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The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports— rugby football, British baseball, rounders, and association football, respectively. Over time, these sports diverged significantly from their European origins, developing into distinctly American ...
October 7 – The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 3, to win their 15th World Series Title. October 12 – The Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority is founded in New York City at Panhellenic Tower. October 14 – The United Nations begins work in the new headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
August 16–17 – Woodstock '89 festival. August 20 – In Beverly Hills, California, Lyle and Erik Menéndez shoot their wealthy parents to death in the family's den. August 22 – Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball to get 5,000 strikeouts.
on this day in history, august 15, 1935, entertainer will rogers, aviator wiley post, killed in plane crash Ruth remains perhaps the most celebrated athlete in American sports.
The iconic British comedy musical film, "A Hard Day’s Night," was released on this day in history, Aug. 11, 1964, and starred the Beatles in their first feature movie. The movie was released ...
February 13 – The intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. February 14 – In Kabul, Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
June 5– U.S. Senator Jim Jeffordsleaves the Republican Party, an act which changes control of the United States Senatefrom the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. June 5–9– Tropical Storm Allisonproduces 36 inches (900 mm) of rain in Houston, Texas, killing 22, damaging the Texas Medical Center, and causing more than US$5 billion of ...
April 3 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title. April 4. Vietnam War: The first military Operation Babylift flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash. Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico.