- 1914 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
- 1928 In only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC
- 1928 New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th inning, beating Tigers 12-1 in Detroit
- 1931 25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Henri Cochet beats Fred Perry 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3 to give France 3-2 win over Great Britain and 5th straight title
- 1931 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Midlothian CC: June Beebe beats Mrs. Melvin Jones, 3 & 2 for golf's only major title
Baseball Record
1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League
French Open Women's Tennis
1947 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Patricia Todd wins her only major singles title beating Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Sports History
1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as manager of New York Giants
- 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
Sports History
1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
PGA Championship
1955 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Meadowbrook CC: Doug Ford scores a 4 & 3 win over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final; first of 2 majors (Masters 1957)
- 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
Sports History
1959 Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game; retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan
Baseball Record
1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
- 1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
Baseball Record
1970 Reds catcher Johnny Bench, playing for the day in the outfield, goes 4 for 5 with 7 RBIs including 3 consecutive HRs off St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton in 12-5 win at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
- 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
US Women's Golf Open
1981 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Pat Bradley shoots final round 66 (−6) to finish 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel; second of Bradley's 6 major titles
Sports History
1984 Bowie Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of 1984 due to cocaine conviction
- 1987 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
- 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
Baseball Record
1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
Baseball Record
1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for the 23rd consecutive season
Tour de France
1992 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain defends his title by 4' 35" from Italian Claudio Chiappucci; Laurent Jalabert points winner
US Women's Golf Open
1992 US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Patty Sheehan wins an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74
US Senior Golf Open
1998 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Riviera CC: Hale Irwin wins by 1 stroke ahead of Vicente Fernández of Argentina
- 2009 96th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain
Senior Open Championship
2009 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk
- 2014 Brian Ortega makes his UFC debut against Mike De La Torre at UFC on Fox 12
Tour de France
2015 102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
Senior Open Championship
2015 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Marco Dawson wins by 1 shot from Bernhard Langer of Germany
- 2019 Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in 93-run win against England at Chelmsford; Southern Stars clinch Women's Ashes
Juventus Wins 9th Straight Serie A
2020 Italian football giants Juventus wins its 9th straight Serie A title with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschiin in a 2-0 win over Sampdoria
Adam Peaty Wins Gold
2021 Dominant British breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty successfully defends his 100m title at the Tokyo Olympics beating Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands and Italian Nicolò Martinenghi
- 2021 Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz makes history becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics in the 55kg class at the Tokyo Games