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34
- Sep 15 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 shots from Debbie Massey
- Sep 15 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
- Sep 17 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- Sep 18 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
- Sep 18 NCAA places Tennessee on 2 years probation for football recruiting violations
- Sep 18 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
- Sep 21 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics
- Sep 22 NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)
Event of Interest
Sep 24 Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns

Deion Sanders
- Sep 25 3rd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m
- Sep 27 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
- Sep 28 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
Ryder Cup
Sep 29 Ryder Cup Golf, Kiahwa Island GR: US beats Europe, 14½-13½; Bernhard Langer misses 6-foot par putt which would have clinched 14-all tie and retained Cup for Europe

Bernhard Langer
Golf Tournament
Sep 29 Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic at the Los Coyotes CC; her third LPGA title of the month

Pat Bradley
Contract of Interest
Oct 2 NHL #1 draft pick Eric Lindros rejects Quebec Nordiques' offer of a 10 year, $50m contract

Eric Lindros
Event of Interest
Oct 2 Steffi Graf beats Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-2 in the Volkswagen Cup in Leipzig to become the youngest woman to win 500 professional tennis matches

Steffi Graf
- Oct 2 Toronto Blue Jays clinch AL East title with a 6-5 win v California Angels; become first sport franchise in history to draw 4 million fans in one season
Event of Interest
Oct 4 Edmonton Oilers trade captain Mark Messier (on the team for all 5 Stanley Cups) to the NY Rangers in exchange for Bernie Nicholls, Steven Rice & Louie DeBrusk; Messier leads Rangers to Cup 2 seasons later

Mark Messier
- Oct 4 San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe scores club's first goal while Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves
- Oct 5 Fresno State ties NCAA football record with 49 points in a quarter (2nd), as they route New Mexico, 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno
- Oct 6 NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
- Oct 6 Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
- Oct 7 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
- Oct 9 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
- Oct 11 Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
- Oct 12 Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
- Oct 12 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
- Oct 12 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime
- Oct 13 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
- Oct 13 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
- Oct 13 MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
Event of Interest
Oct 14 NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes the first player to score 500th NHL goals

Mike Gartner
- Oct 16 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
Event of Interest
Oct 17 Ángel Cordero Jr. is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races

Ángel Cordero Jr.
Event of Interest
Oct 17 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)

Paul Coffey
Event of Interest
Oct 20 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna clinches his 2nd straight, and 3rd overall F1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka

Ayrton Senna