- 1884 First day of Test Cricket at Old Trafford, Manchester (1st Test, England v Australia) is washed out
Baseball Record
1920 Cleveland's future Baseball HOF outfielder Tris Speaker has his then record hitting streak of 11 stopped by Tom Zachary; Indians beat Washington Senators, 8-4 at Griffith Stadium
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1922 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
US Golf Open
1926 US Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa
Baseball Record
1934 NL pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin for MLB All Star game record for consecutive strikeouts; AL still win, 9-7
Baseball Record
1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game
British Golf Open
1953 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevails by 4 strokes over Dai Rees, Antonio Cerdá, Peter Thomson, Frank Stranahan
- 1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- 1960 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1
- 1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
British Golf Open
1964 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, 5 strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus
- 1964 Jesús Alou is the first San Francisco Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game in a 10-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
- 1968 US Major League baseball announces it will split into 2 divisions for 1969
British Golf Open
1971 100th British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan
Cricket Debut
1975 Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair
British Golf Open
1976 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Johnny Miller wins his only Open championship, 6 strokes clear of Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus; Miller's second and last major title
- 1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- 1990 All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
Cricket History
1990 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
- 1992 John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners
- 1992 US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
- 1997 Hideki Irabu makes MLB debut as a NY Yankee, beats Tigers 10-3
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: US beats China, 5-4 on penalties; 0-0 a.e.t; US second World Cup
- 2001 72nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Safeco Field, Seattle
ESPY Awards
2002 10th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Venus Williams win
Senior Players Championship
2005 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Peter Jacobsen wins his second Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Hale Irwin
- 2007 78th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-4 at AT&T Park, San Francisco
- 2012 83rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
- 2015 Jason Koumas announces his retirement from professional football
- 2016 UEFA European Championship, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Eder scores in extra time as Portugal upset France, 1-0
- 2016 US Open Women's Golf, CordeValle GC: American Brittany Lang wins her first major title by 3 strokes in a 3-hole playoff over Anna Nordqvist of Sweden
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2016 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his 2nd Wimbledon and 3rd Grand Slam title
Sports History
2018 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2m, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time
Sports History
2019 Kawhi Leonard signs with the Los Angeles Clippers to a reported three-year, $103 million contract
- 2021 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: World #1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia wins her second major title; beats Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2022 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins 4th straight and record equalling 7th Wimbledon singles title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win over Nick Kyrgios of Australia; Đoković 21 Grand Slam titles
