Today In Sports History 8/2

Our past has shaped the present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history today.

Baseball

• In 1938 MLB conducts the first test of bright yellow baseballs during Dodgers vs Cardinals doubleheader

Boxing

• In 1952 17 year-old future world champion Floyd Patterson wins the gold medal in the middleweight division at the Helsinki Olympic Games with a 1st round KO of Romanian Vasile Tita

Golf

• In 1959 PGA Championship, Bob Rosburg wins by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders

Miscellaneous

• In 1864 Saratoga Racecourse, America’s oldest Thoroughbred racetrack, opens its inaugural meet with four days of racing

NBA

• In 1996 the star-studded United States men’s basketball team, Dream Team III, beat Yugoslavia 95-69 to win the gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics

Olympics

• In1986 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee beats her own world heptathlon record by 13 points (7,161) in Houston