• Home
• Birthdays
• Deaths
• Events
• By Date
• By Day
• Sports

Events in Sport

Results 1 - 44 of 44

1900 - Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
1904 - Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)
1907 - 13th US Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Phila Cricket Club PA
1916 - Boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0
1921 - HSC '21 soccer team forms in Haaksbergen
1932 - Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (NYC)
1932 - Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1938 - Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
1938 - Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire
1939 - NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1950 - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
1951 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open
1964 - Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH
1965 - 65th US Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive CC in St Louis
1967 - Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th & lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th & Yanks beat them 6-3
1969 - John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m)
1970 - 70th US Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 281 at Hazeltine Natl Minn
1970 - Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup (in Mexico City)
1970 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1971 - 71st US Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion GC in Ardmore PA
1971 - Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
1975 - West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1981 - 81st US Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion GC in Ardmore Pa
1981 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf
1983 - Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
1986 - Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner, singns with KC Royals
1986 - Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
1987 - 87th US Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF
1987 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson 1987 - Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant
1988 - 42nd NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
1989 - Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
1990 - At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap & proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
1991 - NY Islanders Denis Potvin & Mike Bossy, elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
1992 - 92nd US Golf Open: Tom Kite shoots a 285 at Pebble Beach GL Calif
1992 - Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1992 - Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham & Allan Lamb
1994 - Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal)
1997 - 35th NHL draft Boston picks center Joe Thornton 1st
1997 - Women's National Basketball Association begins as NY Liberty beats LA Sparks
1998 - 98th US Golf Open: at Olympic Club SF
2002 - Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 57 of 57

1902 - Howie Morenz, professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
1905 - Jacques Goddot, French publisher (Tour de France)
1918 - Eddie Lopat, American baseball player (d. 1992)
1922 - Jim McConnon, cricketer (England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954)
1927 - Jackie Collum, baseball player
1929 - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (Paki bat in Test v NZ 1956, scored 8*)
1930 - Mike McCormack, NFL offensive tackle (NY Yankees, Cleveland, Phila)
1937 - John Edrich, cricketer (England left-handed batsman, 310* v NZ 1965)
1938 - James Botten, cricketer (all-rounder in 1965 S Afr series v England)
1948 - Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
1950 - Terry Miskolczi, Dunnville ON, Canadian Tour golfer (1976 Alberta-3rd)
1953 - Charlie Moore Jr, baseball player
1954 - Jeremy Coney, cricketer (NZ captain turned them into world-beaters)
1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer
1956 - Mikhail Burtsev, USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs)
1959 - Tom Chambers, NBA forward, center (Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns)
1962 - Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
1963 - Jeff Musselman, baseball player
1963 - Mike Sherrard, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1966 - David Williams, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers, NY Jets)
1967 - Derrick Coleman, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
1967 - Michele Smith, Califon NJ, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1967 - Robert Drummond, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
1968 - Alastair Campbell Mackintosh, Hamilton NZ, coxless rower (Olympics-96)
1968 - Darryl Shannon, Barrie, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1968 - Henry Newby, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1969 - Chris Perez, CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1969 - Donovan Osborne, Roseville CA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1970 - Brandon Moore, NFL tackle (NE Patriots)
1970 - John Roethlisberger, Afton Minn, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
1971 - Tyrone Drakeford, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)
1972 - Andrew Jordan, NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 - Billy Milner, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Heath Rylance, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1972 - Jamal Ellis, NFL/WLAF cornerback (Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire)
1972 - Marv Marshall, NFL/WLAF receiver (Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Tony Berti, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Neil Doak, former Irish cricketer
1973 - Alyson Annan, Sydney NSW Aust, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1973 - Merlakia Jones, WNBA guard/forward (Cleveland Rockers)
1973 - Sammie Burroughs, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 - Rob Kelly, safety (New Orleans Saints)
1974 - Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver
1974 - Rob Kelly, American football player
1976 - Antonio Cochran, American football player
1976 - Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer
1978 - Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
1978 - Dejan Ognjanović, Montenegrin football player
1980 - Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
1980 - Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
1981 - Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Franck Perera, French racing driver
1985 - Anthony Morelli, American football player
1985 - Byron Schammer, AFL footballer
1987 - Dale Thomas, AFL footballer
1987 - Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 3 of 3

1989 - Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), dies at 56
1998 - Al Campanis, American baseball executive (b. 1916)
2003 - Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1934)