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Inter Miami's club-record scoreline in Saturday's rout of CF Montréal, with Lionel Messi scoring four of the goals himself. The seven-goal haul is the most the MLS club has ever posted in a single match.
Source: ESPN
Today: Main-draw play begins at the US Open in New York, opening the year's final Grand Slam.
Today: All 32 NFL teams must trim their rosters to 53 players by 6 p.m. ET, the league's final cutdown deadline before the season.
- 1901Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner in Britain
- 1963The Washington-Moscow 'hotline' goes into operation between the White House and the Kremlin
- 1967The Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as the first Black Supreme Court justice
- 1984Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its maiden voyage
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