Sullivan vs. Kilrain
1889 John L. Sullivan successfully defends last officially sanctioned, bare-knuckle world heavyweight prizefighting championship; Jake Kilrain's trainer throws in towel after 75 x 1-minute rounds near Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- 1889 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw wins his 7th Wimbledon singles title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
- 1898 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Red Donahue no-hits Boston Beaneaters, 5-0 at the Baker Bowl
Sports History
1902 Baltimore manager John McGraw is accused by AL President Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Orioles & Washington Senators; negotiates his release from the Orioles, having already signed with NY Giants
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1905 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home town favourite Laurence Doherty wins his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title; beats Norman Brookes of Australia 8-6 6-2 6-4
- 1905 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: May Sutton becomes first American player to win the singles title at Wimbledon; beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-4
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1911 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2 ret
Sports History
1912 Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
- 1912 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding makes it 3 straight Wimbledon singles crowns beating Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1922 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: French phenom Suzanne Lenglen wins her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title; beats American based Norwegian Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-2, 6-0
- 1928 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
British Golf Open
1933 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Denny Shute beats fellow American Craig Wood by 5 strokes in a 36-hole Saturday playoff to win his only Open title
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1933 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Helen Wills Moody successfully defends her title beating local favourite Dorothy Round 6-4, 6-8, 6-3
- 1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
- 1938 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC,: Englishman Reg Whitcombe wins his only major title by 2 strokes from Jimmy Adams of Scotland in treacherous, windy conditions
- 1938 Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1939 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Alice Marble wins her only Wimbledon singles title beating Kay Stammers of England 6-2, 6-0
- 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
- 1946 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
- 1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- 1949 Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1950 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 for her third straight Wimbledon singles title
Sports History
1951 Yankee Joe DiMaggio and manager Casey Stengel feud after Stengel pulls DiMaggio out of game
- 1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
British Golf Open
1955 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Peter Thomson of Australia wins the 2nd of 3 consecutive Open titles, 2 strokes clear of runner-up John Fallon
Sports History
1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1961 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-British final Angela Mortimer wins her 3rd Grand Slam singles title; beats Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1963 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith wins her first of 3 Wimbledon titles beating Billie Jean Moffitt 6-3, 6-4
Sports History
1965 Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
- 1967 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King beats local favourite Anne Jones 6-3, 6-4 for the 2nd of 3 straight Wimbledon singles titles
- 1970 SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
- 1973 NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
- 1974 New York Yankees shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inning game
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1978 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon singles crown; beats American Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- 1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
- 1980 All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cincinnati Reds)
Sports History
1982 Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
- 1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1984 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe defends his crown, thrashing fellow American Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
- 1985 Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
- 1990 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
- 1990 FIFA World Cup Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: 85th minute penalty by Andreas Brehme gives West Germany, 1-0 win over Argentina
- 1990 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1990 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 for his 2nd Wimbledon singles crown
Sports History
1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson
- 1995 NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1995 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: German superstar Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th Wimbledon title
- 1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2000 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins her first career Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6
- 2001 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins 3rd career Grand Slam singles title; beats Justine Henin 6-1 3-6 6-0; Henin first Belgian player (male or female) to reach Wimbledon singles final
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2006 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Amélie Mauresmo of France wins her 2nd and last Grand Slam singles event; beats Justine Henin-Hardenne 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
US Senior Golf Open
2007 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Whistling Straits: Brad Bryant wins by 3 strokes from Ben Crenshaw
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2007 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer of Switzerland wins the singles title for 5th consecutive year; beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2
- 2010 During 1st round of the John Deere Classic, Paul Goydos becomes the 4th, and oldest player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59; round included 12 birdies and 6 pars
- 2012 US Open Women's Golf, Blackwolf Run: Na Yeon Choi of South Korea wins her first major championship, 4 strokes ahead of compatriot Amy Yang
- 2012 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins 7th Wimbledon and 17th Grand Slam title; beats Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4
FIFA World Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany defeat Brazil by a record 7-1 in the semi-finals to make it to the final; Miroslav Klose of Germany breaks the World Cup goal scoring record with 16 goals
- 2015 The NFL's Washington Redskins have their trademark vacated on the grounds it may cause offence to native Americans
- 2017 British Lions tie 15-15 with New Zealand All Blacks in their 3rd rugby match to tie the series
- 2018 South Korean golfer Sei Young Ki breaks LPGA 72-hole scoring record with 31 under-par 257, also first to better -30, in winning Thornberry Creek Classic
- 2021 MLB Padres relief pitcher Daniel Camarena gets his first hit, in his second career at bat - a grand slam - against Washington Nationals' Max Scherzer, in San Diego
Presidential Medal of Freedom
2022 Gymnast Simone Biles aged 25, becomes the youngest person to receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden [1]
