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What happened in history on this day: September 2?
On September 2 in ...
- 1874 - Horse Goldsmith Maid trots the mile in harness in 2:14 minutes, a record.
- 1946 - Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as New York Yankees' manager.
- 1956 - Baltimore Orioles trailing Boston Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings.
- 1957 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores six runs in one game.
- 1964 - Norman Manley scores two consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, California.
- 1971 - Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer.
- 1972 - Chicago White Sox player Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0.
- 1973 - Billy Martin fired as manager of Detroit Tigers.
- 1978 - Graham Salmon set the world's record for 100 metres by a blind man.
- 1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home runs in 11 straight years.
- 1979 - With his 145th career pinch-hit, Los Angeles Dodgers' Manny Mota sets a major league record.
- 1986 - Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs use a record 53 players in an 14-inning game.
- 1987 - Kevin Bass is first National League member to switch hit home runs in a game twice in one season.
- 1990 - Toronto Blue Jays' Dave Stieb pitches the ninth no-hitter of the season beating the Cleveland Indians 3-0, a major league record.
- 2022 - At the 2022 U.S. Open tennis championship, Serena Williams plays her final professional game, against Ajla Tomljanovic, who won in three sets.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 13-1.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Los Angeles Angels by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Chicago Cubs by score 8-0.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Minnesota Twins by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Miami Marlins by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Washington Nationals by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Texas Rangers by score 9-1.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Cleveland Guardians by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats New York Yankees by score 9-0.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Kansas City Royals by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Oakland Athletics by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Colorado Rockies by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 4-0.
Births of sports figures on September 2
- 1850 - Birth of Albert Spaulding; baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company.
- 1916 - Birth of Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney; winner of more than 141 US tennis titles.
- 1927 - Birth of Trudi Jochum-Beiser in Austria; downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952).
- 1937 - Birth of Peter Ueberroth; organized 1984 Los Angeles Olympics/baseball commissioner.
- 1943 - Birth of Glenn Sather; NHL coach (Edmonton Oilers).
- 1948 - Birth of Terry Bradshaw; NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers), sportscaster (NFL on Fox).
- 1952 - Birth of Jimmy Connors; tennis star (US Open-1978,1982,1983 Wimbledon-1974,1982).
- 1960 - Birth of Eric Dickerson in Texas, USA; NFL halfback (Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts).
Deaths of sports figures on September 2
- 1937 - Baron Pierre de Coubertin, revivor of Olympics, dies at age 74.
- 2016 - Death of Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist (born 1956).
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