On this day

In 1919, Boston Red Sox slugger Babe Ruth took his MLB home run record to 29 with a 3rd inning blast in a 7-5 defeat at the Washington Senators' Griffith Stadium

In 1923, NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hit 1st of his 493 HRs

In 1973, Nolan Ryan stroke out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season

In 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was disqualified from the Seoul Olympics 100m after his urine sample found to contain steroid stanozolol; American Carl Lewis awarded gold medal and world record 9.92

Brendon McCullum

Brendon Barrie McCullum ONZM who was born on 27 September 1981 is a New Zealand cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer. He played all formats, and also is a former captain in all forms. McCullum took quick scoring to Test matches as well, notably recording the fastest test century of all time. He was known for scoring boundaries easily with regular shots like drives cuts and pulls

Lakshmipathy Balaji

Lakshmipathy Balaji who was born on 27 September 1981 is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler. He retired from first-class and List A cricket in November 2016. He was a bowler who had the advantage of height.