Cricket History
1902 Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England
- 1904 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward & Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
- 1908 American Johnny Hayes wins London Olympic marathon in Games record 2:55:18.4 after Dorando Pietri of Italy disqualified for receiving assistance before the finish line
- 1909 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1-0 victory at Washington Park, Brooklyn
- 1921 15th Tour de France won by Leon Scieur of Belgium
World Record
1931 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)
- 1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash
Tour de France
1949 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
- 1949 Indian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5
- 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
- 1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium
- 1956 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Blue Hill CC: Masters champion Jack Burke Jr. wins his second major championship of the season, 3 & 2 over Ted Kroll
Sports History
1958 Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again
- 1958 Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth & Subba Row
- 1960 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: Jay Hebert wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Australian Jim Ferrier
Sports History
1965 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets
- 1966 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: American Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong
- 1967 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Columbine CC: Don January wins his only major title in 18-hole playoff with Don Messengale (69-71)
- 1967 Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game
Sports History
1968 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game breaking Cy Young's record for pitching appearances
Sports History
1973 All Star MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants)
- 1977 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France
Baseball Record
1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881
US Women's Golf Open
1977 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez
Billy Martin Resigns
1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson
- 1978 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games
Baseball History
1979 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR
- 1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switzerland (2-1)
- 1983 70th Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France
Sports History
1983 Pine Tar Game: George Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)
- 1988 75th Tour de France won by Pedro Delgado of Spain
- 1988 US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
US Women's Golf Open
1988 US Open Women's Golf, Baltimore CC: Liselotte Neumann of Sweden wins her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan
Sports History
1992 Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner (eff 3/1/93)
- 1993 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
- 1993 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
- 1994 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
Federation Cup
1994 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport
Tour de France
1994 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 4th consecutive Tour, 5' 39" ahead of Piotr Ugrumov; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
- 1994 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Patty Sheehan wins her second title in 3 years, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tammie Green; 5th of her 6 major titles
Tour de France
2005 92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive victory but disqualified in 2012 for doping
Senior Open Championship
2005 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Ireland's Des Smyth
- 2011 98th Tour de France won by Cadel Evans of Australia; first and only Australian to win the event
- 2011 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Walton Heath: Russ Cochran wins by 2 shots from fellow American Mark Calcavecchia
- 2011 Copa América Final, River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires: Diego Forlán scores twice as Uruguay beats Paraguay, 3–0 to earn their 15th title
Tour de France
2016 103rd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
- 2016 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Englishman Paul Broadhurst wins by 2 strokes from American Scott McCarron
World Record
2019 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák breaks Michael Phelps' 10-year-old 200m butterfly world record at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea; swims 1:50.73, 0.78s faster than Phelps
- 2022 109th Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark wins overall & mountains sections; Team Jumbo–Visma claims treble with Belgian rider Wout van Aert taking the points section
- 2022 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Gleneagles: Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland finishes at -10 to beat Irishman Pádraig Harrington by 1 stroke
Sports History
2022 David Ortiz, Gil Hodges, Bud Fowler, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso and Buck O’Neil are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
- 2022 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Brooke Henderson of Canada edges American rookie Sophia Schubert by 1 stroke for her second major title
