TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1912 — New York City holds ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious U.S. Olympic athletes. 1922 — Cy Williams becomes the first Philadelphia Phillies’ player to hit for the cycle.

1954 — International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China.

1963 — First 200-metre freestyle swim under two minutes (Don Schollander 1:58).

1963 — John Pennel is first to polevault 17 feet.

1972 — Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame.

1975 — San Francisco Giants’ player Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0.

1979 — 60,916 NFL fans choose old New England Patriots’ logo over new.

1984 — Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver, Colo.

1989 — Record-setting baseball player Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from the sport following allegations of illegal gambling, thereby preventing his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 2007 — The 2007 World Championships in Athletics open at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

2008 — In Beijing, China, the Games of the XXIX Olympiad close, with the Olympic flag being handed to London mayor Boris Johnson Official cost of the games: US$2.2 billion, plus US$40 billion on preparation of infrastructure and cleaning the environment.

Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau, seen here arriving for the funeral of Maurice Richard in 2000, both entered the Hockey Hall of Fame at the same time (along with Bernie Geoffrion) in what may be the class of inductees ever, 46 years ago today.