ON THIS DAY
1893:
Liverpool beat Middlesbrough Ironopolis to claim their first win in the Football League.
1956:
Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina finishedsecond in the Italian GP at Monza to win his third straight F1 World Drivers Championship by three points from Englishman Stirling Moss
1973:
Ian Botham played his first game for Somerset when he turned out in a Sunday League game against Sussex at Hove.
1977:
Trans-sexual tennis player Rene Richards, having fought for over a year for the right to play in a major event, was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Britain’s Wimbledon champion Virginia Wade at the US Open.
1994:
Spanish cyclAist Miguel Induráin sets UCI hour world record distance, covering 53.04 kilometres in Bordeaux, France.
1995:
British boxer Frank Bruno beat American champion Oliver McCall with a unanimous 12 round points decision in London to win the WBC world heavyweight title.
2001:
Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for his record 52nd F1 Grand Prix victory.
2001:
John Daly secured his first tournament win for six years with victory in the BMW International in Germany.
2011:
Celtic were reinstated to the Europa League after UEFA threw out Swiss side FC Sion for fielding ineligible players.