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What happened in history on this day: August 17?
On August 17 in ...
- 1869 - First international boat race (Thames River) (Oxford beats Harvard).
- 1894 - Philadelphia Phillies get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4.
- 1904 - Boston Red Sox' pitcher Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0.
- 1918 - Samuel Riddle buys Man O' War race horse for $5,000.
- 1920 - Ray Chapman, hit in the head by New York Yankees' Carl Mays' pitch, dies.
- 1933 - Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight baseball game.
- 1938 - Henry Armstrong won his third concurrent boxing championship.
- 1944 - New York Yankees' Johnny Lindell ties record with four consecutive doubles in a game.
- 1948 - Philadelphia Phillies commit 8 errors in a game.
- 1963 - Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Mets player to hit for the cycle.
- 1963 - Baltimore Orioles' Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief.
- 1969 - New York Jets beat New York Giants 37-14 in their first meeting (pre season).
- 1972 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game.
- 1973 - At Shea Stadium, 42-year old New York Mets' outfielder, Willie Mays, hits his 660th and final home run of his career.
- 1984 - Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets two hits).
- 1985 - Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run.
- 1988 - Butch Reynolds of USA sets the 400m record (43.29) in Zurich, Switzerland.
- 1999 - Baltimore Orioles' pitcher Jesse Orosco sets a major league mark pitching in his 1,072nd game.
- 2008 - Michael Phelps wins his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games, in the 4x100 medley relay, in record time of 3:29.34. Phelps now holds the record for most gold medals at an Olympics event.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats San Francisco Giants by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Chicago White Sox by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Texas Rangers by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Colorado Rockies by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Atlanta Braves by score 9-7.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Detroit Tigers by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 8-7.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Miami Marlins by score 10-3.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Los Angeles Angels by score 11-7.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Baltimore Orioles by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Kansas City Royals by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Washington Nationals by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 1-0.
Births of sports figures on August 17
- 1926 - Birth of Haakon Barfod in Norway; yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 1952).
- 1940 - Birth of Thomas Williams; American ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 1941 - Birth of Boog Powell; baseball player (American League Most Valuable Player 1970).
- 1943 - Birth of Yukio Kasaya in Japan; 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972).
- 1951 - Birth of Alain Mimoun in France; marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1956).
- 1951 - Birth of Alan Minter in England; light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972).
Deaths of sports figures on August 17
- 1920 - Ray Chapman, hit in the head by New York Yankees' Carl Mays' pitch, dies.
- 2007 - Death of Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (born 1982).
- 2020 - Death of Mário de Araújo Cabral, Portuguese Formula One driver (born 1934).
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