September 4
1781 - The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.
1888 - George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the Kodak trademark.
1944 - During World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
1949 - More than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing concertgoers.
1951 - President Harry Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the United States when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Convention in San Francisco.
1957 - Nine Black students attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School but ere blocked by the National Guard, on orders from Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus.
1972 - The longest-running game show in U.S. history, "The Price is Right," debuted on CBS.
1974 - The United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.
1998 - Google was founded by Stanford University Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
2016 - Elevating the "saint of the gutters" to one of the Catholic Church's highest honors, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa, praising her radical dedication to society's outcasts and her courage in shaming world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created."
2018 - The Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings for future Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a day that saw rancorous exchanges between Democrats and Republicans.
Birthdays
26 - Diamond Brown (model)
28 - Victoria Moroles (actress)
29 - Anfisa Arkhipchenko (reality star)
29 - Kady McDermott (reality star)
38 - Xavier Woods (professional wrestler)
40 - Kyle Mooney (actor/comedian)
42 - Whitney Cummings (actress/comedian)
43 - Beyonce (actress/singer)
45 - Max Greenfield (actor)
46 - Wes Bentley (actor)
56 - Mike Piazza (baseball player)
64 - Daman Wayans Sr. (actor/comedian)
71 - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor)
75 - Tom Watson (golfer)
82 - Raymond Floyd (golfer)
93 - Mitzi Gaynor (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1949 - The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets. The record was broken in 2010.
1950 - The Darlington Raceway opens, NASCAR's first paved super speedway, and hosts the Southern 500, which was also the first 500-mile event in NASCAR history.
1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships.
1972 - American swimmer Mark Spitz won a record seventh gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.
1988 - The NFL's Phoenix Cardinals play their first game since relocating from St. Louis, falling to the Cincinnati Bengals 21-14.
1991 - The MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop the asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61, ending the argument due to Maris having played more games in a season than Babe Ruth did when he hit 60. The committee also determined that an official no-hitter must go at least nine innings.
1993 - Penn State plays its first football game as a member of the Big Ten Conference, defeating Minnesota 38-20.
1994 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino throws five touchdown passes in a win over the New England Patriots, setting an NFL record with his 18th career game with 4 or more touchdown passes.
1994 - Tom Tupa scores the first two-point conversion in NFL history, running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
1998 - The New York Yankees win their 100th game on the earliest date in MLB history, besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs and the 1954 Cleveland Indians by five days.
1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a National League record with nine home runs in a 22-3 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won their AL-record 20th straight game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the game on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The game hosted the largest crowd (55,528) ever for a regular season game at the Coliseum.
2002 - St. Louis manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win. He tied Casey Stengal for eighth place.
2002 - Argentina pulls off one of the biggest upsets in basketball history, defeating the United States 87-80 in the second round of the World Championships, marking the first U.S. loss in 59 games since sending NBA players to international competition in 1992.
2005 - Twenty-year-old Kyle Busch becomes the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he wins the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway.
2006 - Toronto Argonauts quarterback Damon Allen moves past ex-CFL and NFL star Warren Moon as professional football's all-time leading passer with 70,595 yards.
1781 - The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.
1888 - George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the Kodak trademark.
1944 - During World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
1949 - More than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing concertgoers.
1951 - President Harry Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the United States when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Convention in San Francisco.
1957 - Nine Black students attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School but ere blocked by the National Guard, on orders from Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus.
1972 - The longest-running game show in U.S. history, "The Price is Right," debuted on CBS.
1974 - The United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.
1998 - Google was founded by Stanford University Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
2016 - Elevating the "saint of the gutters" to one of the Catholic Church's highest honors, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa, praising her radical dedication to society's outcasts and her courage in shaming world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created."
2018 - The Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings for future Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a day that saw rancorous exchanges between Democrats and Republicans.
Birthdays
26 - Diamond Brown (model)
28 - Victoria Moroles (actress)
29 - Anfisa Arkhipchenko (reality star)
29 - Kady McDermott (reality star)
38 - Xavier Woods (professional wrestler)
40 - Kyle Mooney (actor/comedian)
42 - Whitney Cummings (actress/comedian)
43 - Beyonce (actress/singer)
45 - Max Greenfield (actor)
46 - Wes Bentley (actor)
56 - Mike Piazza (baseball player)
64 - Daman Wayans Sr. (actor/comedian)
71 - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor)
75 - Tom Watson (golfer)
82 - Raymond Floyd (golfer)
93 - Mitzi Gaynor (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1949 - The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets. The record was broken in 2010.
1950 - The Darlington Raceway opens, NASCAR's first paved super speedway, and hosts the Southern 500, which was also the first 500-mile event in NASCAR history.
1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships.
1972 - American swimmer Mark Spitz won a record seventh gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.
1988 - The NFL's Phoenix Cardinals play their first game since relocating from St. Louis, falling to the Cincinnati Bengals 21-14.
1991 - The MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop the asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61, ending the argument due to Maris having played more games in a season than Babe Ruth did when he hit 60. The committee also determined that an official no-hitter must go at least nine innings.
1993 - Penn State plays its first football game as a member of the Big Ten Conference, defeating Minnesota 38-20.
1994 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino throws five touchdown passes in a win over the New England Patriots, setting an NFL record with his 18th career game with 4 or more touchdown passes.
1994 - Tom Tupa scores the first two-point conversion in NFL history, running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
1998 - The New York Yankees win their 100th game on the earliest date in MLB history, besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs and the 1954 Cleveland Indians by five days.
1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a National League record with nine home runs in a 22-3 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won their AL-record 20th straight game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the game on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The game hosted the largest crowd (55,528) ever for a regular season game at the Coliseum.
2002 - St. Louis manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win. He tied Casey Stengal for eighth place.
2002 - Argentina pulls off one of the biggest upsets in basketball history, defeating the United States 87-80 in the second round of the World Championships, marking the first U.S. loss in 59 games since sending NBA players to international competition in 1992.
2005 - Twenty-year-old Kyle Busch becomes the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he wins the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway.
2006 - Toronto Argonauts quarterback Damon Allen moves past ex-CFL and NFL star Warren Moon as professional football's all-time leading passer with 70,595 yards.
