Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers won the 100-meter freestyle gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
A century-old fruit cake was discovered in Antarctica that was ''almost edible.”
The 14th IAAF World Championships opened in Moscow, Russia.
Protesting and riots began in Missouri following the death of African American man, Michael Brown.
Portuguese explorer Diogo Dias became the first European to set foot on Madagascar.
