Events in Sport
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- Jun 5 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 5 French Open Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf wins her 3rd of 6 French singles titles; beats Mary Joe Fernández of the US 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Steffi Graf
- Jun 6 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Sergi Bruguera prevents Jim Courier French three-peat; beats American 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Event of Interest
Jun 7 Cricket's Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs Australia at Old Trafford

Graham Gooch
- Jun 9 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens' 24th SC Championship
LPGA Championship
Jun 13 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Patty Sheehan wins her 4th major title by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Lauri Merten

Patty Sheehan
Baseball Record
Jun 16 Ken Griffey Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's

Ken Griffey Jr.
Event of Interest
Jun 18 Expo's Dennis Martínez is 92nd to win 200 games

Dennis Martínez
- Jun 19 David Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's
NBA Finals
Jun 20 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls become first team since legendary Boston Celtics of the 1960s to win 3 consecutive titles, with a 99–98 victory in Game 6 over Phoenix Suns; MVP: Michael Jordan for third straight year

Michael Jordan
US Golf Open
Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Lee Janzen plays sub-70 golf all 4 rounds to tie tournament scoring record and win the first of his 2 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of Payne Stewart

Payne Stewart
- Jun 22 NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
- Jun 25 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
Event of Interest
Jun 26 NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs

Eddie Murray
- Jun 26 NHL Draft: Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) center Alexandre Daigle first pick by Ottawa Senators
Event of Interest
Jun 27 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Colbert wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Raymond Floyd

Ray Floyd
- Jun 27 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game

José Canseco
- Jun 28 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
- Jun 28 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
- Jun 30 NBA Draft: Michigan center Chris Webber first pick by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State)
- Jul 2 Royals Stadium is renamed Kauffman Stadium shortly before the death of Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman
- Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, German Steffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats fellow American Jim Courier 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 for his first of 7 Wimbledon titles

Pete Sampras
Baseball Record
Jul 5 As' outfielder Rickey Henderson leads off both games of Oakland's doubleheader vs Cleveland with homers (first time since 1913)

Rickey Henderson
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 11 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus wins by 1 stroke ahead of Tom Weiskopf for his second US Senior title

Jack Nicklaus
Event of Interest
Jul 13 All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)

Kirby Puckett
British Golf Open
Jul 18 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Australian Greg Norman fires final round 64 (–6) to win his 2nd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Englishman Nick Faldo

Greg Norman

Nick Faldo
Event of Interest
Jul 19 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham

Ian Botham
- Jul 21 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
Event of Interest
Jul 22 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR

Don Mattingly
- Jul 23 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
- Jul 23 Chris Boardman cycles a world record 1 hour distance of 52.27 km
- Jul 23 NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
- Jul 24 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
- Jul 24 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
- Jul 25 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
- Jul 25 US Open Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Lauri Merten fires a final round 68 (−4) to win her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson
- Jul 25 Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it 3 straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
Federation Cup
Jul 25 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain wins 2nd title with 3-0 win over Australia; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-3 win against Nicole Provis

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- Jul 27 Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees
- Jul 27 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
- Jul 27 NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games
- Jul 28 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
- Jul 29 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession
- Jul 31 Toronto Blue Jays obtain future Baseball Hall of Fame OF Rickey Henderson from Oakland in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera
Hall of Fame
Aug 1 14-time MLB All Star Reggie Jackson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY

Reggie Jackson
- Aug 1 England wins the women's cricket World Cup for the first time since the inaugural event in 1973 with a 67 run victory over New Zealand at Lord's
- Aug 2 Maryland investors led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos buy the Baltimore Orioles at auction in New York for $173m, nearly $50m more than ever paid for a baseball team
- Aug 4 Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits in 11-10 win v Giants, 4th time this season the Padre has 5 or more hits; ties MLB record
- Aug 11 NY Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke
Event of Interest
Aug 11 Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out (Danny Tartabul-NY)

Roger Clemens
- Aug 13 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
- Aug 13 4th Athletics World Championships open at Stuttgart, Germany
- Aug 14 Reggie Jackson Day - NY Yanks retire 13th # (#44)
- Aug 15 75th PGA Championship Men's Golf, Inverness GC: Paul Azinger wins his first major title in a playoff with Greg Norman of Australia
Event of Interest
Aug 15 Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1

Nolan Ryan
Baseball Record
Aug 23 Fred McGriff & David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game

David Justice
- Aug 24 Padres scores 14 in 1st vs Cardinals
Golf Major
Aug 29 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), London Hunt GC: Brandie Burton wins in a playoff from Betsy King

Betsy King
- Aug 29 93rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris
- Aug 31 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
- Sep 1 Goran Ivanišević and Daniel Nestor play a 20–18 tiebreaker in their US Open first round match, eventually won by Ivanišević 6–4, 7–6, 7–6(20–18); longest tiebreak in US Open history
- Sep 4 Penn State University plays its first football game in the Big 10, beating Minnesota 38-20; quarterback John Sacca throws 4 touchdown passes to Bobby Engram
- Sep 4 New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 4 Mats Wilander beats fellow Swede Mikael Pernfors in a US Open marathon 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 4 hours, 1 minute; match ends at 2:26am

Mats Wilander

Mikael Pernfors
- Sep 7 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds
- Sep 8 Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
- Sep 8 Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in Astros' 7-1 win over NY Mets
- Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins 15th Grand Slam singles title, 3rd US title; beats Helena Suková 6-3, 6-3
- Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his second US title; beats Frenchman Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
- Sep 16 Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield is 19th to get 3,000 hits
- Sep 18 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
- Sep 18 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
- Sep 19 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years
- Sep 19 San Diego Chargers' kicker John Carney boots 6 field goals in an 18-17 win over Houston to set a new NFL record with 29 consecutive field goals made
- Sep 22 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
- Sep 26 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: US beats Europe, 15-13; Davis Love III secures victory for the US beating Costantino Rocca at the 18th, 1 up
- Sep 26 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
- Sep 26 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4
Event of Interest
Sep 26 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship; after race Prost announces his retirement at the end of the season

Alain Prost
- Sep 28 Dennis Martínez is 7th to win 100 games in AL & NL
Boxing Title Fight
Oct 1 In his first World Boxing Council heavyweight title defence Lennox Lewis beats fellow Londoner Frank Bruno by TKO in 7 at the National Stadium in Cardiff, Wales

Lennox Lewis

Frank Bruno
- Oct 3 Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox Chicago
- Oct 6 After 9 seasons & 3 Championships with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan announces his retirement from the NBA; returns on March 18, 1995 and leads Bulls to another 3 NBA titles
- Oct 12 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2
- Oct 13 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
- Oct 13 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
- Oct 20 Highest scoring, longest lasting World Series game - Toronto Blue Jays score 6 runs in 8th inning to defeat Philadelphia Phillies 15-14, in 4 hr-14 min slugfest at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

Garry Kasparov
- Oct 23 World Series Baseball: Defending champion Toronto Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6 in Game 6 at the SkyDome, Toronto; MVP: Blue Jays infielder Paul Molitor