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What happened in history on this day: August 11?
On August 11 in ...
- 1907 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Ed Karger pitches perfect game versus Boston Braves, 4-0 in 7 innings.
- 1919 - Green Bay Packers football club is founded.
- 1926 - Cleveland Indians' Tris Speaker hits his 700th MLB double.
- 1929 - Babe Ruth becomes first in Major League Baseball to hit 500 homers.
- 1949 - First Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi).
- 1950 - Boston Braves' pitcher Vern Bickford no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-0.
- 1951 - First color baseball game (Boston Braves versus Brooklyn Dodgers) telecast (WCBS-New York City).
- 1951 - New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (Canadian Football League) 38-6 in Ottawa.
- 1961 - Warren Spahn records victory number 300, beats Chicago Cubs 2-1.
- 1967 - Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on nine pitches.
- 1969 - Pittsburgh Steelers beat New York Giants 17-13 in Montreal (NFL expo).
- 1970 - Jim Bunning becomes second (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues.
- 1970 - Tony Perez becomes the first to hit a home run in the red seats at Riverfront.
- 1971 - Harmon Killebrew hits home runs #500 and 501.
- 1974 - Lee Trevino wins PGA championship.
- 1980 - Reggie Jackson hits his 400th homer.
- 1984 - Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins four Olympic track golds.
- 1984 - Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's number 5 uniform.
- 1985 - Hubert Green wins PGA championship.
- 1985 - Oakland Athletics' Dave Kingman becomes the 21st to hit 400 home run.
- 1985 - Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (2.40 metres).
- 1986 - Bob Tway wins PGA championship.
- 1988 - Gary Carter (New York Mets) becomes 59th player to hit 300 career home runs.
- 1990 - New York Yankees' player Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats).
- 1991 - John Daly, rookie golfer, wins the PGA title.
- 2008 - Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe breaks the world record in the semifinals of the women's 100-metre backstroke at 58.77 seconds at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
- 2022 - At the "Field of Dreams" in Dyersville, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Cincinnati Reds by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Baltimore Orioles by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 9-3.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 8-6.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Texas Rangers by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Chicago White Sox by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Detroit Tigers by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, National Football League pre-season game: New York Giants beats New England Patriots by score 23-21.
- 2022 - At M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, National Football League pre-season game: Baltimore Ravens beats Tennessee Titans by score 23-10.
Births of sports figures on August 11
- 1900 - Birth of Charles Paddock; sprinter (world's fastest human of 1920s).
- 1947 - Birth of Sergey Kovalneko in the USSR; basketball (Olympic-bronze-1968).
Deaths of sports figures on August 11
- 2014 - Death of Vladimir Beara, Yugoslav football player and manager (born 1928).
- 2015 - Death of Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer (born 1941).
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