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What happened in history on this day: August 8?
On August 8 in ...
- 1870 - Magic (US) defeats Cambria (England) in second running of America's Cup.
- 1876 - Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 minutes.
- 1920 - Detroit Tigers beat New York Yankees 1-0 in shortest American League game, 73 minutes.
- 1922 - Pittsburgh Pirates set baseball record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1931 - Washington Senators' pitcher Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0.
- 1961 - Hamilton Tigercats (Canadian Football League) beat Buffalo Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- 1970 - New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37.
- 1972 - New York Yankees sign 30-year lease with New York City.
- 1977 - Texas Rangers turn their first triple play (vs Oakland Athletics).
- 1984 - Carl Lewis wins his third (200m) gold medal in the Summer Olympics.
- 1987 - Milwaukee Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out five times in a game.
- 1988 - Chicago Cubs starts first home game under lights (rained-out).
- 1988 - Pitcher Goose Gossage registers career save number 300.
- 1988 - Jose Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes 11th player to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season.
- 1988 - Minnesota Twins pull second triple-play of year and beat Cleveland Indians 6-2.
- 1990 - Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 versus Oakland Athletics).
- 1990 - Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 home runs as a catcher.
- 2008 - (8:08 PM) In Beijing, China, the Games of the XXIX Olympiad open. An estimated one billion people worldwide watch the opening ceremonies on TV.
- 2021 - At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA, the IMSA SportsCar Weekend race is held, round 8 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Whelen Engineering Racing #31 Cadillac DPi driven by Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 7th overall is the Era Motorsport #18 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Ryan Dalziel and Dwight Merriman.
- Finishing 1st in LMP3 class and 11th overall is the Core Autosport #54 Ligier JS P320 driven by Colin Braun and Jon Bennett.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 12th overall is the WeatherTech Racing #79 Porsche 911 RSR - 19 driven by Matt Campbell and Cooper MacNeil.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 20th overall is the Pfaff Motorsport #9 Porsche 911 GT3R driven by Laurens Vanthoor and Zacharie Robichon.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Seattle Mariners by score 9-4.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats San Diego Padres by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Oakland Athletics by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Washington Nationals by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Cincinnati Reds by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 7-4.
Births of sports figures on August 8
- 1936 - Birth of Don Bowden; first American to run a sub-4 minute mile.
- 1936 - Birth of Frank Howard; baseball player (National League Rookie of the Year 1960).
- 1947 - Birth of Jose Cruz; leftfielder (Saint Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros).
- 1953 - Birth of "Sweet" Lou Dunbar; basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
- 1954 - Birth of Nigel Mansell; Formula-1 racer (Portugal Grand Prix-1990).
Deaths of sports figures on August 8
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