This Day in Sports History — September 19

Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on September 19:

1901 — Major League Baseball games were canceled due to the funeral of President William McKinley. (More info.)

1925 — Bill Tilden won the US national tennis championship for the sixth consecutive year, beating William Johnston in five sets at the West Side Tennis Club in New York. (More info.)

1947 — Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was named the Rookie of Year. (More info.)

1949 — Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates became the first National League player to hit 50 or more home runs twice when he connected off Kirby Higbe of the New York Giants at Forbes Field. (More info.)

1959 — Jack Nicklaus won the US Amateur Golf Championship at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colo. (More info.)

1986 — Joe Cowley of the Chicago White Sox no-hit the California Angels, 7-1, at Anaheim Stadium. (More info.)

1988 — US diver Greg Louganis hit his head while performing a springboard dive at the Summer Olympics in Seoul. Eight days later, Louganis won both the springboard and 10-meter platform gold medals, just as he had in Los Angeles in 1984. (More info.)

1989 — An appeals court ruling restored the America's Cup to the United States after the New York Supreme Court had given the sailing trophy to New Zealand, who had protested the Americans' use of a catamaran during the competition. (More info.)