1980 — Clint Galbraith drives Niatross to a world record for a one-mile pace with a time of


1980 — Clint Galbraith drives Niatross to a world record for a one-mile pace with a time of 1:52 4-5 in a special invitation race at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y. Niatross eclipses the record he shared with Abercrombie by one-fifth of a second and wins the race by 21 lengths.

1989 — Tom Drees pitches his third no-hitter of the season for Class AAA Vancouver, leading the Canadians over Las Vegas 5-0 in a seven-inning, first game of a doubleheader in the Pacific Coast League. Drees became the first pitcher in the PCL or the major leagues with three no-hitters in a year.

1992 — Nick Price holds off a comeback bid by Nick Faldo with a 1-under 70 in the final round and captures his first major title with a three-stroke victory in the PGA national championship.

1995 — Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie shatters Kenya’s Moses Kiptanui’s record in the 5,000 by nearly 11 seconds with a time of 12 minutes, 44.39 seconds at the Weltklasse meet in Zurich, Switzerland. Kiptanui smashes his world record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, becoming the first to break the eight-minute barrier with a time of 7:59.18.

1998 — Jeff Gordon drives into the record book, becoming the seventh driver in modern NASCAR history to win four straight races as he comes from far back to take the Pepsi 400.

2006 — Roger Federer’s 55-match winning streak in North America comes to an end when the world’s top player is upset 7-5, 6-4 by Britain’s Andy Murray in the second round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. Federer’s last loss on the continent also came at the Cincinnati-area event, when Dominik Hrbaty beat him in the first round on Aug. 3, 2004.

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