Friday, Aug 17, 2018
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1973 - Lee Trevino's first hole-in-one.
1973 - At Shea Stadium, 42-year old New York Mets' outfielder, Willie Mays, hits his 660th and final home run of his career.
1984 - Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets two hits).
1985 - Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run.
1988 - Butch Reynolds of USA sets the 400m record (43.29) in Zurich, Switzerland.
1999 - Baltimore Orioles' pitcher Jesse Orosco sets a major league mark pitching in his 1,072nd game.
2008 - Michael Phelps wins his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games, in the 4x100 medley relay, in record time of 3:29.34. Phelps now holds the record for most gold medals at an Olympics event.