38th British Open
1898 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr
Jeffries KOs Fitzsimmons
1899 American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title
- 1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13
45th British Open
1905 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman James Braid wins his 2nd Open title 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Rowland Jones and J.H. Taylor
Wagner 2nd to 3,000
1914 Pittsburgh Pirate baseball shortstop Honus Wagner is 2nd player to get 3,000 hits
55th Belmont
1923 55th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Zev wins in 2:19
60th Belmont
1928 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
Nurmi Runs World Record
1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
Johnson To Manage Cleveland
1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland Indians manager
- 1934 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
38th US Men's Open
1934 US Open Men's Golf, Merion Cricket Club: Olin Dutra overcomes an 8-stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his second major title by 1 stroke from Gene Sarazen
- 1940 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Lawson Little defeats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only professional major title
71st Kentucky Derby
1945 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr scores his third of record 5 Derby wins
Brooklyn Manager Durocher Arrested
1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him
- 1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
Louis vs Conn
1946 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
Belmont Stakes
1962 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
- 1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
Baseball Record
1966 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4
French Open Men's Tennis
1968 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall beats Rod Laver 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; first Grand Slam of Open Era allowing professional players to compete
Belmont Stakes
1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years
- 1975 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
Boxing Title Fight
1978 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in a 15 round split decision at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada for the WBC heavyweight boxing title
- 1979 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
- 1979 MLB Phillies wear all-burgundy alternate uniforms for 1st and (almost) last time in 10-5 loss to Montreal Expos at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; revived 40 years later as part of a "retro night" promotion [1]
- 1980 Phillies and SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
- 1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
Belmont Stakes
1984 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
French Open Women's Tennis
1984 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-1; 2nd women in Open Era to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once
- 1984 Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
French Open Men's Tennis
1985 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Mats Wilander wins 4th career Grand Slam title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
NBA Finals
1985 NBA Championship, Boston Garden: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 111-100 for a 4 games to 2 series victory; Finals MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports History
1986 In a clash of future Baseball Hall of Fame starting pitchers California Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats Tom Seaver of the Chicago White Sox (306 wins), 3-0 at Comiskey Park
Baseball Record
1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
French Open Women's Tennis
1990 French Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-4
- 1991 1st WLAF World Bowl, Wembley Stadium, London: London Monarchs beat Barcelona Dragons, 21-0
French Open Men's Tennis
1991 French Open Men's Tennis: Jim Courier wins first career Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
Senior Players Championship
1991 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Albus wins his only career major title by 3 strokes from New Zealander Bob Charles, Charles Coody and Dave Hill
- 1993 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens' 24th SC Championship
- 1996 French Open Men's Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia wins his first Grand Slam title; beats Germany's Michael Stich 7-6, 7-5, 7-6
- 2001 133rd Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Point Given wins in 2:26.80
French Open Women's Tennis
2001 French Open Women's Tennis: American Jennifer Capriati wins her second major title; beats Kim Clijsters of Belgium 1-6, 6-4, 12-10
- 2001 Stanley Cup Final, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO: Colorado Avalanche beat defending champion New Jersey Devils, 3-1 for 4-3 series win; Avalanche 2nd title
French Open Men's Tennis
2002 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Albert Costa beats Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 for his lone major title
LPGA Championship
2002 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Se Ri Pak of South Korea wins second of 3 titles in this event; finishes 3 strokes ahead of Beth Daniel
Senior PGA Championship
2002 Senior PGA Championship, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio: Fuzzy Zoeller wins his only Champions Tour title by strokes ahead of runners-up Hale Irwin and Bobby Wadkins
French Open Women's Tennis
2007 French Open Women's Tennis: Justine Henin wins her 3rd consecutive French singles crown; beats Ana Ivanović of Serbia 6-1, 6-2
Sports History
2007 Stacy Lewis wins medalist honors in Garland, Texas, sectional to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open
Stanley Cup
2010 Patrick Kane scores the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Chicago Blackhawks against the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime
- 2010 Stanley Cup Final, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA: Chicago Blackhawks edge Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3 in OT for a 4-2 series win; first Championship for Chicago since 1961
- 2011 Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy announces agreement to examine brains of recently deceased San Francisco 49ers football players Joe Perry and John Henry Johnson for signs of injury [1]
- 2012 144th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Union Rags wins in 2:30.42
French Open Men's Tennis
2013 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3; first man to win same Grand Slam title 8 times
LPGA Championship
2013 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Locust Hill CC: Inbee Park wins her 3rd major title in a sudden-death playoff, defeating runner-up Catriona Matthew of Scotland on the 3rd extra hole
Sports History
2013 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: David Frost of South Africa wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Fred Couples
Sports History
2017 Tennis player Venus Williams is involved in a car accident that leads to death of another passenger in Palm Beach, Florida; police later clear her of fault
- 2018 150th Belmont Stakes: Justify wins with Mike Smith aboard to become 13th Triple Crown winner
- 2018 French Open Women's Tennis: Romanian Simona Halep wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating American Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Sports History
2019 Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot while visiting in his native Dominican Republic
- 2019 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; 3rd straight French singles title; 12th overall; first to win 12 singles titles at same Grand Slam; 18th major
- 2022 The controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series gets underway at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire; PGA suspends 17 participating players
