This Day in Sports History — September 9

Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on September 9:

1914 — George Davis of the Boston Braves no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0, in Boston. (More info.)

1948 — Rex Barney of the Brookyln Dodgers no-hit the New York Giants, 2-0, at the Polo Grounds in New York. (More info.)

1965 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium to become the first pitcher in baseball history to achieve four career no-hitters. (More info.)

1968 — Amateur Arthur Ashe defeated professional Tom Okker in the men's singles final of the first US Open of tennis' modern era. (More info.)

1974 — At the US Open tennis tournament on the grass courts of Forest Hills, New York, Jimmy Connors beat Ken Rosewall in straight sets to win the men's title, while Billie Jean King beat Evonne Goolagong, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, to win the women's title. (More info.)

1988 — Bruce Sutter of the Atlanta Braves joined Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage as the third relief pitcher in baseball history to save 300 games, getting the milestone in a 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres in 11 innings. (More info.)

1993 — Baseball owners announced the American and National leagues would be realigned into three divisions each for 1994. The post-season was expanded to include a new best-of-five-game divisional series round with a wildcard team included from each league. (More info.)

2002 — Pitcher Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks reached 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his own MLB record. (More info.)