On This Day: August 31

3 verified moments happened on August 31. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1990Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. become the first father-son pair in the same MLB lineup for the MarinersSports · Source: SABR/MLB.com: Griffeys' father-son debut with back-to-back hits, August 31, 1990
2. 1997Jeff Gordon fends off Jeff Burton in a door-banging Southern 500 finish at Darlington to claim the Winston Million bonus, only the second driver ever to collect it.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia (1997 Mountain Dew Southern 500) + Hendrick Motorsports
3. 2003Terry Labonte wins the last Southern 500 held on Darlington's traditional Labor Day weekend — the final victory of his Hall of Fame career.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia (2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500) + Hendrick Motorsports