On this day in :

• 1894J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate

• 1915Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substitutes a grapefruit

• 1929 Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket century

• 1954Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron

• 1956NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win

• 1960NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis

• 1960White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavyweight 1971 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court wins her 10th Australian singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong 2-6, 7-6, 7-5  1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick

• 1982Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GBR)

• 1984Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird

• 1984WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield