ON THIS DATE

1932 — France beats the U.S. 3-2 for its sixth consecutive Davis Cup championship.

1942 — Jockey Bill Turnbull wins seven of nine races at Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire.

1954 — Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double to give the Milwaukee Braves a 15-7 victory over Brooklyn.

1963 — The Cleveland Indians become the first American League club to hit four straight home runs, and in an unlikely fashion. No. 8 hitter Woody Held hits a twoout homer off Paul Foytack, pitcher Pedro

Ramos follows with his second homer of the game, while Tito Francona and Larry

Brown’s first major league homer finish the string. Foytack is the only major league pitcher to give up four straight home runs.

1973 — Julius Erving, the American Basketball Association’s leading scorer, is traded by the financially strapped Virginia Squires to the New York Nets for forward George Carter and cash.

1983 — Jan Stephenson beats Joanne Carner and Patty Sheehan by one stroke to win the U.S. Women’s Open.

1990 — Nolan Ryan wins his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.

1993 — Mike Aulby becomes the third player in PBA history to win a tournament by rolling a 300 game in the title game. Aulby beats David Ozio 300-279 in the Wichita Open.

1994 — Sergei Bubka sets a world pole vault record for the 35th time in his career at a meet in Sestriere, Italy. Bubka soars 20 feet, 1¾ inches, adding a half-inch to the mark he set in Tokyo in 1992.