​Aug. 16Today in sports historyToday is Aug. 16. On this date in:1893: Baltimore’s Bill Hawke threw the first major-league no-hitter from the modern pitching distance of 60 feet, 6 inches, beating Washington 5-0.1920: Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was struck in the head by a pitch from New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays; Chapman died the next day and remained the only player to die from an on-field Major League Baseball injury.1924: Helen Wills successfully defended her U.S. Women’s National Championship title, defeating Molla Bjurstedt Mallory in the final.1927: Babe Ruth hit the first home run to clear the roof at Chicago’s Comiskey Park as the Yankees defeated the White Sox 8-1.1947: Pittsburgh’s Ralph Kiner blasted three consecutive home runs in a 12-7 victory over St. Louis as the teams combined for a then-major league record 10 homers in a game.1948: Babe Ruth, who revolutionized baseball with his home-run hitting and retired with a record 714 homers, died of cancer at age 53.1964: Cardinals center fielder Curt Flood collected eight consecutive hits during a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the most remarkable single-day hitting performances in MLB history.1965: The American Football League awarded an expansion franchise to Miami owners Joe Robbie and Danny Thomas, creating the Miami Dolphins.1976: The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Chargers 20-10 in a preseason game in Tokyo, the first NFL game played outside North America.1992: Nick Price captured his first major championship, winning the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club by three strokes.1996: The San Diego Padres and New York Mets played in Monterrey, Mexico, in the first regularly scheduled Major League Baseball game staged outside the United States and Canada; Fernando Valenzuela started for San Diego in a 15-10 victory.1998: Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club for his first major title.2001: Barry Bonds hit his 52nd and 53rd home runs of the season, surpassing Willie Mays’ Giants single-season record of 52.2003: Eighteen-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo made his Manchester United debut as a substitute and helped spark a 4-0 Premier League victory over Bolton.2006: Bruce Froemming worked his 5,000th major-league game as an umpire, reaching the milestone at Fenway Park.2008: Michael Phelps won the Olympic 100-meter butterfly by 0.01 seconds for his seventh gold medal at the Beijing Games, tying Mark Spitz’s record for most gold medals at a single Olympics.2008: Usain Bolt stormed to Olympic gold in the 100 meters in a world-record 9.69 seconds at the Beijing Games.2009: Y.E. Yang defeated Tiger Woods to win the PGA Championship at Hazeltine, becoming the first Asian-born man to capture a major golf championship.2009: Usain Bolt lowered his own 100-meter world record to 9.58 seconds while winning the world championship in Berlin, a mark that remained the event’s world record.2010: The Washington Nationals