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What happened in history on this day: August 2?
On August 2 in ...
- 1864 - Second Saratoga Racetrack (New York) opens.
- 1929 - Philadelphia Phillies' Don Hurst sets National League record of six consecutive games with a home run.
- 1932 - Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs.
- 1938 - First test of a yellow baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers versus Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1959 - Milwaukee Braves' Bill Bruton hits two bases loaded triples.
- 1961 - Saint Louis Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League) 36-7 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 1980 - US swimmers set three world records at National championships.
- 1985 - Chicago White Sox backstop Carlton Fisk tags out two New York Yankees' runners at home plate during the same play.
- 1986 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 points).
- 1987 - Cincinnati Reds' Eric Davis becomes 7th and earliest 30 home run 30 steal man.
- 1987 - Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yards 1 foot 3 inches).
- 1987 - Kevin Seitzer (Kansas City Royals), gets six hits in one baseball game.
- 1987 - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH).
- 2009 - In Finland, round 9 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Mikko Hirvonen.
- 2020 - At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA, the IMSA SportsCar Weekend race is held, round 4 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the ACURA TEAM PENSKE #7 Acura DPi driven by Ricky Taylor and Helio Castroneves.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 8th overall is the DragonSpeed USA LLC #81 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Ben Hanley and Henrik Hedman.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 10th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 17th overall is the AIM VASSER SULLIVAN #12 Lexus RC F GT3 driven by Townsend Bell and Frankie Montecalvo.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Colorado Rockies by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Francisco Giants by score 9-5.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Oakland Athletics by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Kansas City Royals by score 9-2.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Houston Astros by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Texas Rangers by score 8-2.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Chicago Cubs by score 6-0.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Minnesota Twins by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 13-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Cleveland Guardians by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats New York Yankees by score 8-6.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats New York Mets by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Concinnati Reds beats Miami Marlins by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Colorado Rockies by score 13-5.
Births of sports figures on August 2
- 1932 - Birth of Lamar Hunt; owns NFL Kansas City Chiefs.
- 1937 - Birth of William Cannon; football player (Heisman-1959).
- 1938 - Birth of Brunhilde Hendrix in Germany; relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960).
- 1938 - Birth of Yvonne Rüegg in Switzerland; giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 1946 - Birth of Bob Beamon; long jumper (Olympic-gold-1968 29 feet 2.5 inches (8.9m)).
- 1960 - Birth of Linda Fratianne; American figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980).
- 1967 - Birth of Aaron Krickstein in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; tennis player (Tel Aviv 1983).
Deaths of sports figures on August 2
- 1979 - Thurmon Munson, catcher for the New York Yankees, is killed in a plane crash at Akron, Ohio at age 32 (born 1947).
- 2022 - Death of Vin Scully at age 94 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; broadcaster (voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers MLB baseball team for 67 years).
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