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What happened in history on this day: September 24?
On September 24 in ...
- 1906 - Saint Louis Cardinals; pitcher Stony McGlynn no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 1-1 in 7-inning game.
- 1919 - Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at age 28 off of New York Yankees' player Bob Shawkey.
- 1922 - Roger Hornsby sets the National League baseball home run mark at 42.
- 1927 - NHL's Toronto Saint Patricks hockey team become the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- 1927 - New York Yankees set record of 106 Major League Baseball victories.
- 1930 - Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in first NFL game played under floodlights.
- 1934 - 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell New York Yankees' appearance at Yankee Stadium.
- 1938 - Don Budge becomes first tennis player to win a grand slam.
- 1940 - Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career home run.
- 1954 - New York Yankees tie a record: three of their pinch hitters strike out in one inning.
- 1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.
- 1967 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Jim Bakken kicks seven field goals versus Pittsburgh Steelers.
- 1968 - New York Mets manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack.
- 1971 - Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings.
- 1972 - Jack Tatum, Oakland Raiders' player, returns a fumble 104 yards versus Green Bay Packers (record).
- 1972 - New York Jets' Joe Namath passes for six touchdowns versus Baltimore Colts (44-34).
- 1973 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking seven field goals.
- 1974 - Al Kaline gets his 3,000th career hit.
- 1977 - Ken Hinton of Canadian Football League's British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards.
- 1978 - Ron Guidry beats Cleveland Indians 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74.
- 1985 - Montreal Expos' Andre Dawson is ninth to get six RBIs in an inning (5th).
- 1988 - Canada's Ben Johnson runs (drug-assisted) 100m in 9.79 seconds.
- 1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets the heptathlon woman's record (7,291).
- 1993 - The International Olympic Committee selects Sydney, Australia to be the site of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- 2005 - Australian Rules Football team the Sydney Swans win the 2005 Grand Final, to become the AFL Premiers, defeating the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to end a 72 year Premiership drought.
- 2006 - Europe wins the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
- 2007 - India wins the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by five runs.
Births of sports figures on September 24
- 1921 - Birth of Jim McKay in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports).
- 1946 - Birth of "Mean" Joe Greene; NFL tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coke spokesman.
- 1951 - Birth of Terry Metcalf in Seattle, Washington, USA; NFL and Canadian Football League running back (Saint Louis Rams, Toronto Argonauts).
- 1956 - Birth of Ilona Slupianek in German Democratic Republic; shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1983 - Birth of Randy Foye; American basketball player.
Deaths of sports figures on September 24
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