THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1908 — The Games of the IV Olympiad open in London, England. Women compete in the modern Olympics for the first time.
1918 — Brooklyn Dodgers get first victory after worst major league start (0-9).
1947 — Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and throughout the U.S.A.
1953 — Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins the term “Pencil neck geek.”
1956 — Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing.
1968 — Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title.
1983 — Houston Astros’ pitcher Nolan Ryan breaks Walter Johnson’s 56-year old record by striking out Brad Mills for his 3,509th career strikeout.
1990 — Los Angeles Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery.
1993 — All 30 members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
1994 — 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 minutes 43 seconds). Sunday
1931 — Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field events.
1961 — Warren Spahn pitches second no-hitter at age 41, beats San Francisco Giants, 1-0.
1966 — 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3.
1967 — Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and is stripped of boxing title.
1985 — Billy Martin named New York Yankees’ manager for fourth time.
1987 — NBA announces expansion to Charlotte, N.C., and Miami, Fla., in 1988 and Minneapolis, Minn., and Orlando, Fla., in 1989.
1988 — Baltimore Orioles lose American League record 21 games in a row.
1992 — Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 22-2 with American League record 31 hits.