1997 — Daniel Komen of Kenya shatters the 8-minute barrier for the 2-mile run and sets a world record of 7:58.61 at the Hechtel Night of track in Belgium. Haile Gebrselassie had set the world record ...

1921 — Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs and becomes the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor. 1927 — Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics doubles off ...

2005 — Tiger Woods records another ruthless performance at St. Andrews, closing with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. He wins by five shots, the largest margin in any ...

1881 — William Renshaw sets the record for the shortest men’s championship match by time and games by beating John T. Hartley 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 in 37 minutes at Wimbledon. 1934 — Babe Ruth hits his 700th ...

1921 — NY Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record of 138 career home runs (held by Roger Connor since 1895). 1922 — Gene Sarazen shoots a final-round 68 to beat out Bobby Jones and John Black for ...

2019: After eluding capture for a week in the Humboldt Park lagoon, a 5-foot alligator nicknamed “Chance the Snapper” ...

A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and ...

WASHINGTON -- Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took ...

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