Events in Sport
- 1900-01-24 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1912-07-05 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: English badminton champion Ethel Larcombe wins her first and only major tennis title beating Charlotte Cooper 6-3, 6-1
- 1992-08-04 In its debut at the Barcelona Olympics the badminton singles gold medals are both won by Indonesian athletes, whilst both men's & women's doubles go to South Korea
- 2012-08-01 8 female badminton doubles players are disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics for attempting to manipulate the draw by throwing matches
Birthdays in Sport
- 1733-01-17 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire< England (d. 1795)
- 1930-05-29 Eddy Choong, Malaysian badminton player (Thomas Cup 1955), born in Penang, British Malaya (d. 2013)
- 1935-10-22 Judy Devlin Hashman, Canadian badminton player (World Team C'ship gold US 1957, 60, 63, 66), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1937-01-14 Erland Kops, Danish badminton player, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2017)
- 1948-08-18 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesian badminton star (All-England tennis champ), born in Surabaya, Indonesia
- 1960-07-22 Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-9-92, 96)
- 1964-05-12 Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, US badminton player (Olympic-92), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1965-02-05 Ben Lee, American badminton player (Olympic-92), born in Rangoon, Burma
- 1965-05-24 Chris Jorgis, American badminton player (Olympic-92), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1976-11-20 Theodoros Velkos, Greek badminton player, born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
- 1980-04-17 Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player, born in Seoul
- 1981-01-08 Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player, born in Guangzhou, China
- 1981-08-10 Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian Badminton Player
- 1983-04-16 George Patis, Greek badminton player, born in Greece
- 1983-10-14 Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player (two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion), born in Longyan, China
- 1984-03-13 Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player, born in Bonn, Germany
- 1984-08-11 Markis Kido, Indonesian badminton player (Olympic gold men's doubles 2008 [with Hendra Setiawan]; World Championships gold 2007; World Cup gold 2006), born in Jakarta, Indonesia (d. 2021)
- 1986-01-14 Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
- 1990-03-17 Saina Nehwal, Indian Badminton player, born in Hisar, India
- 1995-07-05 P.V. Sindhu, Indian badminton player (World C'ship gold women's singles 2019; Olympic silver 2016, bronze 2020), born in Hyderabad, India
Weddings in Sport
- 2006-02-04 2004 Summer Olympics badminton player gold medalist Taufik Hidayat (24) weds Armi Dianti Gumelar at Hotel Mulia Senayan in Jakarta
Deaths in Sport
- 2013-01-28 Eddy Choong, Malaysian badminton player (Thomas Cup 1955), dies at 82
- 2021-06-14 Markis Kido, Indonesian badminton player (Olympic gold men's doubles 2008 [with Hendra Setiawan]; World C'ships gold 2007; World Cup gold 2006), dies from a heart attack at 36