W. G. Grace's Last Day
1899 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
- 1918 Boston Red Sox pitcher Dutch Leonard throws his 2nd no-hitter; beats Detroit Tigers, 5-0 at Navin Field
Collins Hits 3,000
1925 Baseball player Eddie Collins becomes the 6th to get 3,000 hits
Moody Defending French Champion
1929 French Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu 6-3, 6-4
Lacoste Wins 3rd French Title
1929 French Championships Men's Tennis: René Lacoste wins his 3rd French title, beating fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6
- 1930 Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
Gehrig 1st to Hit Four HRs
1932 Future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig first to hit 4 consecutive HRs in a MLB game; NY Yankees beat Philadelphia A's, 20-13 at Shibe Park
- 1933 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
Gibson's Huge Home Run
1937 Josh Gibson hits a home run just 2 feet below the rim of Yankee Stadium (580' drive)
Patty French Men's Champion
1950 French Championships Men's Tennis: Budge Patty wins first of 2 Grand Sam titles that year; beats Jaroslav Drobný 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5
Hart French Women's Champion
1950 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Patricia Todd 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 for her 1st of 2 French singles titles
- 1951 50th French Championships Men's Tennis: Jaroslav Drobný representing Egypt beats Eric Sturgess 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
- 1951 50th French Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for her only French singles title
Sports History
1955 Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
Belmont Stakes
1967 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
French Open Men's Tennis
1967 French Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson bests fellow Australian Tony Roche, 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 for his 12th, and final, Grand Slam title
- 1967 French Championships Women's Tennis: Local favourite Françoise Dürr beats Lesley Turner of Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- 1968 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
Sports History
1971 MLB Chicago Cubs pitcher Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0, on the road at Riverfront Stadium
Cricket Debut
1971 Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Englandl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
French Open Women's Tennis
1972 French Open Women's Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3
French Open Men's Tennis
1973 French Open Men's Tennis: Ilie Năstase of Romania wins his second Grand Slam singles title, besting Croat player Niki Pilić of Yugoslavia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
Sports History
1980 NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
LPGA Championship
1984 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Defending champion Patty Sheehan finishes 10 strokes ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel
Sports History
1988 Margo Adams sues Boston Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
- 1989 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
Sports History
1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
Sports History
1989 Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day
- 1991 MLB Draft: East Carteret HS pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees
Boxing Title Fight
1991 Thomas Hearns captures WBA light heavyweight title
Sports History
1995 Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0
US Women's Golf Open
2001 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Defending champion Karrie Webb of Australia repeats by 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak; largest margin in 21 years
Sports History
2010 Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia
Golf Tournament
2012 Tiger Woods claims his 73rd PGA tour victory with a 2 stroke win over Andrés Romero & Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village GC; equals Jack Nicklaus's record
- 2014 Hashim Amla becomes the first non-white captain of the South African national cricket team
UEFA Champions League Final
2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final
NBA Finals
2018 Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with 9 in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2018 US Open Women's Golf, Shoal Creek GC: Ariya Jatanugarn of Thailand gives up 7-shot lead but wins in playoff with South Korean Kim Hyo-joo
- 2019 MLB Draft: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman first pick by Baltimore Orioles
- 2021 Devon Conway becomes 7th batsman in cricket history to score a double century in his Test debut; run out for 200 for New Zealand in 1st Test against England at Lord's