Sports history milestones celebrated on September 13

September 13 marks several historic milestones across various sporting disciplines. In baseball, notable achievements include Ty Cobb clinching the American League home run title in 1909, Bob Feller striking out 17 batters at age 17 in 1936, and both Willie Mays and Frank Robinson hitting their 500th career home runs on this date in 1965 and 1971, respectively.

In golf, Willie Park Senior won his third British Open in 1866, and Tom Morris, Jr. secured his fourth consecutive title in 1872. Tennis saw Ken Rosewall become the oldest male Grand Slam champion in the Open Era after winning the U.S. Open in 1970. Other significant events include the first New York City Marathon victory by Gary Muhrcke in 1970 and Alberto Ascari retaining his Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship in 1953.