On This Day

Jimmy Connors defeated Borg 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the US Open.

The Japanese team beat the Russian team to earn Olympic gold in woman's volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

The Milwaukee Brewers played host to the California Angels when Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final career home run in the 7th innning.

At 1976 Summer Olympics, Nadia Comaneci becomes the first in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics.

Nadia Comaneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at 1976 Summer Olympics.

21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal, African teams boycott as a protest to New Zealand playing rugby in apartheid South Africa.

Carlton Fisk hit a 12th-inning home run, which he famously waved into fair territory, as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds, at Fenway Park in Game 6 of the World Series.

The ABA's San Antonio Spurs defeated the NBA's Atlanta Hawks 109-107 in the first basketball game to be played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

The Thrilla in Manila the third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier took place in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines.

During the US Open in Flushing New York, Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum.