1st Bicycle World Record
1893 Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
- 1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
Jeffries KOs Corbett
1900 James J. Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title
Johnson - Quinn Pitching Duel
1919 Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame ace Walter Johnson pitches 12 scoreless innings in a famous 0-0 duel with Jack Quinn of the NY Yankees at the Polo Grounds
63rd British Open
1928 63rd British Open Men's Golf Championship, Royal St George's GC: Walter Hagen wins 3rd of his 4 Open Championship titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow American Gene Sarazen
Sports History
1959 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends
Sports History
1963 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his second career no-hitter; beats Juan Marichal and the SF Giants, 8-0
- 1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
- 1966 European Cup Final, Heysel Stadium, Brussels: Fernando Serena scores the winner as Real Madrid beats Partizan Belgrade, 2-1; Madrid's 6th title
- 1968 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Defenceman J. C. Tremblay fires home the winner as Montreal Canadiens edge St Louis Blues, 3-2 for a 4-0 series sweep
- 1971 Cleveland's pitcher Steve Dunning hits a grand slam off Oakland Athletics pitcher Diego Seguí
Baseball Trade
1972 Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
- 1972 Stanley Cup Final, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Wayne Cashman scores twice as Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers, 3-0 to take title, 4-2
Sports History
1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
- 1983 Aberdeen of Scotland win 23rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Real Madrid of Spain 2-1 in Gothenburg
- 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
- 1985 56 die and at least 265 are injured at Bradford City football ground in the worst fire in English football history
- 1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and César Cedeño
- 1988 KV Mechelen of Belgium win 28th European Cup Winner's Cup against Ajax of Netherlands 1-0 in Strasbourg
- 1988 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
- 1989 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2
Baseball Trade
1990 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
Sports History
1997 Chess-playing computer Deep Blue developed by IBM defeats Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 in chess
- 1997 NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
PGA Players Championship
2008 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Sergio García of Spain claims the biggest win of his career to date in a sudden-death playoff over American Paul Goydos
Sports History
2009 Patrick Kane scores his first career hat-trick in the NHL playoffs against the Vancouver Canucks
Sports History
2013 Bayern Munich set a new Bundesliga points record of 91
- 2013 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (86,254): Wigan Athletic upsets Manchester City, 1-0; Ben Watson scores 90+1' winner
PGA Players Championship
2014 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: German Martin Kaymer leads after each round to win by 1 stroke ahead of Jim Furyk; first 8-figure purse in golf with winner's share $1.8 million
