Here's a look back at sports happenings on this date in history, Aug. 13:
1919: Upset upsets Man o' War, handing horse first loss in 21 starts
1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red’s only loss in 21 starts.
Appropriately named Upset (4), with jockey Willie Knapp up, holds off Man O'War (1), ridden by Johnny Loftus, as Upset won the 1919 Stanford Stakes at Saratoga. In 21 lifetime starts, this was the only time Man O'War finished out of first place. (AP Photo)
1979: Cardinals' Lou Brock reaches 3,000-hit plateau
1979 — Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals reaches the 3,000-hit plateau with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lou Brock gets his 3,000th career hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 13, 1979. Brock is the 14th major league player to reach the 3,000 mark. Chicago catcher is Barry Foote and the umpire is Ed Montague. The Cardinals won 3-2. (AP Photo)
1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals the world record in the women’s long jump
1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals the world record in the women’s long jump with a 24-5½ leap in the Pan American Games at Indianapolis. The record was set in 1986 by Heike Dreschler of East Germany.
USA Jumper Jackie Joyner-Kersee of East St. Louis, Il., leaps in the early round of the women's long jump competition in Seoul, Thursday, September 29, 1988. (AP PhotoMark Duncan)
1995: Steve Elkington birdies sudden-death playoff to win PGA Championship
1995 — Steve Elkington shoots a final-round 64 and birdies the first sudden-death playoff hole to take the PGA Championship from Colin Montgomerie. Elkington’s 64 is the lowest final round by a PGA Championship winner.
Steve Elkington of Australia kisses the trophy after winning the PGA Championship at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 13, 1995. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
2008: Michael Phelps becomes winningest Olympic athlete ever with 11th gold medal
2008 — Michael Phelps swims into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals — and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. He wins the 200-meter butterfly and swims leadoff for the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team, which shatters the world mark by more than four seconds. Kristin Armstrong wins the women’s time trial, making her the second American women’s cyclist to become an Olympic champion.
The US team, from left, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps celebrate winning the gold medal as they set a new world record in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
2016: US women's relay team credited with America's 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history
2016 — The U.S. women’s 4x100-meter medley relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel — winners at the Rio Games — are recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee as delivering the nation’s 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history. Michael Phelps closes out the Rio Olympics with another gold medal in the butterfly leg of the 4x100 medley relay. Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history with 23rd career gold medals, finishes his career with 28 medals overall, having won five golds and a silver at these games.
From left to right, United States' Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel wave to the audience during the medal ceremony for the women's 4 x 100-meter medley relay final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
2017: Justin Thomas wins PGA Championship for first major
2017 — Justin Thomas emerges from the shadow of a longtime friend and wins the PGA Championship to take his place among the young elite in golf. Thomas closes with a 3-under 68 and wins by two shots. The week began with Jordan Spieth’s quest for a career Grand Slam. Spieth was at the 18th green at Quail Hollow, but only so he could celebrate the moment with Thomas, close friends since they were 14.
Justin Thomas poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
