Events in Sport on August 28

1921 Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games

1922 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4
1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
1941 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
1942 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)
1949 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1951 Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
1951 Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game winning streak
1956 Australia clings on for a draw in 5th Test at The Oval, London; England retain cricket Ashes with Jim Laker's 46 wickets a record series haul

1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as umpire called time
1967 Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
1972 American 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of David Edgar, John Murphy, John Heidenreich & Mark Spitz swim a world record 3:26.42 to beat Soviet Union for the gold medal at the Munich Olympics
1972 Australian teenage swimmer Shane Gould sets a world record 2:23.07 to beat German Kornelia Ender in the 200m individual medley at the Munich Olympics; her first of 3 gold medals at the Games

1972 Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut becomes media darling at the Munich Olympics; wins gold in the teams all-round ; follows with 2 gold and a silver

1972 North Korean shooter Ri Ho-jun wins the 50m rifle prone event at the Munich Olympics; his nation's first ever Olympic gold medal
1977 NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0

1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year

1977 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship

1987 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams & Willie McCovey with 522 HRs

1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martínez both perfect game pitcher

1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
1992 Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
1994 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Ottawa Hunt GC: Martha Nause wins by 1 from Michelle Mcgann

1994 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods

1995 Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
2004 British athlete Kelly Holmes wraps up the 800/1,500m double at the Athens Olympics taking out the 1.5k in 3:57.90
2004 Moroccan super star athlete Hicham El Guerrouj wraps up the 1,500/5,000m double at the Athens Olympics taking the 5k gold in 13:14.39
2004 A huge upset at the Athens Olympic Stadium in the men's 4×100m relay; Great Britain 38.07 edges the United States 38.08 to take the gold medal
2004 Led by San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginóbili Argentina beats Italy 84-69 for the Olympic basketball gold medal in Athens; star-studded US team takes bronze
2004 The diving competition at the Athens Olympics concludes with the Chinese contingent dominant, winning 6 of the 8 gold medals
2004 The US women's basketball team goes through the Athens Olympics undefeated to take out it's 5th Olympic gold medal, beating Australia 74-63 in the final
2004 Carlos Tevez scores the winner as Argentina beats Paraguay 1-0, maintaining an undefeated record to win the men's football gold medal at the Athens Olympics
2005 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Reserve Vineyards & GC: Loren Roberts wins first of 4 Champions Tour majors with bogey on 2nd playoff hole against Dana Quigley
2011 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Hillsdale CC: Brittany Lincicome wins by 1 stroke from Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis
2016 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Priddis Green CC: Ariya Jutanugam of Thailand wins by 4 from Kim Sei-young of South Korea

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