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1974 - Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup.

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1977 - Dave Kingman hits his first New York Yankees' homer, Reggie Jackson hits two more.

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1982 - New Jersey Devils' first exhibition game, beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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1984 - On the seventeenth anniversary of his first major league home-run, Reggie Jackson hits his 500th career home run.

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1984 - New York Mets' Dwight Goodin becomes second to strikeout 32 over two consecutive games.

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1986 - Marina Stepanova of USSR sets the 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94).

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1988 - Jeff Reardon becomes first to record 40 or more saves in both American League and National League.

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1988 - (to October 2) The Games of the XXIV Olympiad are held in Seoul, Korea.

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1990 - The Toronto Blue Jays set a major league single-season attendance record of 49,902.

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1991 - 4,355 turn out to see the Montreal Expos play the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

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