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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 49 of 49

1859 - 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32
1893 - SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
1903 - 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
1904 - 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis
1910 - Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
1910 - White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns
1916 - Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR
1917 - Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn
1919 - Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen
1920 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
1925 - NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1931 - Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs
1932 - 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61)
1938 - 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63)
1941 - Joe DiMaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
1948 - Bradman scores 128 Australia v Surrey, 141 mins, 15 fours
1948 - Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher
1949 - 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64)
1951 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio 1951 - Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1
1954 - Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record
1955 - 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61)
1956 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1961 - 16th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1965 - FC Twente '65 Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
1966 - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
1966 - VVV soccer team forms in Venlo
1968 - Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard
1970 - FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht
1973 - 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1973 - Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1975 - Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1977 - 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
1977 - FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam Neth
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali 1979 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open
1981 - NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen
1982 - PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells
1984 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1987 - NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF
1989 - Yanks beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play
1990 - 11th US Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino
1990 - 18th du Maurier Golf Classic: Cathy Johnston
1990 - Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0
1990 - Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht
1990 - FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells
1990 - NY Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0
1996 - NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes
1997 - Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 54 of 54

1857 - Roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)
1861 - Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)
1906 - Edward Lansing Gordon Jr, Jackson Miss, long jumper (Olympic-gold-32)
1907 - Bill Stern, Rochester NY, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights)
1909 - Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)
1912 - Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer
1914 - Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
1927 - Ruben Gomez, baseball player
1933 - Frank Baumann, baseball player
1933 - Peter Walwyn, British race horse trainer
1938 - Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (early 60s)
1938 - Don Pavletich, baseball player
1938 - Craig Anderson, baseball player
1940 - Jack Acker, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1941 - Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers)
1947 - Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver
1954 - Michael Daniel Reid, Bainbridge MD, PGA golfer (1987 Seiko Tucson)
1956 - Bill Caudill, baseball player
1957 - Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
1958 - Nancy Lieberman Cline, Bkln, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury) (Oly-S-76)
1959 - Anne Smith, Dallas TX, tennis star
1960 - Mike Fitzgerald, baseball player
1961 - Malcolm Elliott, British cyclist
1964 - Mike Twardoski, baseball player
1965 - Luc Rochefort, Trois-Rivieres Que, golfer (1991 Low Amateur Quebec)
1966 - Eric Ball, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1966 - Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star
1966 - Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset NY, tennis star
1966 - Shawn Burr, Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1966 - Simon Arkell, Australian pole vaulter (Olympics-17th-92, 96)
1966 - Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer
1967 - Dave Richardson, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1967 - Mike Eastwood, Ottawa, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 - Tony Bennett, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1968 - Charles Wilson, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets)
1969 - Gary Brown, NFL running back (Houston Oilers)
1969 - Graham Lloyd, cricketer (son of David, Lancashire batsman, Eng ODI 96)
1970 - Kevin O'Brien, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Nicky Goetze, Milwaukee Wisc, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 NCAA Acad)
1970 - Van Malone, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
1971 - Darick Holmes, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Oleg Antonenko, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998)
1971 - Jamie Walker, American baseball player
1972 - Corey Hirsch, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie (Vancouver Canucks)
1972 - Darrick Bledose, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 - Malina Milson, Australian softball 1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 - Michele Krasnoo, Culver City California, actress (Kickboxer IV)
1976 - Patrick Stephan Kluivert, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1976 - Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
1976 - Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
1978 - Jacqie Turner, west Covina California, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd
1982 - Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
1982 - Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
1982 - Adrian Ward, American football player

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 8 of 8

1916 - William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
1965 - Wally Hammond, South African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies
1968 - Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies
1971 - Lord Learie Constantine, WI cricketer (all-rounder & fielder), dies
1995 - Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
2003 - Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927)
2006 - Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
2009 - Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan professional boxer (b. 1952)