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Events in Sport

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1877 - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
1904 - 10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL
1932 - Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) forms
1933 - Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles
1940 - 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1946 - 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
1953 - Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
1957 - 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1959 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Open
1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament
1963 - 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1963 - All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)
1965 - 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale
1966 - 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane
1967 - 13th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
1968 - 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston
1968 - All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)
1969 - Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th
1972 - 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75)
1972 - Kathy Ahern wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1977 - 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
1986 - Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
1988 - Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
1989 - 103rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Becker beats Stefan Edberg (60 76 64)
1989 - 96th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats M Navratilova (62 67 61)
1989 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1990 - 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64)
1990 - Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts
1991 - 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto
1991 - All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Balt Orioles)
1991 - South Africa readmitted to Olympics
1994 - 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
Champion Tennis Player Pete Sampras 1995 - 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62)
1995 - Jack Nicklaus wins Golf's British Open (4th to win all 4 majors)
1995 - Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1996 - 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1996 - All star MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)
1997 - Baseball's triple A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
1997 - Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear
2000 - Pete Sampras wins his 13th Grand Slam tennis title at Wimbledon

Birthdays in Sport

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1893 - George Geary, cricketer (sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34)
1905 - Clarence Campbell, Saskatchewan, 3rd NHL pres (1946-77)
1914 - Bill Tallon, cricketer (brother of Don, Queensland leggie)
1927 - Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, NHL hall of famer (Norris trophy)
1927 - Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
1928 - Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
1930 - Roy McLean, cricketer (prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests)
1937 - Clemon Daniels, AFL player of year 1963, halfback (Oak, Dallas SF)
1941 - Takehide Nakatani, Japan, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1942 - Robert Frankel, horse trainer
1947 - OJ Simpson [Orenthal James], Santa Fey California, NFL running back (Buf Bills)
1952 - Rod Boll, Fillmore Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
1955 - Willie Wilson, American baseball player
1958 - Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
1961 - Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman (1996 World Cup)
1964 - Ronnie Grandison, NBA forward (NY Knicks)
1964 - Scott Rachal Verplank, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1985 Western Open)
1965 - Bob Hess Jr, horse trainer
1968 - Shawn Harper, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Frankfurt Galaxy)
NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal OJ Simpson (1947) 1968 - Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
1969 - Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
1969 - Robert Gordon, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 - Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer)
1970 - Steve Dubinsky, Montreal, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1970 - Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
1971 - Anthony Fieldings, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Chadrick Brown, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Ger Senden, soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 - Pete Kendall, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 - Katasha Artis, WNBA forward (Charlotte Sting)
1973 - Kelly Holcomb, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons)
1981 - Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College Shooting) (d. 2006)
1982 - Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
1985 - Ashley Young, English footballer
1990 - Fábio and Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballers

Deaths in Sport

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1893 - William Scotton, cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), suicide
1932 - Henry Howell, English Cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
1951 - Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56
1955 - Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
1957 - Manfred Julius Susskind, South African cricketer (1924 Test series), dies
1960 - Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
1974 - Ted Bowley, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1929-30), dies
1979 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
1994 - Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
2005 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2005 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)