Today in Sporting History

Events in Sport on this Day in History ... 1861 - 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club
1908 - Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader
1925 - 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill
1950 - Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
1950 - Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
1954 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open
1964 - Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
1965 - 11th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie
1970 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1971 - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1975 - Phillies and NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
1976 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf
1979 - 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
1981 - Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats LA Dodgers, 5-0
1982 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1983 - Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)
1983 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1984 - 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1992 - 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
1993 - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1995 - Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)
1995 - Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1