Sporting Events on August 09
1386 : Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria
1553 : Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades
1940 : 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1946 : 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
1957 : 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1963 : Crusher Lisowski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1968 : 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston
1988 : Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
1991 : 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto
1996 : 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1997 : Baseball's triple A Anerican Assn (formed in 1902) votes to disband
2002 : Australia Cricket Team decides not to go ahead with Pakistan tour.