This Day in Sports History — September 11

Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on September 11:

1918 — With the regular season shortened because of World War I, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, in Game 6 at Fenway Park to win the World Series. (More info.)

1959 — Elroy Face of the Pirates saw his 22-game win streak end as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh, 5-4, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (More info.)

1976 — Chris Evert beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley in straight sets to win the US Open tennis title at Forest Hills, NY. It was the fourth straight US Open final defeat for Goolagong. (More info.)

1983 — Jimmy Connors defeated Ivan Lendl to win his fifth US Open tennis title at Flushing Meadows, NY. (More info.)

1985 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds singled off Eric Show of the San Diego Padres for his 4,192nd career hit to surpass Ty Cobb as baseball’s all-time leader. (More info.)

1994 — Andre Agassi beat Michael Stich to win his first US Open tennis title at Flushing Meadows, NY and become the first unseeded champion in the Open Era. (More info.)

2001 — Major League Baseball cancelled all of its games due to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon near Washington, D.C. (More info.)