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Joe Louis fought challenger Tami Mauriello he had already been heavyweight champion of the world for over nine years, he knocked him out in the first round.

Jackie Robinson, was named rookie of the year by The Sporting News , the publication was founded by in St. Louis by Alfred H. Spink.

Future NBA great and Hall of Famer Elgin Gay Baylor was bornin Washington DC , he had two basketball-playing brothers, Sal and Kermit.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain wins his 30th game of the season as the Tigers defeat the A's, he is the first 30-game winner in the MLB since 1938.

The 34-year-old Willie MaysÕs 47th home run of the season and was his 500th of his career.

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad had 83 nations participate included Wilma Rudolph a former polio patient, winning three gold medals.

Held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 10 to 18 September 1949 the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the first edition of the tournament.

Ernie Banks hit his 400th home run off Curt Simmons in the third inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 at Wrigley Field.

Masanori Murakami was the first Japanese player to play for a Major League Baseball team, the San Francisco Giants, he was sent over to the USA by the Nankai Hawks.

On August 31, 1969, the eve of his 46th birthday, Rocky Marciano was a passenger in a small private plane that crashed and killed him.