July 9

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1968
- 1.2 1976
- 1.3 1985
- 1.4 1997
- 1.5 2000
- 1.6 2002
- 1.7 2003
2 Births
- 2.1 1929
- 2.2 1947

[edit] Events

[edit] 1968

The first Major League Baseball All-Star game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston, TX.

[edit] 1976

Former Arsenal player Terry Neill is appointed manager of the club.

[edit] 1985

Herschel Walker of the New Jersey Generals was named the Most Valuable Player in the United States Football League (USFL)
Joe Namath signed a five-year contract with ABC-TV to provide commentary for "Monday Night Football".

[edit] 1997

Mike Tyson was banned from the boxing ring and fined $3 million for biting the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield.

[edit] 2000

Pete Sampras of the United States set a record when he won the men's singles tennis championship at Wimbledon. It was his 13th Grand Slam title.

[edit] 2002

The MLB All-Star game ended in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings. Commissioner Bud Selig called the game after both team managers informed him that they had run out of players.

[edit] 2003

Pittsburgh Pirate Randall Simon clubs one of the Brewers/Klement's Racing Sausages (the Italian to be exact) over the head with a wooden bat, sending the costumed person to the ground and setting off a chain reaction that also collects the Hot Dog. Simon will later be cited for disorderly conduct and fined $432 for the incident.

[edit] Births

[edit] 1929

Hector Lopez was born in Colon, Panama

[edit] 1947

O.J. Simpson, football player/"actor"

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