A day like today ... August 13
MOST RELEVANT BIRTHS IN SPORTS ...
... 1898 Jean Borotra (Biarritz, France) French tennis champion who won seven Davis Cups.
... 1912 Ben Hogan (Stephenville, Texas) Golfer winning nine major tournaments.
... 1955 Betsy King (Reading, Pennsylvania) Winner of six major tournaments.
... 1970 Alan Shearer (Gosforth, England) Forward who made his career at Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.
... 1989 Israel Jiménez (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) Right side of the Tigers of the MX League.
... 1992 Lucas Moura (Sao Paulo, Brazil) End of Paris Saint Germain and the Brazil team.
... DEATH
... 1995 Mickey Mantle legend of the Yankees.
... 2007 Phil Rizutto historic Yankees.
HISTORICAL FACTS
... 2004 Olympic Games in Athens are closed.
... 2016 Michael Phelps finishes one of the most glittering Olympic trajectories in history by winning gold in the 400-meter combined medley relay. That was the 23rd gold medal in his service sheet, to be the winning athlete of the modern Olympic era.
The total, the 'Baltimore Bullet' won 28 preseas in four editions of the Games, three of them silver and two bronze, another brand never seen before in the sport.