- 1906 Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
- 1912 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium
- 1928 IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1929 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium
- 1929 24th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
- 1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Michigan)
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins 3 straight titles as Henri Cochet beats American George Lott 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 4 straight titles for GB as Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory
Sports History
1938 Don Bradman scores 202 Australia v Somerset, 225 mins, 32 fours
- 1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
- 1956 43rd Tour de France won by Roger Walkowiak of France
- 1957 MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Landis strikes out 5 times in a loss to the Orioles in Baltimore
- 1972 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
- 1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's
Cricket Debut
1977 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge
- 1978 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
Sports History
1979 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game
- 1984 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
Canadian Women's Open
1985 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Pat Bradley wins by 1 from Jane Geddes
Baseball Hall of Fame
1985 Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan, & Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
Sports History
1987 Ángel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
US Women's Golf Open
1987 US Open Women's Golf, Plainfield CC: England's Laura Davies won the first of her 4 major titles in an 18-hole Tuesday playoff over runners-up Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner
Baseball Record
1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
- 1989 Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50
- 1991 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
- 1991 Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
Baseball Record
1991 Dennis Martínez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history
Federation Cup
1991 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Nottingham, England: Spain wins first title with 2-1 victory over US; Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinch final 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson
Tour de France
1991 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3' 36" for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
US Senior Golf Open
1991 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by 4 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff
- 1992 Groundbreaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
Baseball Record
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
- 1994 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
- 1994 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels
- 1996 Americans Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly first to win gold in both indoor and beach events
Senior Open Championship
1996 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Defending champion Brian Barnes of Scotland wins by 3 strokes from Bob Charles and David Oakley
Sports History
1996 NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
Sports History
1997 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
Tour de France
2002 89th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
- 2002 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Noboru Sugai of Japan wins by 2 shots from John irwin of Canada
- 2012 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley (4:28.43) to take the gold medal at the London Olympics
- 2015 Pedro Martínez's number 45 is retired by the Boston Red Sox
Tour de France
2019 106th Tour de France: 22-year-old Egan Bernal becomes first ever Colombian and Latin American winner; Points champion: Peter Sagan of Slovakia
Senior Open Championship
2019 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his 4th Senior Open by 2 strokes from Paul Broadhurst
- 2019 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by 2 strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
- 2021 19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games
- 2021 Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus claims Olympic double by winning women's 200m freestyle in OR 1:53.50 in Tokyo; she had beaten American superstar Katie Ledecki in 400m 2 days earlier
- 2021 Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi wins women's individual medley double with victory in 200m at the Tokyo Olympics; 3 days earlier she won the 400m IM gold medal
