1869 – Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1937 – Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0
1954 – Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm’s knuckleball catcher, Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls
1960 – Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs WR 2:15:16.2 barefoot to take out the men’s marathon at the Rome Olympics; Africa’s first ever Olympic gold medal
1962 – KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1978 – 4th game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-4 to tie for AL East 1st place; Yanks out hit arch rivals, 67-21; score 42-9
1994 – Chong Hey swims female record 400m medley (4:01.67)/100m backstroke
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations
2016 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Angelique Kerber beats Karolína Plíšková 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to become first German player to win the event since Steffi Graf in 1996
2020 – California’s August Complex wildfire becomes largest recorded in state history at 471,000 acres (736 square miles)