Events in Sport
- Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
Golf Major
US Open Women's Golf, Prince George's CC: Louise Suggs leads wire-to-wire to win by 14 strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Babe Zaharias
Louise Suggs
Birthdays in Sport
- Inshan Ali, West Indian cricketer (big-spinning WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), born in Preysal, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1995)