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Sporting Events on August 01

1253 : Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwijde van Dampierre
1690 : Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army
1747 : Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army
1970 : Denny McLain returns, (leaves trailiing) Tigers beat Yankees in 11
1984 : Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1859 : 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32
1859 : Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
1893 : SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
1903 : 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
1904 : 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis
1910 : Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
1910 : White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns
1917 : Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates
1917 : Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn
1919 : Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen
1989 : NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF
1996 : Kevan James scores 103 & takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants v Ind
1996 : NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes
1920 : Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
1925 : NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1948 : Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher
1951 : Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1
1966 : VVV soccer team forms in Venlo
1968 : Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 inn scoreless streak ends on wild pitch
1968 : Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard
1973 : 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1974 : 1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens (SF)
1975 : Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1977 : FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam Neth
1977 : Marlies G”hr runs Europen record 100m (10.88 sec)
1980 : Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
1982 : Cal Ripken's 1st game
1982 : PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells
1983 : Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
1984 : Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff, retires
1989 : Yanks beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play
1990 : Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0
1990 : Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht
1990 : FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells
1990 : Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal
1990 : NY Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0
2002 : Morgan Freeman clinches gold in the Women's 4x400m relay in Commonwealth.
2002 : Welsh wins 50m backstroke in Commonwealth Games.
2002 : India reaches the final of Women's hockey with a stunning 2-1 upset of New Zealand in the Commonwealth Games.
2002 : Som Bahadur Pun of India reaches final of the featherweight boxing in Commonwealth Games by beating Veiko Josua of Namibia.

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