Today In Sports History 8/10

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

Baseball

• In 1888 New York Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record.

Boxing

• In 1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in eight rounds for the heavyweight boxing title.

Football

• In 1991 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53.

Golf

• In 1975 at the PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus wins his fourth PGA Championship by two shots from Australian Bruce Crampton.

Miscellaneous

• In 1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles.

Olympics 

• In 2008 American super-star swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 400m individual medley at the Beijing Olympics in world record 4:03.84.