This Day in Sports (August 5th)

1. 1901: Peter O’Connor sets the first recorded long jump world record. What country was he from?

2. 1921: KDKA Pittsburgh presents the MLB’s first radio broadcast. What team did they cheer for?

3. 1948: Tore Sjöstrand and company help this country sweep the medals in the 3000m steeplechase.

4. 1978: The first all-seater stadium is opened in Aberdeen. Aberdeen played which London club in the inaugural match?

5. 1986: This Giants pitcher becomes the second player to ever pitch 4,000 strikeouts.

6. 1991: Sergei Bubka breaks his own pole vault record. What country was he from?

7. 1992: This country wins the first ever baseball gold medal.

8. 2005: NBA announces that the 2006 All-Star game will occur in this city without an NBA team.

9. 2006: Warren Moon becomes the first black player of what position to be inducted into the Hall of Fame?

10. 2013: The MLB bans this Yankee for 211 games as a result of a Biogenesis Laboratories scandal.