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Posted on: Monday, July 13, 2009

On this date: 1943 � AL wins the first night game in All-Star Game history, 5-3


Associated Press

July 13

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.

1941 � The PGA tournament is won by Vic Ghezzi with a 1-up 38-hole victory over Byron Nelson.

1943 � The first night game in All-Star history is played at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. Boston's Bobby Doerr provides the big blow, a three-run homer, for the AL's 5-3 win.

1971 � Reggie Jackson hits a mammoth home run off the power generator on the right-field roof at Tiger Stadium to highlight a barrage of six homers � three by each team � as the AL beats the NL 6-4 in the All-Star game.

1972 � Robert Irsay buys the stock of the Los Angeles Rams for $19 million and swaps the franchise for the Baltimore Colts. The players and coaches are not affected.

1980 � Amy Alcott shoots a record score of 280 to win the U.S. Women's Open by nine strokes over Hollis Stacy.

1996 � Cigar matches Citation's modern North American record of 16 consecutive wins, pulling away to take the $1.05 million Arlington Citation Challenge by 3� lengths.

1997 � Alison Nicholas holds off Nancy Lopez for a one-stroke victory in the U.S. Women's Open. Nicholas shoots a 72-hole total of 10-under 274, the most under par in the 52-year history of the event.

2003 � Beth Daniel becomes the oldest winner in LPGA Tour history, sinking birdies on the final two holes to beat Juli Inkster by a stroke in the Canadian Women's Open. At 46 years, 8 months and 29 days, Daniel breaks the age record set by JoAnne Carner in 1985.