- 1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1888 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1896 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Charlotte Cooper beats Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 6-3
- 1921 MLB Cleveland Indians (9) and New York Yankees (7) combine to hit a record 16 doubles in 17-8 home team win at Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4
- 1945 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
- 1956 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
Sports History
1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
- 1957 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Miami Valley GC: Lionel Hebert wins 2 & 1 from Dow Finsterwald; last time event played under match-play format
- 1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)
PGA Championship
1963 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from fellow American Dave Ragan
- 1968 55th Tour de France won by Jan Janssen of Netherlands
PGA Championship
1968 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pecan Valley GC: Julius Boros (48) becomes oldest winner of a major; wins by 1 from Bob Charles & Arnold Palmer
- 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
Sports History
1972 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers release knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, ending his career
Sports History
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta
Tour de France
1974 61st Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins 5th Tour that he enters; equals Jacques Anquetil record for Tour victories
US Women's Golf Open
1974 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Stone and Carol Mann
Sports History
1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager
Sports History
1975 NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
British Golf Open
1979 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins by 3 from Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw; Nicklaus runner-up for record 7th time
Tour de France
1985 72nd Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
British Golf Open
1985 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Scotsman Sandy Lyle wins his only Open title by 1 stroke from runner-up Payne Stewart; last time event features double cut (after 36 and 54 holes), introduced in 1968
Boxing Title Fight
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1991 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood
Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
Sports History
1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
- 1995 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
- 1996 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark
British Golf Open
1996 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier
Sports History
1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
- 1997 NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
British Golf Open
2002 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Ernie Els of South Africa wins first of 2 Open titles in a playoff from Australians Stuart Appleby & Steve Elkington, and Frenchman Thomas Levet
F1 World Champion
2002 With a record 6 races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his 5th F1 World Drivers Championship with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours; 3rd straight title win
NZ Win Tri Nations Rugby
2007 New Zealand beats Australia, 26-12 at Eden Park, Auckland to win their 3rd consecutive Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter lands 7 penalties for the All Blacks
Tour de France
2013 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
British Golf Open
2013 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden
- 2019 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Playing in torrential rain, Irishman Shane Lowry wins his first major title by 6 strokes from Tommy Fleetwood of England
