Events in Sport
- 1887 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Richard Sears wins 7th straight US singles title; beats Henry Slocum 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
- 1892 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, R.I.: Three straight US singles titles to Oliver Campbell; beats Fred Hovey 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- 1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)
- 1906 Hal Chase becomes 1st NY Yankee to hit three triples in a game
- 1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11
- 1912 St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1
- 1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled
- 1926 Jack Hobbs scores 316 not out at Lord's (Surrey v Middlesex)
US Open Women's Tennis
1927 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Wills Moody beats England's Betty Nuthall Shoemaker 6-1, 6-4 for her 4th of 7 US singles titles
Helen Wills Moody
Betty Nuthall
- 1939 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456)
- 1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
- 1941 St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 2-0
- 1944 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769)
- 1945 12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753)
- 1960 Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7
- 1960 US women's 4 x 100m medley relay team swims world record 4:41.1 to beat Australia and win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler & Chris von Saltza
Baseball Record
1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game
Jack Fisher
Event of Interest
1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball
Casey Stengel
- 1969 69th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Steve Melnyk
- 1972 Japanese breaststroker Nobutaka Taguchi beats American pair Tom Bruce & John Hencken to win the 100m gold medal in world record 1:04.94 at the Munich Olympic Games
- 1972 Australian teenage swimmer Shane Gould with a world record 4:19.04 for the 400m, wins her second of 3 gold medals at the Munich Olympics
- 1972 American women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Shirley Babashoff, Jane Barkman, Jenny Kemp & Sandy Neilson beats East Germany by just 0.36 to win gold at the Munich Olympics; world record 3:55.19
Olympic Gold
1972 Amidst Olga Korbut mania at the Munich Olympics, Soviet teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva wins the gymnastics individual all-round competition, her 2nd gold medal of the Games
Olga Korbut
- 1972 Slalom canoeing is introduced at the Munich Olympics with East Germany winning all 4 events
Event of Interest
1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match
Ian Botham
US Men's Tennis Open
1979 In a wild encounter at the US Open, John McEnroe beats Ilie Năstase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Năstase is defaulted by the umpire then reinstated
John McEnroe
Ilie Năstase
- 1981 Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to win a $1 million thoroughbred horse race when John Henry takes the inaugural Arlington Million by a nose over The Bart
- 1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
- 1986 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54)
- 1987 87th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair
Baseball Record
1987 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minn 10-6 win over Milwaukee
Kirby Puckett
- 1987 Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record 2.09m (6'10½"), one of the most long-standing records in athletics
- 1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)
- 1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls
Event of Interest
1987 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m after Ben Johnson is disqualified
Carl Lewis
- 1988 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games
- 1991 Dan O'Brien sets US decathlon record with 8,812 points
- 1991 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
- 1992 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard
- 1997 1st WNBA Championship: Houston Comets beat NY Liberty
- 1997 Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (US Open)
Baseball Record
2006 Greg Maddux wins his 330th career game
Greg Maddux
Event of Interest
2012 Andy Roddick announces he will retire following the U.S. Open
Andy Roddick
Birthdays in Sport
Ted Williams
1918 Ted Williams, American baseball player and last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47), born in San Diego, California (d. 2002)
Ted Williams
Vic Seixas
1923 Vic Seixas, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1953, US Nat C'ship 1954), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vic Seixas
- 1928 Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (Casner Motor Racing Division team), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1965)
- 1930 Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer (8 Tests for NZ 1955-58), born in Winton, New Zealand (d. 1981)
- 1934 Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), born in Bombay, India
- 1937 Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team, born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1970)
- 1942 Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner (19 Tests 1964-73), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- 1943 Jean-Claude Killy, French alpine skier (3 Olympic gold 1968), born in Paris, France
- 1944 Tug McGraw, American baseball player and father of Tim McGraw, born in Martinez, California (d. 2004)
- 1948 Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
- 1952 Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis star, born in Poznan, Poland
- 1953 Robert Parish, American Basketball Hall of Fame center (Boston Celtics; 9-time NBA All-Star), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- 1955 Butch [Richard Andrew] Johnson, American archer (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1962 Ricky Sanders, American NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins), born in Temple, Texas
- 1964 Stephen Baker, American NFL receiver (NY Giants), born in San Antonio, Texas
- 1964 Steve Smith, American NFL fullback (Seattle Seahawks), born in Wshington, D.C.
- 1964 Gavin Fisher, British engineer (Williams Formula One)
- 1966 John Terry, Canadian CFL tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Greenwood, North Carolina
- 1967 Barbara Kendall, New Zealand mistral sailor (Olympic gold 1992, silver 1996, bronze 2000), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1967 Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer (New Zealand all-rounder), born in Hereford, England
- 1968 Vladimir Malakhov, Russian NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens), born in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
- 1971 Joseph Fitzgerald, American team handball center back (Olympics 1996), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1972 Jose Herrera, outfielder (Oakland A's), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1972 Pavel Nedvěd, Czech football player (Lazio, Juventus), born in Cheb, Czechoslovakia
- 1974 Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist
- 1975 Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian soccer defender (105 caps; Espérance, Bolton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Southampton), born in Tunis, Tunisia
- 1976 Mike Koplove, American baseball player (Team USA 2008), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1977 Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer
- 1977 Shaun Alexander, American NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks, NFL MVP 2005), born in Florence, Kemtucky
- 1977 Marlon Byrd, American baseball player, born in Boynton Beach, Florida
- 1978 Cliff Lee, American baseball player, born in Benton, Arkansas
- 1979 Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player, born in Ciudad Evita, Argentina
- 1982 Will Davison, Australian racing driver (Bathurst 100 2009, 2016), born in Melbourne, Australia
Andy Roddick
1982 Andy Roddick, American tennis player (2003 US Open), born in Austin, Texas
Andy Roddick
- 1983 Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer, born in Paso de los Libres, Argentina (d. 2007)
- 1984 Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
- 1985 Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer, born in Swansea, Wales
- 1985 Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer (2 Olympic golds, 1 silver), born in Katherine, Australia
- 1985 Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer (3 Olympic medals), born in Perth, Australia
- 1985 Steven Smith, Scottish footballer (Rangers), born in Bellshill, Scotland
- 1988 Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player, born in Riga, Latvia
Weddings in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1949 Arthur Fielder, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies at 72
- 1952 Arky Vaughn, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (MLB All-Star 1934–42; NL batting champion 1935; NL stolen base leader 1943), drowns whilst fishing at 40
- 1989 Joe Collins, American baseball first baseman (World Series 1949–53, 56; New York Yankees), dies at 66
- 2008 Tommy Bolt, American golfer (US Open 1958), dies at 92
- 2016 Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (7 Olympic gold 1964, 68), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
