This Day in Sports History: August 12

Unforgettable Games and Remarkable Records

• 1879: The first National Archery Association tournament was held.
• 1928: The IX Summer Olympic Games in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, concluded.
• 1936: At the Berlin Olympics, diver Marjorie Gestring won the 3-meter springboard event at the age of 13, becoming the youngest Olympic gold medalist in history.
• 1936: The German gymnastics team won six out of the nine gold medals in the men's events at the Berlin Olympics.
• 1940: Cleveland ace Bob Feller beat Detroit's Hal Newhouser 8–5, becoming the major leagues' first 20-game winner of the season.
• 1948: The Cleveland Indians got 29 hits in an MLB game.
• 1949: In the 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game, Philadelphia beat the All-Stars 38-0 in front of 93,780 fans.
• 1950: In the first international game between an NFL and CFL team, the New York Giants defeated the Ottawa Roughriders 27-6.
• 1960: Ralph Boston set a long jump world record of 26 feet, 11.25 inches (8.21 meters) at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
• 1963: Stan Musial announced that he would retire at the end of the year.
• 1964: For the 10th time in his MLB career, Mickey Mantle achieved a switch-hit home run.
• 1967: The New Orleans Saints won their first preseason game and beat St. Louis 23-14.
• 1969: The Boston Celtics were sold for an NBA record $6 million.
• 1973: Jack Nicklaus won the third of his five PGA Championships.
• 1974: Nolan Ryan struck out 19 batters in a game.
• 1981: Swimmer Jon Erikson became the first person to complete a three-way crossing of the English Channel. He did it in 38 hours and 27 minutes.
• 1984: Carlos Lopes won the men's marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics with a time of 2:09:21.
• 1985: The Orioles became the sixth team in MLB history to get consecutive pinch-hit home runs in the same inning.
• 1986: Red Sox outfielder Don Baylor got hit by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season.
• 1988: The Red Sox achieved their 23rd consecutive home victory, tying the American League record.
• 1990: Wayne Grady won the PGA Championship at Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama, by three strokes, securing his only major title.
• 1994: Baseball players initiated a historic work stoppage, leading to the cancellation of the rest of the season, including the World Series.
• 2007: Tiger Woods defended his title and won his fourth PGA Championship.
• 2008: Michael Phelps won the third of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.
• 2008: Aaron Peirsol swam a world record time of 52.54 seconds in the 100-meter backstroke.
• 2012: Rory McIlroy won the PGA Championship by eight strokes.
• 2016: At the Rio Olympics, swimmer Katie Ledecky set a world record in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 8:04:79. She won five medals at the meet and became the most decorated U.S. female athlete at a single Olympics.
• 2016: Joseph Schooling of Singapore set an Olympic record of 50.39 to win the men's 100-meter butterfly gold.