Events in Sport
- 1862 British Open Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr retains his title; beats Willie Park Sr. by 3 strokes
- 1886 Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup
- 1890 British Open Golf, Prestwick GC: John Ball becomes first Englishman and first amateur to win the Open; beats Willie Fernie and Archie Simpson by 3 strokes
- 1895 FA Cup stolen in Birmingham
- 1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms
Baseball Record
1912 Philadelphia A's Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game
Eddie Collins
- 1933 Antwerps Sportpaleis, the largest indoor arena in Europe opens; renovated 2010-13
- 1935 US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
- 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
- 1937 US National Championship Men's Tennis: American Don Budge wins 1st of 2 straight US titles; beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- 1937 51st U.S. Women's National Championship: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (6-4, 6-2)
Tennis Open
1955 75th US National Championships Men's Tennis: American Tony Trabert wins his 2nd home title; beats Ken Rosewall of Australia 9-7, 6-3, 6-3
Tony Trabert
Ken Rosewall
- 1955 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward Hales of England 6-4, 6-2 for her 2nd consecutive US singles title
- 1955 Juan Manuel Fango in a Mercedes wins season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza to take his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Englishman Stirling Moss
- 1956 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR
Baseball Record
1956 Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for HRs (236) by a catcher
Yogi Berra
Tennis Open
1970 US Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court of Australia completes her Grand Slam; beats American Rosemary Casals 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Rosemary Casals
Tennis Open
1971 US Open Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Billie Jean King beats doubles partner Rosemary Casals 6-4, 7-6
Billie Jean King
Rosemary Casals
- 1976 Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)
Tennis Open
1976 US Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert retains her title; dominates Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 6-3, 6-0
Chris Evert
Tennis Open
1977 US Open Men's Tennis: Guillermo Vilas becomes the only Argentine to win US title; beats Jimmy Connors 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0
Guillermo Vilas
Jimmy Connors
- 1982 US Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert wins her 6th and final US title, beating Hana Mandlíková 6-3, 6-1
- 1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards
Tennis Open
1983 US Open Men's Tennis: American Jimmy Connors retains title; repeats previous year's win over Czech Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0
Jimmy Connors
Ivan Lendl
- 1988 Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world
Tennis Open
1988 US Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins his only US title and 7th & final Grand Slam event; beats Ivan Lendl 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the longest final in event's history
Mats Wilander
Ivan Lendl
Tennis Open
1993 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins 15th Grand Slam singles title, 3rd US title; beats Helena Suková 6-3, 6-3
Steffi Graf
- 1994 Missie McGeorge wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
Tennis Open
1994 US Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins first US title; beats Michael Stich of Germany 6-1, 7-6, 7-5
Andre Agassi
- 1995 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"
Tennis Open
1999 US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam title; beats World #1 Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-6
Serena Williams
Martina Hingis
Event of Interest
2005 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: US regains Cup 15½–12½; Meg Mallon clinches with 3 & 1 victory over Karen Stupples
Meg Mallon
- 2011 US Open Women's Tennis: Samantha Stosur becomes first Australian to wins a Grand Slam title since 1980; upsets Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3
- 2014 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later found guilty of culpable homicide)
Tennis Open
2016 US Open Men's Tennis: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland wins his 3rd major title; beats Novak Đoković 6-7, 1-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
Novak Đoković
- 2018 James Anderson takes his 564th Test wicket to become the most prolific fast bowler in cricket history as England beats India by 118 runs in the 5th Test at The Oval for a 4-1 series victory; Alistair Cook's final Test
Birthdays in Sport
- 1860 James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player All Black, born in Taieri, Otago, New Zealand (d. 1934)
- 1892 Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1926 champion), born in Wontergem, East Flanders, Belgium (d. 1980)
- 1893 W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver, born in Barton, England (d. 1974)
- 1913 Paul "Bear" Bryant, American college football coach (Alabama), born in Moro Bottom, Arkansas (d. 1983)
- 1917 Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner, born in Paris (d. 2001)
Tom Landry
1924 Tom Landry, American NFL player (NY Giants) and coach (Dallas Cowboys), born in Mission, Texas (d. 2000)
Tom Landry
- 1926 Alfred Slote, American children's books author (Love & Tennis, Omega Station), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1926 Eddie Miksis, American baseball player, born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 2005)
- 1930 Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player and 10th president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2002)
- 1932 Peter Anderson, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle), born in Devonport, England
- 1934 Norma Croker, Australian sprinter, born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1944 Everaldo, Brazilian footballer, born in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- 1945 Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer (Bayern Munich), born in Munich
- 1949 Marty Liquori, American runner (AAU 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7)), born in Montclair, New Jersey
- 1949 Roger Uttley, English rugby union player, born in Blackpool, England
- 1949 Bill Whittington, American race car driver, born in Lubbock, Texas
- 1950 Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer, born in London (d. 2003)
- 1957 Jeff Sluman, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1988), born in Rochester, New York
- 1958 Don Slaught, American catcher (California Angels, NY Yankees), born in Long Beach, California
- 1959 David Laurence Frost, PGA golfer (1988 Southern Open), born in Cape Town, South Africa
- 1959 Robert Wrenn, American professional golfer, sportscaster and course designer, born in Richmond, Virginia
- 1962 Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer (Barcelona), born in Bilbao, Spain
- 1963 Bonnie Gadusek, tennis player (French Juniors 1981), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1963 Gerald Wilkins, American NBA guard (Orlando Magic), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1964 Ellis Burks, American baseball outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi
- 1964 Eric Thomas, American NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos), born in Tucson, Arizona
- 1965 Tony Woods, American NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1966 Richard Harvey, American NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints), born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
- 1966 Stewart Carr, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1967 Simon Burgess, Australian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Franklin, Tasmania, Australia
- 1968 Konstantin Shafranov, Kazakhstani ice hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998, St. Louis Blues), born in Oskemen, Kazakhstan
- 1969 Tracy Scroggins, American NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions), born in Checotah, Oklahoma
- 1969 Eduardo Perez, American baseball player, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1970 Berry Richter, American hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1970 Dan Hackett, American water polo goalkeeper (Olympics 1996), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1970 William Joppy, American professional boxer, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- 1971 Mack Strong, American NFL fullback (Seattle Seahawks), born in Fort Benning, Georgia
- 1971 Todd Norman, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1971 Shelton Quarles, American football player, born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1972 Kip Simons, American gymnast (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Media, Pennsylvania
- 1972 Mark Pope, American NBA forward (Indiana Pacers), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1972 Matthew Gilmore, Belgian-Australian cyclist, born in Ghent, Belgium
- 1973 Fred Thomas, American NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks), born in Bruce, Mississippi
- 1974 Lucian Sahetapy, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen), born in Groningen, Netherlands
- 1975 Juan Cobián, Argentine footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1976 Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler, born in Athens, Greece
- 1976 Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver, born in Liberec, Czech Republic
- 1977 Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player, born in Carmarthen, Wales
- 1978 Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer (Serbia National Team captain), born in Belgrade, Serbia
- 1978 Ed Reed, American football player (Baltimore Ravens), born in St. Rose, Louisiana
- 1979 Frank Francisco, Dominican Major League Baseball pitcher, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1979 David Pizarro, Chilean footballer (Roma), born in Valparaíso, Chile
- 1980 Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver, born in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
- 1980 Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- 1981 Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer (Piacenza), born in Lodi, Italy
- 1983 Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player, born in Madras, Oregon
- 1983 Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player, born in Buffalo, New York
- 1985 Shaun Livingston, American basketball player, born in Peoria, Illinois
- 1985 Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada
- 1986 Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player, born in Tzaneen, South Africa
- 1986 Dwayne Jarrett, American football player, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Deaths in Sport
- 1948 Albert Powell, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1898-99), dies
- 1950 S M H Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's 1st 2 tests 1932-33), dies
- 1978 Mike Gazella, American baseball player (NY Yankees), dies at 82
- 1978 Ronnie Peterson, Swedish F1 driver (b. 1944)
- 1995 Keith Odor, racing Driver, dies at 33
- 1999 Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. 1972)
- 2001 Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (b. 1948)
Johnny Unitas
2002 Johnny Unitas, American football player, dies of a heart attack at 69
Johnny Unitas
- 2005 Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 82
- 2007 Ian Porterfield, Manager of Armenia National Football Club (b. 1946)
- 2011 Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984)
- 2011 Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (b. 1932)
- 2012 Sergio Livingstone, Chilean football player and journalist, dies from natural causes at 92
September in History
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
We have the formula, the music and the female fans standing by ready to scream. All we need now is four likely lads to form the band. Enter "The Monkees".
September 8, 1965
Dog Unearths Cave of Antiquity
A cave complex that contained wall paintings later described by experts as 'the cradle of art' was unearthed on this day by a curious dog, named Robot.
September 12, 1940
Fiery Birth for Star Spangled Banner
The national anthem of the United States, the Star Spangled Banner, is set to music written by a British composer and was originally an old drinking song.
September 13, 1814
Fatal Legacy of a Beautiful Riviera
Two famous American women – Grace Kelly and Isadora Duncan, both died after tragic motoring accidents in the same area on this day, though half a century apart.
September 14, 1982