Sporting Events on August 12
1071 : Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
1099 : Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth beats Egyptians
1665 : English fleet beat Dutch fleet
1851 : 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora
1876 : Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup
1936 : Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats US, 6-5
1950 : NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa
1955 : 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000)
1964 : 10th time Mantle switch-hits HR in a game, one goes 502 feet
1965 : Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise
1970 : Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1984 : Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls & 19 ejections
1988 : Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
1994 : Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike
2002 : India draws test match with England with India making 424/8 in Second Innings. R Dravid (115), S Ganguly (99) and S Tendulkar (92).
2002 : South Africa beats Pakistan in the first game of Morocco Cup. H Gibbs (114), N Boje(52). Waqar (5 Wickets)
2002 : Graeme Pollock was selected Batting consultant for United Cricket Board
2002 : Feyenoord takes South Korean Footballer Song Chong Gug for $2.5 Millions