British Golf Open
1879 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins by 3 shots from countrymen Jamie Allen & Andrew Kirkaldy; 3rd consecutive title
- 1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
- 1921 American swimmer Johnny Weismuller sets his first 2 world records in the 100m and 150yd freestyle events the A.A.U. Nationals meet in Brighton Beach, NY
- 1921 MLB NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 21-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC
Lou Gehrig's 1st HR
1923 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
Baseball Record
1930 Chicago Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 HRs give him NL record 56 HRs
Golf Tournament
1930 US Amateur Championship Men's Golf, Merion GC: Bobby Jones scores an 8 & 7 win over Eugene V. Homans to win his 5th National Amateur title and clinch golf's Grand Slam
Baseball History
1931 Closest NL batting race ends; St. Louis Cardinals Chick Hafey's .34889 beats NY Giants Bill Terry .34861 [1]
- 1931 MLB's Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
- 1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant
- 1936 Boston Redskins and Brooklyn Dodgers play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Boston wins 14-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
Baseball History
1936 First baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game for the St. Louis Cardinals; later manages Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 23 years
- 1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose twice to Cleveland, 5-2 & 7-5
Floyd Giebells 1st Game
1940 MLB Detroit Tigers rookie pitcher Floyd Giebells throws 2-0 shut-out over Cleveland Indians Bob Feller to clinch the AL pennant at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1940 Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
- 1942 NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
Boxing Title Fight
1950 Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Baseball Record
1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
- 1964 Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
- 1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
Baseball Record
1967 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
Baseball Record
1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
Sports History
1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs
Sports History
1987 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro's final MLB appearance, he surrenders for 5 runs in 3 innings against the San Francisco Giants
- 1987 NFL players' strike begins in the US
- 1987 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: Europe beats US, 15-13; after 13-0 unbeaten record spanning 60 years, US loses for first time on home soil
Olympic Gold
1988 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 10m platform gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up diving double after also taking out the 3m springboard gold
World Record
1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is disqualified from the Seoul Olympics 100m after his urine sample found to contain steroid stanozolol; American Carl Lewis awarded gold medal and world record 9.92
- 1988 East German cyclist Olaf Ludwig wins the men's road race in 4:32:22 at the Seoul Olympics; beats West German pair Bernd Gröne & Christian Henn
Greg LeMond Honored
1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
- 1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
- 1992 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
- 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
- 1996 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
Olympic Gold
2000 United States baseball team, managed by Tommy Lasorda, wins Olympic Gold Medal in Sydney, Australia
Sports History
2008 Greg Maddux wins his final start of his career (#355)
- 2014 New Zealand's All Blacks scores 4 tries to beat Argentina, 34-13 in La Plata and claim their 3rd straight Rugby Championship; All Blacks first five eighth Beauden Barrett kicks 6 from 6
