Events in Sport
Tennis Open
1924 38th U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6-1, 6-3)
Helen Wills Moody
Golf Tournament
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open
Betsy Rawls
Golf Major
1970 PGA Championship, Southern Hills CC: Dave Stockton wins 1st of 2 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from Bob Murphy and Arnold Palmer
Dave Stockton
- 1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open
- 1976 PGA Championship, Congressional CC: Dave Stockton wins 2nd PGA C'ship in a Monday bad weather finish; by 1 from Ray Floyd & Don January
- 1976 St Louis Cards beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo)
- 1981 Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
- 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
- 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
- 1987 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9
- 1987 Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
- 1992 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. Charles CC: American Sherri Steinhauer wins first of 2 majors (British Open 2006) by 3 from Judy Dickinson
Golf Major
1992 PGA Championship, Bellerive CC: Nick Price of Zimbabwe wins by 3 from John Cook, Nick Faldo, Jim Gallagher & Gene Sauers
Nick Price
- 1997 For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia)
- 1997 The South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana wins against the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at First National Bank stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1998 PGA Championship, Sahalee CC: Vijay Singh of Fiji wins by 2 shots from American Steve Stricker
Event of Interest
2003 Cristiano Ronaldo (18) makes his debut for Manchester United and the Premier League in a 4–0 home victory over Bolton Wanderers
Cristiano Ronaldo
World Record
2008 Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt sets new world record of 9.69 seconds to win the coveted 100m gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Usain Bolt
- 2009 PGA Championship, Hazeltine National GC: Yang Yong-eun of South Korea wins his first major title by 3 strokes from Tiger Woods
- 2009 12th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 100m
- 2015 PGA Championship, Whistling Straits GC: Australian Jason Day wins setting major championship record of 20-under-par; beats Jordan Spieth by 3
Birthdays in Sport
- 1860 Lord Hawke [Martin Bladen Hawke], English cricketer (England batsman 1890's), born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1938)
- 1862 Amos Alonzo Stagg, American athlete and American football pioneer, born in West Orange, New Jersey (d. 1965)
- 1912 Ted Drake [Edward Joseph Drake], English footballer, born in Southampton, England (d. 1995)
- 1914 Tullio Pandolfini, Italian water polo (Olympic gold 1948)
- 1916 Iggy Katona, American race car driver, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2003)
- 1925 Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
- 1929 Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
- 1930 Frank Gifford, American NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster, born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2015)
Tony Trabert
1930 Tony Trabert, American tennis player (5-time Grand Slam singles winner)), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Tony Trabert
- 1934 Sam Trimble, cricketer (Queensland batsman, 12th man for Aust, no Test)
- 1935 Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
- 1936 Anita Gillette, American actress (Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1944 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test)
- 1947 John Howard, American Olympic cyclist (1985 land speed record 152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT), born in Springfield, Missouri
- 1948 Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player
- 1950 Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic gold 1976)
- 1950 Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer (great Aussie fast bowler 1972-85)
- 1952 Mahes Goonatillake, cricketer (Sri Lankan keeper in their 1st 5 Tests)
- 1953 Nick Leyva, baseball manager (Phillies 1988-91)
- 1956 Colleen Walker, LPGA golfer (1988 Mazda Champions), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1956 Dominic Erban, French rugby international player
- 1956 Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist
- 1958 Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star
- 1959 Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist
- 1961 Christian Okoye, American football player
- 1963 Scott Dunlap, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 South African Masters), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1964 Jimmy Arias, tennis player (US Davis Cup team), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1964 Nigel Redman, English rugby international player
- 1965 Eric van der Luer, soccer player (Roda JC)
- 1965 Todd McNair, NFL running back/kick returner (Houston Oilers)
- 1965 Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur TX, pitcher (Houston Astros)
- 1966 Ed Olczyk, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1966 Rosey Edeh, Canadian 400m hurdler (Olympics-4-92, 96), born in London, England
- 1966 Terry Shumpert, infielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Paducah, Kentucky
- 1967 Bret Barberie, infielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Long Beach, California
- 1967 Matt Vanderbeek, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
- 1968 Eric Jonassen, American WLAF offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals), born in Baltimore
- 1969 Ben Coates, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
- 1969 Carl Henkel, beach volleyballer (Olympics 1996), born in Torrance, California
- 1970 Adrian Hardy, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
- 1970 Dena Head, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
- 1970 Eric Swann, NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1970 Lester Smith, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts)
- 1970 Quinton McCracken, outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
- 1970 Wilco Hellinga, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
- 1970 Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster
- 1971 Nigel Williams, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
- 1971 Troy Alexander, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- 1971 Willie Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1971 Stefan Klos, German footballer
- 1972 Eddie Goines, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1972 Michael Reed, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers), born in Maplewood, Minnesota
- 1972 Michael Thornberry, American team handball circle (Olympics 1996), born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
- 1972 Zach Wiegert, American college and professional football player (St Louis Rams), born in Fremont, Nebraska
- 1972 Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer, born in Perth, Australia
- 1973 Damian Jackson, American baseball player
- 1974 Bryan Chiu, CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes), born in Vancouver, Canada
- 1974 Krizstina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer (5 x Olympic gold backstroke/medley 1988, 92, 96), born in Budapest, Hungary
- 1974 Roger Cedeno, Venezuelan outfielder (LA Dodgers), born in Valencia, Venezuela
- 1974 Ryan Longwell, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Seattle, Washington
- 1974 Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- 1975 Felicia Zimmermann, American fencer (Olympics 1996), born in Rochester, New York
- 1975 Didier Agathe, French footballer, born in Saint-Pierre, Réunion
- 1976 Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1978 Eddie Gill, American basketball player, born in Aurora, Colorado
- 1978 Fu Mingxia, Chinese female diver, born in Wuhan, China
- 1979 Monder Rizki, Belgian athlete, born in Brussels, Belgium
- 1981 Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer, born in Asunción, Paraguay
- 1982 Joleon Lescott, English footballer, born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- 1983 Colton James "Colt" Brennan, NFL Quarterback (Washington Redskins), born in Laguna Beach, California
- 1983 Nikos Zisis, Greek basketball player, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1919 NFL player Curly Lambeau (21) weds high school sweetheart Marguerite Van Kessel in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Curly Lambeau
Deaths in Sport
- 1960 Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies
- 1983 Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
- 2002 John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
- 2004 Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1950)
- 2004 Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
- 2008 Elena Leuṣtean, Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist (b. 1935)
- 2010 Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player, dies at 86