- 1827 1st US swimming school opens (Boston, Massachusetts)
- 1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms
- 1868 All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as The All England Croquet Club; 1877 name changed to The All England Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club
- 1902 Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (Eerste Divisie winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Norman Brookes beats Herbert Roper Barrett 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 to give Australasia a 3-2 win over British Isles
Lou Gehrig 1st Grand Slam
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
Cricket History
1934 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 in drawn 4th Test vs England at Leeds; 430 minutes, 43 x fours, 2 x sixes
- 1938 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test
- 1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
- 1949 Test Cricket debut of England's Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
- 1955 NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
Baseball Hall of Fame
1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
US Women's Golf Open
1960 US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske
Baseball Record
1964 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch he sees from Twins' Jim Kaat, adds a 2nd HR later, also off of Kaat (in Minnesota)
Sports History
1969 40th MLB All Star Game, RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.: NL beats AL, 9-3; MVP: Willie McCovey, SF Giants, 1B
- 1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts
Sports History
1974 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)
Baseball Record
1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game
Tour de France
1978 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
- 1978 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their 5th straight game
Sports History
1978 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200
US Women's Golf Open
1978 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Indianapolis: Hollis Stacy successfully defends title by 1 stroke from Sally Little and JoAnne Carner
Baseball Record
1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
Sports History
1984 KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
- 1987 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
- 1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last year's World Series
Tour de France
1989 76th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
British Golf Open
1989 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Mark Calcavecchia wins his only major title in first ever 4-hole aggregate playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady
Cricket History
1993 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
- 1993 NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
Senior Open Championship
1994 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American Tom Wargo wins by 2 strokes from Bob Charles and Doug Dalziel
Sports History
1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits
- 1994 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
British Golf Open
1995 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his 2nd major title by 4 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy
Tour de France
1995 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 5th consecutive Tour, 4' 35" ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner
- 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
Tour de France
2000 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
British Golf Open
2000 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by 8 shots to win his first Open title; becomes youngest player at 24 to win all 4 major titles
US Women's Golf Open
2000 US Open Women's Golf, Merit Club: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon; third of Webb's 7 major titles
- 2006 93rd Tour de France won by Oscar Pereiro of Spain
- 2006 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Tiger Woods wins his 2nd consecutive Open Championship title and 3rd overall; holds off fellow American Chris DiMarco by 2 strokes
- 2009 Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating Tampa Bay Rays 5-0
Tour de France
2017 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win
British Golf Open
2017 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Jordan Spieth wins by 3 strokes from countryman Matt Kuchar
- 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup: England beat India by 9 runs in the final at Lords in London
- 2019 Nike's Jordan Brand signs 2019 NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to richest multiyear sponsorship deal for a rookie in history; estimated 7 years for $75 million
- 2021 MLB Cleveland Indians announce team will be renamed the Guardians, after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located near their playing field
- 2021 XXXII Summer Olympic Games officially open at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
- 2023 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: American Brian Harman wins his first major title by 6 shots over Jason Day, Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, and Sepp Straka
- 2023 Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York
