Events in Sport
- 1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set
- 1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup
- 1895 Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] completes the first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle in 15 months and collects her $10,000 prize
- 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
- 1920 VII Summer Olympic Games close in Antwerp, Belgium
- 1925 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0)
- 1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR
- 1934 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Englishman Fred Perry retains title; beats Wilmer Allison of the US 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 8-6
- 1935 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Wilmer Allison beats Sidney Wood 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 for his lone major singles title
- 1935 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6-2, 6-4 for her 4th consecutive US singles title
- 1936 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his 8th and final Grand Slam event before turning pro; beats American Don Budge 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8
Tennis Open
1936 50th US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: #3 seed Alice Marble beats top seeded fellow American Helen Jacobs 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Alice Marble
- 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team, defeating Milwaukee Braves 105-49
- 1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920
- 1962 Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
- 1964 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4½"
- 1965 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Spaniard Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale of South Africa 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1 for his lone US singles crown
- 1965 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith wins her second of 5 US singles titles; beats American rival Billie Jean Moffitt 8-6, 7-5
- 1966 US National Championships Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe 4-6, 12-10, 6-3, 6-4; his second and final major singles title
Tennis Open
1966 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 7th and final Grand Slam singles crown
Maria Bueno
Nancy Richey
Tennis Open
1970 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Court of Australia completes Grand Slam; beats American Rosemary Casals 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Rosemary Casals
US Men's Tennis Open
1976 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Jimmy Connors wins his second US title; beats Björn Borg of Sweden 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Jimmy Connors
Björn Borg
- 1979 Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club
Baseball Record
1979 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off NY Yankee Jim Beattie
Carl Yastrzemski
- 1981 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles
Tennis Open
1981 US Open Women's Tennis: Tracy Austin wins her second US title; beats Martina Navratilova 1-6, 7-6, 7-6
Martina Navratilova
- 1982 Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon
- 1982 US Open Men's Tennis: Jimmy Connors wins his 4th US title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- 1984 NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251
- 1988 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card
Event of Interest
1991 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win
Nolan Ryan
US Men's Tennis Open
1992 Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang 6-7, 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 in the longest match in US Open history (5 hours, 26 minutes)
Michael Chang
Tennis Open
1992 US Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles retains her title; beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6-3, 6-3
Monica Seles
US Men's Tennis Open
1993 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his second US title; beats Frenchman Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Pete Sampras
Cedric Pioline
- 1997 NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle
Tennis Open
1998 US Open Women's Tennis: Lindsay Davenport wins her first career Grand Slam title; beats defending champion Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-5
Martina Hingis
US Men's Tennis Open
1999 US Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins 2nd and final US title; beats fellow American Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Andre Agassi
Todd Martin
US Men's Tennis Open
2004 US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer of Switzerland wins first US title; outclasses Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6, 6-0
Roger Federer
- 2004 Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field to snap their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak
Event of Interest
2005 Mark Messier announces on ESPN radio that he will retire from the NHL
Mark Messier
- 2009 US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Kim Clijsters becomes first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament; beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-5, 6-3
- 2009 South Africa claims 3rd Tri Nations Rugby Series with 32-29 win over defending champions New Zealand in Hamilton; Steyn bros dominate with the boot; Morné kicks 2 penalties, 2 conversions & dropped goal; François, 3 penalties
US Men's Tennis Open
2011 US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his first US title; beats Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
Novak Đoković
Rafael Nadal
- 2015 US Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Italian final Flavia Pennetta wins her only Grand Slam title; beats Roberta Vinci 7-6, 4-7, 6-2; first Italian to win US title
Birthdays in Sport
- 1909 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), born in Commerce, Georgia (d. 1990)
Jesse Owens
1913 Jesse Owens, American athlete (4 Olympic gold 1936), born in Oakville, Alabama (d. 1980)
Jesse Owens
- 1916 Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver, born in Tinley Park, Illinois (d. 1961)
- 1922 Wentworth Beaumont, 3rd Viscount Allendale, British peer, Royal Air Force officer and race horse breeder
- 1925 Stan Lopata, American baseball player, born in Delray, Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
- 1933 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Football Club Chairman
- 1934 Glenn Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold 1956,60), born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (d. 2009)
- 1937 Wes Hall, Barbadian former cricketer and politician, born in Glebe Land, Station Hill, Barbados
- 1937 George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer, born in Toronto, Canada
- 1938 Claude Ruel, Canadian NHL coach (Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup 1968-69), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (d. 2015)
- 1940 Mickey Lolich, American pitcher (Detroit Tiger, won 25 in 1971), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1944 Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
- 1948 Max Walker, Australian cricket and rules football player, born in Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia (d. 2016)
- 1949 Irina Rodnina, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic gold 1972, 76, 80), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
- 1950 Gustav Brunner, Austrian Formula One designer and engineer, born in Graz, Austria
- 1953 John Williams, American archer (Olympic gold 1972), born in Cranesville, Pennsylvania
- 1956 Chip Beck, American golfer (US Open 1986, 89, Masters 1993 runner-up; shot 59 in 1991), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
- 1956 Ricky Rudd, American race car driver, born in Norfolk County, Virginia
- 1958 Wilfred Benítez, Puerto Rican boxer (youngest world champion at 17 years, 176 days [WBA Light Welterweight]), born in NYC, New York
- 1959 Cindy Rarick, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Glenwood, Minnesota
- 1964 Dieter Hecking, German football player and manager, born in Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
- 1965 Silke Hörner, German breaststroke swimmer (2 Olympic gold 1988), born in Leipzig, Germany
- 1965 Vernon Maxwell, American NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets), born in Gainesville, Florida
- 1967 Pat Listach, American baseball infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Natchitoches, Louisiana
- 1969 Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer (US Open 2007, US Masters 2009), born in Córdoba, Argentina
- 1969 Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; Presidents Cup 1998, 2000), born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture
- 1970 Rebecca Joyce, Australian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1971 Terry Dehere, American politician and NBA guard (Sacramento Kings), born in NYC, New York
- 1973 Darren Campbell, British sprint athlete, born in Moss Side, Manchester, England
- 1973 Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, Canada
- 1974 Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer, born in Lisbon, Portugal
- 1976 Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer, born in Poznań, Poland
- 1977 Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer, born in Penrith, Australia
- 1977 David Thompson, English footballer, born in Birkenhead, England
- 1980 Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer, born in Jardinopolis, Brazil
- 1980 Sean Burroughs, American baseball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1980 Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player, born in Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia
- 1980 Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player, born in Shanghai
- 1981 Jered Guzman, American pairs skater (& Natalie Vlandis), born in Garden Grove, California
- 1983 Daniel Muir, American football player, born in Washington, D.C.
- 1985 Jack Wilkinson, English footballer (Hartlepool United), born in Beverley, England
- 1994 Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player (WTA Finals champion 2018), born in Odessa, Ukraine
Weddings in Sport
- 2006 NBA basketball star Tracy McGrady (27) weds CleRenda Harris at the sandy beach in Los Cabos, Mexico
Deaths in Sport
Peter Mark Roget
1869 Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (Roget's Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies at 90
Peter Mark Roget
- 1913 Major R B Stewart, cricketer (scored 4 & 9 in S Afr's 1st Test), dies
- 1917 Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test South Africa v England 1914), dies
- 1953 Frederick Kuys, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1898), dies
- 1963 Ben Sealey, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies
- 1979 Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies
- 2009 Jack Kramer, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1947, US Open 1946), dies of cancer at 88
- 2010 Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
- 2011 Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
September in History
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, 1940Fiery 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, 1814Fatal 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, 1982Agatha Christie, The World's Best-Selling Novelist
Agatha Christie was born on this day. She went on to become the best-selling writer of all time, her novels having sold about 2 billion copies worldwide.
September 15, 1890
