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What happened in history on this day: September 10?
On September 10 in ...
- 1858 - John Holden hits the first recorded home run (Brooklyn versus New York).
- 1919 - Cleveland Indians' Ray Caldwell no-hits New York Yankees 3-0.
- 1922 - Largest Polo Grounds baseball crowd; Non Meusel, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig make consecutive home runs.
- 1927 - France wins its first Davis Cup in tennis.
- 1937 - Second American Football League plays first game (Los Angeles Bulldogs 21, Pittsburgh Americans 0); Cleveland Rams plays their first NFL game, lose 28-0.
- 1950 - Joe DiMaggio becomes first to hit three home runs in a game at Griffith Stadium.
- 1960 - New York Yankees player Mickey Mantle hits 643-foot home run over right field roof in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1960 - Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon.
- 1962 - Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis.
- 1963 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0.
- 1965 - Philadelphia Phillies' 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phillies beat Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1967 - Chicago White Sox player Joel Horlen no-hits Detroit Tigers, 6-0.
- 1969 - New York Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in first place for first time.
- 1972 - Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship.
- 1972 - US Men's Olympic basketball team's first loss, 51-50 to USSR (disputed).
- 1973 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton.
- 1973 - New York Jets trade pro football's leading receiver Don Maynard to Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1974 - Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark.
- 1974 - Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 miles in 24 hours.
- 1977 - Toronto Blue Jays beat New York Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits.
- 1978 - Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yards and 30 inches).
- 1978 - 4th game of the Boston Massacre; New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for first place. Yankees out-hit Red Sox 67-21; score 42-9.
- 1980 - Bill Gullickson sets rookie record of striking out 18.
- 1984 - Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days).
- 1988 - Steffi Graf wins US Open.
- 1989 - Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship.
- 1990 - Nineteen-year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open of tennis.
- 1990 - First time in New York Yankees' history they are completely swept in a season series, Oakland Athletics beat them 12 games to 0.
- 1990 - First time since 1966 that all eight grand slam tennis champions are different.
- 1990 - Seattle Mariners' Matt Young becomes 21st American League player to strike out four in one inning.
- 2006 - Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher announces he will retire from Formula One racing at the end of the year.
- 2007 - (to September 30) The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup is held in China.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Atlanta Braves by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Diego Padres by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Minnesota Twins by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Cincinnati Reds by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Houston Astros by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Texas Rangers by score 11-7.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Miami Marlins by score 11-3.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Washington Nationals by score 8-5.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Baltimore Orioles by score 17-4.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Kansas City Royals by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Oakland Athletics by score 10-2.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Chicago Cubs by score 5-2.
- 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 10-3.
Births of sports figures on September 10
- 1929 - Birth of Arnold Palmer; golfer (PGA Golfer of the Year 1960, 1962).
- 1934 - Birth of Roger Eugene Maras AKA Roger Maris in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA; major league baseball (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Saint Louis Cardinals), American League Most Valuable Player (1960, 1961), hit record 61 home runs in 1961 (dies in 1985).
- 1946 - Birth of James R Hines; American sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968).
- 1948 - Birth of Bob Lanier; NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks).
Deaths of sports figures on September 10
- 1983 - Death of Dai Rees, British golfer (born 1913).
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