On this day

In 1908, there was held  the 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach in which All-Americans defeated Waseda U, 5-0

In 1910, Arthur Knight patented steel shaft golf clubs

In 1961, St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit set NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws

Pullela Gopichand

Pullela Gopichand is a former Indian badminton player. He is presently the Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 becoming the second Indian to achieve this after Prakash Padukone. He also runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy.