1919 – The Green Bay Packers football team is founded by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun. The team is named after their sponsor, the Indian Packing Company.
1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs.
1961 – Future HOF pitcher, Warren Spahn, gets his 300th career victory in a 2-1 win against the Cubs.
1980 – Reggie Jackson hits career home run #400.
1984 – Carl Lewis is a part of the gold medal-winning 4×100 meter relay team, giving him his fourth gold at the Los Angeles Olympics.
1984 – The Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench’s #5.
1993 – Red Sox pitcher, Roger Clemens, records his 2,000th career strikeout.
2015 – For the first time in MLB history, all 15 home teams won their games.
2016 – Michael Phelps becomes the first swimmer in Olympic history to win four consecutive gold medals in one event, winning his fourth straight 200-meter individual medley gold.
2021 – Soccer superstar Lionel Messi signs with Paris Saint-Germain, leaving his longtime club, FC Barcelona.
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