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On This Day In Sports History

On September 8, 1957, Althea Gibson became the first African-American tennis player to win the U.S. Open (then the U.S. National Championships) by defeating Louise Brough 6-3, 6-2 at Forest Hills.

On This Day In Sports History

On September 7, 1996, Mike Tyson defeated Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas via a 109-second knockout to claim the WBA Heavyweight Championship. Generating over $6 million at the gate and over a million pay-per-view buys, it stands as one of the most commercially historic fight nights in Las Vegas casino history.