On This Day

US Olympic diver Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board during the 3m springboard competition at the Seoul Olympics.

Bruce Sutter retired with exactly 300 MLB saves which at the time was the third highest total in history behind Rollie Fingers and Rich "Goose" Gossage.

A. Bartlett Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's seven commissioner, he became the second baseball commissioner to die in office when he suffered a heart attack the same year.

The NFL Cardinals played their first game as the Phoenix Cardinals against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati, they finished the season with a 7-9 win loss record.

Golfer Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City Classic at the Sands Country Club in a playoff, she wins $33,750.

During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine championships on the PGA Tour Champions

Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts to set her third world heptathlon record in three years.

NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky married American actress Janet Jones at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton.

In a three-team trade involving 10 players and/or draft choices, the Rams traded Eric Dickerson to the Colts for six draft choices and two players.

Don Mattingly set a Major League record with his sixth grand slam of the season to lead the New York Yankees to a 6-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.