Aug. 15<\/p>\n
1948 \u2014 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Women\u2019s Open golf title over Betty Hicks.<\/p>\n
1950 \u2014 Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie Beshore in the 14th round to retain his world heavyweight title.<\/p>\n
1965 \u2014 Dave Marr edges Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper to take the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
1966 \u2014 Jose Torres retains his world light-heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Eddie Cotton in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
1993 \u2014 Greg Norman lips his putt on the PGA Championship\u2019s second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title and leaving Norman with an unprecedented career of Grand Slam playoff losses. Norman, despite winning his second British Open title a month earlier, has lost playoffs in three other majors \u2014 1984 U.S. Open, 1987 Masters, 1989 British Open.<\/p>\n
1993 \u2014 Damon Hill, son of the late Graham Hill, becomes the first father-son Formula One winners when he takes the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
1995 \u2014 Monica Seles returns to the WTA Tour after a 28-month absence following her 1993 stabbing with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Kimberly Po at the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n
1999 \u2014 Tiger Woods makes a par save on the 17th hole and holds on to win the PGA Championship by one stroke over 19-year-old Sergio Garcia. Woods, 23, becomes the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros in 1980.<\/p>\n
2004 \u2014 In Athens, Greece, the U.S. men\u2019s basketball team loses 92-73 to Puerto Rico, the third Olympic defeat for the Americans and first since adding pros. American teams had been 24-0 since the professional Olympic era began with the 1992 Dream Team. The U.S Olympic team\u2019s record was 109-2, entering the game.<\/p>\n
2005 \u2014 Phil Mickelson delivers another dramatic finish in a major, flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for a birdie on the final hole and a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
2007 \u2014 Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to felony charges for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on games he officiated in a scandal that rocked the league and raised questions about the integrity of the sport.<\/p>\n
2010 \u2014 Martin Kaymer wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff against Bubba Watson. Dustin Johnson, with a one-shot lead playing the final hole at Whistling Straits, is penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole. The two-shot penalty sends him into a tie for fifth.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 Felix Hernandez pitches the Seattle Mariners\u2019 first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory. It\u2019s the third perfect game in baseball this season.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 The U.S. breaks a 75-year winless streak at Azteca Stadium with an 80th-minute goal by Michael Orozco Fiscal and Tim Howard\u2019s late sprawling saves in a 1-0 victory over Mexico.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 Mo\u2019Ne Davis, one of two girls at the Little League World Series, throws a two-hitter to help Philadelphia beat Nashville 4-0 in the opener for both teams. Davis, the first girl to appear for a U.S. team in South Williamsport since 2004, has eight strikeouts and no walks.<\/p>\n
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