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What happened in history on this day: September 23?
On September 23 in ...
- 1845 - First baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code.
- 1873 - Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title.
- 1908 - New York Giants' Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch second, causes third out in 9th inning, disallows winning run (game ends tied, Chicago Cubs win replay and pennant).
- 1926 - Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey in 10th round for world heavyweight boxing title.
- 1933 - New York Yankees commit 7 errors in one game but beat Boston 16-12.
- 1939 - Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6; Brooklyn Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Philadelphia Phillies 22-4.
- 1950 - Philadelphia Athletics' Joe Astroth is fourth to get six RBIs in an inning (6th).
- 1952 - First US closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event: the Rocky Marciano versus Jersey Joe Walcott fight, in 49 theaters in 31 cities. Rocky Marciano knocks out the heavyweight champion in the 13th round.
- 1962 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104.
- 1979 - Lou Brock steals base number 938 to break Billy Hamilton's record in a 10-inning Saint Louis victory over the New York Mets, 7-4.
- 1983 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton wins his 300th game (beating Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1984 - San Francisco 49ers' Joe Montana misses his first start in 49 games.
- 1984 - Sparky Anderson is first manager to win 100 games in both baseball leagues.
- 1986 - Houston Astros' Jim Deshales sets record of striking out first 8 men starting a ball game, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0.
- 1988 - Jose Canseco becomes Major League Baseball's first to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs.
- 1991 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
- 2006 - At Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles player Jay Gibbons hits a foul ball that hits wife Laura in the rib cage.
- 2006 - In Milwaukee's Miller Park, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his 734th career homer surpassing Hank Aaron and establishing a new all-time National League home run record.
- 2007 - Yokozuna Hakuho wins the Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament (Aki Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.
- 2022 - In London, England, Roger Federer plays the last tennis match of his professional career, at the Laver Cup. Federer and Rafael Nadal played a doubles match against Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.
Births of sports figures on September 23
- 1917 - Birth of Imry Nemeth in Hungary; hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 1936 - Birth of Sylvain Saudan; skiier (60-degree descent).
Deaths of sports figures on September 23
- 2015 - Death of Dragan Holcer, Croatian footballer (born 1945).
- 2016 - Death of Marcel Artelesa, French footballer (born 1938).
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