- 1869 Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st baseball game, against the Cincinnati Red Stockings
- 1883 1st night baseball under lights, Fort Wayne Indiana
- 1896 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5
- 1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
- 1908 33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan riding Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4
- 1909 43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan riding Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6
- 1922 MLB first baseman Stuffy McInnis ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances, while playing for the Boston red Sox (1921) and Cleveland Indians (1922)
Scriven French Women's Champion
1934 French Championship Women's Tennis: England's defending champion Margaret Scriven beats American Helen Jacobs 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
- 1934 French Championships Men's Tennis: Gottfried von Cramm of Germany wins 1st of 2 French titles; beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- 1935 40th Women's French Championships: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu (6-2, 6-1)
Perry French Men's Champion
1935 French Championships Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title, beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Red Sox Star Enlists
1942 Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator
- 1950 St Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators
Sports History
1958 Brooks Robinson hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays
Baseball Record
1958 Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
French Open Men's Tennis
1962 French Championships Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2; 2nd leg of Laver's 1st Grand Slam
- 1962 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- 1971 European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination
French Open Women's Tennis
1973 French Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court of Australia beats American teenager Chris Evert 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 for her 5th and last French singles crown
LPGA Championship
1985 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 8 shots from fellow American Alice Miller
Sports History
1987 Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr. #1
Sports History
1992 Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
US Women's Golf Open
1996 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles GC: Annika Sörenstam retains her title by 6 shots from Kris Tschetter
- 1997 Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends
- 2017 Alex Puccio ascends Dead Meadow V13 (8B) at Wild Basin
- 2019 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Charleston: Lee Jeong-eun of South Korea wins her first major title; beats runners-up Lexi Thompson, Agel Yin and Ryu So-yeon by 2 strokes
