Events in Sport
- 1852 America's first intercollegiate sporting event takes place as the Harvard heavyweight rowing crew beats Yale by 2 lengths over 2 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
- 1881 US National Lawn Tennis Association removes "National" from its name
- 1906 Washington Nationals' Tom Hughes becomes first MLB pitcher to win a 1-0 extra innings game off his own home run in 10th v St. Louis Browns
Event of Interest
1909 MLB umpire Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting in the face of A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins who had questioned a call; 2 weeks later Hurst banned for life
Eddie Collins
Event of Interest
1923 Baseball games cancelled following the death of US President Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Event of Interest
1930 For the 2nd time in the year, Phillies outfielder Chuck Klein hits safely in 26 straight games, run halted in 2nd game of doubleheader v Boston Braves
Chuck Klein
- 1932 Official automatic timing & photo-finish camera for track events is used for the 1st time at Los Angeles Olympics, instrumental in changing 110m hurdles final, review gives Donald Finley bronze ahead of American Jack Keller
- 1933 Philadelphia A's beat NY Yankees, 7-0, first time in 308 games 'Bronx Bombers' are shut out
Olympic Gold
1936 American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100m (10.3 seconds) in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, first of 4 gold medals at the Games
Jesse Owens
Adolf Hitler
- 1936 Karl Hein (56.49 Olympic record) and Erwin Blask make it a German 1-2 in the hammer throw at the Berlin Olympics
Event of Interest
1941 Joe DiMaggio goes 0-4 in Yankees 6-2 loss v St. Louis Browns, ending his on-base streak of 74 games, 2nd in MLB history
Joe DiMaggio
- 1948 Negro League veteran pitcher Satchel Paige, age 42, debuts in Cleveland after controversial signing, goes 7 innings in 5-3 win v Washington
- 1948 An American clean sweep of the medals in the men's 3m springboard diving at the London Olympics with Bruce Harlan winning gold, Miller Anderson silver and Sammy Lee bronze
- 1948 American divers Vicki Draves, Zoe Ann Olsen and Patsy Elsener go 1-2-3 in a US clean sweep of the medals in the women's 3m springboard at the London Olympics
- 1948 The US 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf and Bill Smith swim a world record 8:46.0 to win gold at the London Olympics
- 1948 An American 1-2 in the men's 200m at the London Olympics with Mel Patton (21.1) beating teammate Barney Ewell
- 1948 An American sweep of the medals in the men's shot put at the London Olympics with Wilbur Thompson taking gold ahead of teammates Jim Delaney & Jim Fuchs
- 1949 Basketball Association of America (BAA) & National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form National Basketball Association (NBA), Maurice Podoloff elected head of new league
- 1952 Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari clinches Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring
- 1952 XV Summer Olympic Games close in Helsinki, Finland
- 1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing, Le Mans disaster & Bill Vukovich death at Indianapolis contributing factors
- 1955 Belgian middle distance runner Roger Moens breaks Rudolph Harbig's long standing 800m world record (1:45.7) in Oslo, Norway
- 1956 American sprinter Willie Williams sets 100m world record at 10.1 in Berlin, Germany
- 1959 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
- 1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in Game 2 of All Star Baseball doubleheader (to boost player pension fund) at LA Memorial Coliseum
- 1960 For the only time in MLB history teams exchange managers as Detroit trades Jimmy Dykes (44-52) for Cleveland's Joe Gordon (49-46)
- 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in exhibition game at CNE Stadium in Toronto
- 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates rout the St. Louis Cardinals, 19-0, the largest lopsided shutout in NL history
- 1962 NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
- 1969 Cincinnati Reds with 25 hits & 10 runs in 5th edge Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 at Connie Mack Stadium
- 1970 The second ever NFL work stoppage ends with NFL and Players' Association agreeing to a 4-year, $19.1 million deal
PGA Championship
1979 Sam Snead, at 67 years, 2 months and 7 days sets the record for the oldest player to make the cut in a major - PGA Championship at Oakland Hills CC
Sam Snead
- 1980 Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein and Tom Yawkey are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1980 XXII Summer Olympic Games close in Moscow, Russia
- 1982 Pitching coach Clyde King becomes NY Yankees 3rd manager of the season replacing Gene Michaels after Yanks swept at home by Chicago WS
- 1984 Mary Lou Retton scores 10 for final vault to win the individual all-round competition in Los Angeles and become first American woman to win an Olympic gymnastics medal
- 1984 17 year old Australian swimmer Jon Sieben stages a withering finish to upset hot favourite Michael Gross of West Germany in 200m butterfly at Los Angeles Olympics, world record (1:57.04)
- 1984 Mexicans Ernesto Canto and Raúl González take the gold and silver medals in the 20k walk at the Los Angeles Olympics
Hall of Fame
1986 Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr and Ernie Lombardi are inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
Willie McCovey
- 1986 First NFL 'American Bowl' exhibition game at London's Wembley Stadium, Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6
- 1987 Detroit Tigers ace Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2, 10 innings loss v Kansas City Royals
- 1987 Twins pitcher Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound in 11-3 win v Angels, ejected and suspended for 10 games
- 1989 Jorge Velásquez wins aboard Maddie Bumpo in the 3rd at Arlington International Racecourse to become only the 5th jockey in the world to ride 6,000 career winners
Baseball Record
1989 Future Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 stolen bases in 9 of his first 11 seasons in MLB
Rickey Henderson
- 1989 Cincinnati Reds set MLB record for most hits in 1st inning of a game with 16 for 14 runs in an 18-1 rout of Houston Astros
- 1990 NY Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas sets a MLB record for hitting 10 home runs in the fewest at bats (72)
- 1996 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin of Spain wins the 52.2k road time trial in 1:04:05, 12 seconds ahead of countryman Abraham Olano at the Atlanta Olympics
Olympic Gold
1996 American Andre Agassi wins the men's singles Tennis gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics beating Spaniard Sergi Bruguera 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Andre Agassi
- 1997 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Glen Abbey GC: Colleen Walker wins by 2 shots from Liselotte Neumann of Sweden
- 1997 Manchester United beats Chelsea 4-2 on penalties to win the Charity Shield, after a bad-tempered 1-all draw at Wembley
- 1998 The Oval stages first competitive cricket match played under floodlights in London when home team Surrey loses to Sussex by 8 wickets in the day/night 40-over fixture
- 1999 Arsenal FC completes a huge signing coup snapping up ace French striker Thierry Henry for a bargain £10 million from Italian club Juventus.
- 2000 England cricket wicket-keeper Alec Stewart becomes only the 4th batsman to score a century (105) in his 100th Test, during the 3rd Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford
- 2001 8th Athletics World Championships open at Edmonton, Canada
- 2001 Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia becomes first athlete to achieve Olympics-World Championships marathon double; runs 2:12:42 to beat Kenya's Simon Biwott by just 0.1s in Edmonton World Championships
- 2004 St. Louis 1st baseman Albert Pujols becomes first player in MLB history to hit at least 30 HRs in each of his first 4 seasons as Cardinals beat Montreal, 10-6
Baseball Record
2006 Barry Bonds' 715th MLB home run ball (moved him past Babe Ruth for 2nd all-time) fetches $220,100 at auction
Barry Bonds
- 2006 Brazilian Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta crashes into a deer during testing at Road America, Wisconsin; seriously injured but returns to racing in 2008
- 2008 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Broadmoor GC: Eduardo Romero of Argentina wins by 4 strokes ahead of Fred Funk for his second Champions Tour major title
- 2008 British Open Women's Golf, Sunningdale GC: Jiyai Shin of South Korea shoots final round 66 (−6) to win her first major championship, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng
Olympic Gold
2012 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 100m butterfly in London to take his all-time Olympic gold medal tally to a record 17
Michael Phelps
Birthdays in Sport
- 1855 Joe Hunter, English cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals; Yorkshire CCC), born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England (d. 1891)
- 1894 Harry Heilmann, American baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1951)
- 1899 Louis Chiron, Monégasque racing driver, born in Monte Carlo, Monaco (d. 1979)
- 1901 John Stennis, American politician, Mississippi Senator, born in Kemper County, Mississippi (d. 1995)
- 1916 José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1978)
- 1933 Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956), born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
- 1937 Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer (3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
- 1937 Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player (French Open 1972), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2019)
- 1940 Lance Alworth, American NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys), born in Houston, Texas
- 1945 Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer, born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1946 Petko Petkov, Bulgarian soccer forward (33 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, Austria Wien), born in Sinitevo, Bulgaria (d. 2020)
- 1948 Pierre Lacroix, Canadian NHL executive (Quebec Nordiques; Stanley Cup 1996, 2001 Colorado Avalanche), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2020)
- 1949 Valeri Vasiliev, Soviet ice hockey defenceman (2x Olympic gold), born in Gorky, Soviet Union (d. 2012)
- 1950 Waldemar Cierpinski, East German runner (Olympic marathon gold 1976, 80), born in Neugattersleben, Germany
Marcel Dionne
1951 Marcel Dionne, Canadian NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers), born in Drummondville, Quebec
Marcel Dionne
- 1952 Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player, born in Córdoba, Argentina
- 1954 Gary Peters, English footballer, born in Carshalton, London
- 1956 Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricket all-rounder (8 Tests; 22 ODIs), born in Mumbai, India
- 1956 Todd Christensen, NFL player (Oakland) and sportscaster, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
- 1960 Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- 1960 Tim Mayotte, American tennis player (Olympic silver 1988), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1961 Ken Wark, Australian field hockey fullback (Olympic 4th/silver-88, 92, 96), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1962 Alberto Tous, Spanish tennis star, born in Palma, Spain
- 1962 Tina Lehtola, Finnish women's ski jumper (world's record holder), born in Finland
- 1963 Libor Pimek, tennis star, born in Most, Czechoslovakia
- 1964 Johnny Thomas, American NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers), born in Houston, Texas
- 1964 Kevin Elster, American baseball infielder (Texas Rangers), born in San Pedro, California
- 1964 Nate McMillan, American NBA guard and head coach (Indiana Pacers 2016-19; Portland, Seattle; NBA steals leader 1994), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1966 Eric Esch, American boxer, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1968 Rod Beck, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1993, 94, 97; San Francisco Giants), born in Burbank, California (d. 2007)
- 1969 Doug Overton, American NBA guard (Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1970 Darren Mickell, American NFL defensive end (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints), born in Miami, Florida
- 1972 Alain Bolduc, Canadian sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1972 Jeff Nygaard, American volleyball middle blocker (Olympics 1996), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1972 John Lilley, American hockey forward (Olympics 1994), born in Wakefield, Massachusetts
- 1972 Sandis Ozolinsh, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche), born in Riga, Latvia
- 1972 Travis Hall, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons), born in Sodoltna, Alaska
- 1973 Kurt Grote, American 100m/200m breaststroke (Olympic 6th 1996)
- 1973 Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer, born in Amyntaio, Greece
- 1974 Blaine Wilson, American gymnast (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Columbus, Ohio
- 1975 N. D. Kalu, American defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1975 Trevor Pryce, American NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1975 Aryiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete, born in Heraklion, Greece
- 1975 Chris Nevin, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper-batsman (37 ODIs, 19 dismissals), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1976 Troy Glaus, American baseball infielder (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Tarzana, Los Angeles
Tom Brady
1977 Tom Brady, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 2001, 03, 04, 14, 17, 18, New England Patriots; NFL MVP 2007, 10, 17; 14 x Pro Bowl), born in San Mateo, California
Tom Brady
- 1977 Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist (Tour de France 2006 winner), born in Mos, Galicia, Spain
- 1978 Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer, born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
- 1979 Kris Jenkins, American NFL defensive tackle (Pro Bowl (20-03, 06, 08; All-Pro 2002-03; Carolina Panthers, New York Jets), born in Ypsilanti, Michigan
- 1980 Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
- 1984 Yasin Avci, Danish footballer, born in Tire, Turkey
- 1984 Sunil Chetri, Indian footballer (Bengaluru FC), born in Secunderabad, India
Ryan Lochte
1984 Ryan Lochte, American swimmer (12-time Olympic medalist), born in Rochester, New York
Ryan Lochte
Divorces in Sport
Divorce of Interest
1979 Professional boxer George Foreman (30) divorces Cynthia Lewis after more than a year of marriage
George Foreman
Deaths in Sport
- 1925 William Bruce, cricketer (drowns 14 Tests for Australia 1885-95), dies
- 1934 Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German equestrian (Olympic gold 1928)
- 1940 Willard Hershberger, American baseball catcher (Cincinnati Reds), commits suicide at 30
- 1948 Tommy Ryan, American boxer (World Welterweight, Middleweight champion), dies at 78
- 1951 Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket-keeper (Test for England 1910), dies
- 1958 Peter Collins, English auto racer (British GP 1958), dies in race accident at German GP at 26
- 1986 Rupert de Smidt, cricketer (Western Province 1911-13), dies at 102
- 1995 Harry Craft, American MLB baseball player and manager, dies at 80
- 2011 Bubba Smith, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Michigan State; Pro Bowl 1970, 71; First Team All Pro 1971; Super Bowl 1971; Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy), dies of acute drug intoxication and heart disease at 66
- 2015 Mel Farr, American NFL running back (Pro Bowl 1967, 70; Detroit Lions), dies of a massive heart attack at 70
- 2016 Chris Amon, New Zealand Formula 1 racer, dies at 73
