British Golf Open
1866 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins his 3rd title; beats his brother Davie Park by 2 strokes
Sports History
1902 Chicago Cubs infielders Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, & Frank Chance appear together as teammates for 1st time, creating the famed double-play combination of "Tinker to Evers to Chance"
- 1907 Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) forms with merge of Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) and Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal FC (QRFU)
- 1930 50th US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: John Doeg beats Frank Shields 10-8, 1-6, 6-4, 16-14 for his lone major singles title
World Record 20,000m
1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)
PGA Championship
1930 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Fresh Meadow CC: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Gene Sarazen 1-up in the final for the second of his 3 major titles
- 1930 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St John's Rugby, 7-3
- 1932 NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
World Series Rights Deal
1934 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000
Baseball Record
1936 17-year-old Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF pitcher Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 Philadelphia A's in 5-2 win at League Park, Cleveland
Baseball Hall of Fame
1938 Alexander Cartwright is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
F1 World Champion
1953 Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari retains Formula 1 World Drivers Championship although forced to retire (engine trouble) in season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza; wins title by 6.5 points from Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1953 Pitcher Bob Trice becomes the first black player for Philadelphia Athletics
- 1954 Cincinnati first baseman Ted Kluszewski scores a run in his record 17th consecutive game as Reds lose 5-4 to Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field
Sports History
1958 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
- 1959 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Neale Fraser wins first of 2 straight US singles titles; beats Alex Olmedo of Peru 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
US Open Women's Tennis
1959 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her first of 4 US singles crowns; beats England's Christine Truman 6-1, 6-4
- 1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
Sports History
1963 Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches New York Yankees' 28th pennant
US Men's Tennis Open
1964 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his 3rd Grand Slam title of the year
- 1964 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her 3rd US singles title; dominates American Carole Graebner 6-1, 6-0
Baseball History
1965 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win
- 1969 Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
Sports History
1969 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
- 1970 New York City Marathon: inaugural event won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38
US Men's Tennis Open
1970 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ken Rosewall wins second US title; beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3; first major in which tiebreak used to decide sets at 6-6
Baseball History
1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
- 1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
- 1973 US Congress passes & sends a bill to President Nixon to lift NFL football's television blackout of sold out games
- 1974 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
- 1976 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
- 1978 New York Yankees recover from 14 games behind to gain sole possession of AL East 1st place with 7-3 win over the Tigers in Detroit
- 1981 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)
US Men's Tennis Open
1981 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins 3rd straight US title; beats Björn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in Borg's last Grand Slam match
- 1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
Baseball Record
1982 MLB Phillies Steve Carlton tosses a complete-game shutout and hits a home run for the 4th time in his career, in 2-0 win over St. Louis, at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; he becomes only pitcher to do so in three different decades
Sports History
1983 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
Baseball Record
1983 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
US Open Women's Tennis
1987 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Steffi Graf of Germany 7-6, 6-1
- 1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
- 1989 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
- 1990 Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner
Sports History
1991 Joe Carter 1st baseball player with 3 consecutive 100 RBI seasons with 3 different teams (Indians, Padres, Blue Jays)
- 1991 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
- 1992 NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28
US Men's Tennis Open
1992 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg retains his title; beats Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2
Sports History
1999 John Elway's #7 jersey is retired by the Denver Broncos
- 2003 Anna Stöhr wins a gold medal in lead climbing at the European Youth Cup in Niederwangen, Switzerland
Sports History
2008 New Zealand beats Australia, 28-24 in Brisbane to clinch their 4th straight Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter scores a try and lands 4 conversions for the All Blacks
US Men's Tennis Open
2010 US Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins his first US crown; beats Novak Đoković 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; first Spanish man to win US title since Manuel Orantes 1975
US Men's Tennis Open
2015 US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4; third man to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in the same year in Open Era after Rod Laver and Federer
- 2017 International Olympic Committee announces Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) will host the Olympic games
- 2018 Amazon live streams “Thursday Night Football” Cincinnati beats Baltimore 34-23; first all-female broadcast booth in NFL history; Andrea Kremer calls game with Hannah Storm
- 2020 ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Mirim Lee of South Korea wins her first major title; beats Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda with a birdie on first playoff hole
- 2020 Chicago Cubs pitcher Alec Mills no-hits the Milwaukee Brewers, 12-0 at Miller Park, Milwaukee
US Men's Tennis Open
2020 US Open Men's Tennis: Austrian Dominic Thiem becomes first in 70 years to recover from 2 sets down to win US crown; beats Alexander Zverev of Germany 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6
