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Events in Sport

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1893 - Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
1902 - Orioles forfeit to St Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
1918 - Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings
1922 - Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year
1924 - St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1934 - Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland
1939 - 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY
1941 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
1954 - 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)
1961 - Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th
1963 - Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1971 - Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship
1976 - 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal
1976 - The opening of the Summer Olympics is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
1977 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1978 - NY Yank manager Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
1978 - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
1979 - 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
American Baseball Player Roger Maris 1979 - All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1983 - 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
1983 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic
1988 - 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham
1988 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1990 - NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
1990 - Minnesota Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
1993 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time, 51,596 km
1994 - 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
1994 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1994 - Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup
2005 - Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once

Birthdays in Sport

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1911 - Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
1915 - Dorothy Poynton-Hill, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932)
1917 - Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year)
1919 - Alex Moir, cricketer (New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59)
1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman (International Olympic Committee)
1920 - Rudolf Karpati, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1933 - Tony Pithey, cricketer (brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests)
1933 - Bruce Wells, British boxer & actor
1941 - Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)
1941 - Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967)
1942 - Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)
1942 - Don Kessinger, American baseball player
1944 - Mark Burgess, cricketer (NZ batsman of the 70's)
1948 - Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964)
1949 - Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
1955 - Christopher Chappell, Former Canadian Cricketer
1956 - Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Sask, NHL Center (NY Islanders)
1960 - Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV)
1960 - Kim Barnett, cricketer (England batsman & occasional leggie 1988-89)
1960 - Scott Norwood, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat)
1962 - Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, archer (Olympics-gold-1988, 92, 96)
1965 - Ken Evraire, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1966 - Michael John Bradley, Largo FL, PGA golfer (1993 Kemper Open-3rd)
1967 - Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
1967 - Pearl Sinn, Seoul Korea, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th)
1969 - Tommy Soderstrom, Stockholm SWE, NHL goalie (Sweden, NY Islanders)
1970 - Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Calbert Cheaney, NBA forward/guard (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1971 - Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
1972 - Donny Marshall, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1972 - Eric Williams, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics)
1972 - Melissa "Missy" Schwen, Bloomington Ind, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
1972 - Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
1973 - Horacio Llamas, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
1975 - Troy Amos Ross, Georgetown Guyana, Canadian boxer (Olympics-96)
1975 - Andre Adams, Former New Zealand Cricketer
1980 - Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
1981 - Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
1982 - Omari Banks, West Indian Cricketer
1983 - Ryan Guettler, professional Australian BMX rider
1983 - Adam Lind, American baseball player
1984 - Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
1985 - Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
1985 - Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly)
1987 - Darius Boyd, Australian rugby player
1987 - Jan Charouz, Czech racing driver
1987 - Moussa Dembélé, Belgian footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1961 - Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74
1970 - Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74
1979 - Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
1994 - Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95
1995 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
1996 - Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (NSW 1933-37) and radio commentator (1935-85), dies at 85