Michael Phelps wins 7th gold medal at Beijing Games, making it the most Olympic gold medals ever

Today’s sporting highlight in history:

In 2008, Michael Phelps touched the wall one hundredth of a second ahead of Serbia's Milorad Cavic to win the 100-meter butterfly. With this victory, Phelps won his seventh gold medal at the Beijing Games, equaling Mark Spitz's performance at the 1972 Munich Games.

On this date:

1920 – Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman is hit in the head by a pitch from New Yorker Carl Mays. Chapman suffers a skull fracture and dies the next day. It is the only fatal accident on the field in major league history.

1924 – Helen Wills Moody again defeats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-1, 6-3 to win her second consecutive singles title at the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association Championships.

1954 – The first Sports Illustrated magazine is published with a 25-cent price tag. The scene on the cover is of a game at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Eddie Mathews of the Braves is batting, Wes Westrum is fielding, and Augie Donatelli is umpiring.

1970 – Dave Stockton wins the PGA Championship by two strokes over Arnold Palmer and Bob Murphy at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1976 – Dave Stockton beats Raymond Floyd and Don January by one stroke to win his second PGA Championship. Stockton makes a par-saving 15-foot putt on the 72nd hole to finish 1-over-par with a 281-stroke score at Congressional Country Club (Blue Course) in Bethesda, Maryland.

1989 – Tom Drees throws his third no-hitter of the season for Class AAA Vancouver, leading the Canadiens over Las Vegas 5-0 in a seven-inning first game of a Pacific Coast League doubleheader. Drees becomes the first pitcher in the PCL or the Major Leagues to throw three no-hitters in one year.

1992 – Nick Price fends off a comeback attempt by Nick Faldo with a final-round score of 1 under par 70 to win the PGA National Championship by three strokes for his first major title.

1995 – Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie beats Kenyan Moses Kiptanui's record by almost 11 seconds at the world-class 5,000-meter meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, with a time of 12 minutes and 44.39 seconds.

1998 – Jeff Gordon makes the record books and becomes the seventh driver in modern NASCAR history to win four races in a row when he comes from far behind to win the Pepsi 400.

2003 – Cristiano Ronaldo (18) makes his debut for Manchester United and the Premier League in a 4-0 home win against Bolton Wanderers.

2009 – Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100-meter dash at the World Championships in Berlin. Bolt clocks a stunning time of 9.58 seconds, beating his own record of 9.69 seconds set last year at the Beijing Olympics.

2009 – Ye Yang of South Korea becomes the first Asian player to win a major golf tournament, beating Tiger Woods by three strokes at the PGA Championship.

2015 – Jason Day leads from start to finish in the final round at Whistling Straits to end a record-breaking PGA Championship and claim his first major title. The 27-year-old Australian finishes 20 under par at 268, beating Jordan Spieth by three shots. Day becomes the first player to finish a major 20 under par.

2015 – Brooke Henderson wins the Cambia Portland Classic by eight strokes and becomes the third youngest champion in LPGA Tour history at 17 years, 11 months and 6 days.

2018 – From 2019, the Davis Cup will undergo a radical transformation. The most important team tournament in men's tennis will be decided with a season-ending tournament with 18 teams at a neutral venue.