Today In Sports History 8/7

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

Baseball

• In 1938 2,000th Brooklyn Dodgers home run: legendary shortstop Leo Durocher homers off Reds hurler Peaches Davis in 8th inning of a 6-3 win

Golf

• In 1960 Arnold Palmer wins his 20th PGA Tour win, rallies from a 5-stroke deficit to enter a playoff, then beats Jack Fleck and Bill Collins to win the Insurance City Open

Miscellaneous

• In 1915 Dario Resta, driving a Peugeot, wins the first Champ Car race ever to average over 100mph at a 100-mile race in Chicago, Resta’s average speed is 101.8 mph

NBA

• In 1992 The Orlando Magic signs NBA No. 1 draft pick Shaquille O’Neal

NFL

• In 1964 31st NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Chicago 28, All-Stars 17 at Soldier Field

Olympics

• In 1936 Twenty-two nations line-up as the first basketball competition in the Olympics Games starts in Berlin;,Estonia beats France 34-29 in the first game