Events in Sport
Event of Interest
1955 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
Roy Campanella
- 1956 XVI Summer Olympic Games close in Melbourne, Australia; start of an Olympic tradition - amidst international tensions, athletes mingle together, parade into and around MCG arena for final appearance to close the Games
Event of Interest
1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Event of Interest
1961 Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
Wilt Chamberlain
Event of Interest
1966 A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
Roger Maris
Event of Interest
1973 Romanian tennis star Ilie Năstase wins his 3rd consecutive season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix title with a 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 win over Dutchman Tom Okker in Boston, Massachusetts
Ilie Năstase
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1984 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Helena Suková 6-7, 6-1, 6-3; continues streak of winning at least 1 major per year since 1973
Chris Evert
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1985 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg wins 1st career Grand Slam singles title; beats defending champion & fellow Swede Mats Wilander 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Mats Wilander
Event of Interest
1987 Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st goalie to actually score a goal
Ron Hextall
- 1988 Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109
Event of Interest
1994 Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
Darryl Strawberry
Birthdays in Sport
- 1904 Wilmer Allison, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1935), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1977)
- 1914 Ernie Toshack, Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 47 wickets), born in Cobar, NSW (d. 2003)
- 1917 Ian Johnson CBE, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (45 Tests; 109 wickets), born in North Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1998)
- 1920 McDonald Bailey, British-Trinidadian 100m runner (Olympic bronze 1952), born in Williamsville, Trinidad (d. 2013)
- 1922 George Fullerton, South African cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51), born in Kensington, South Africa (d. 2002)
- 1923 Joe Burke, American baseball executive (president KC Royals 1981-92), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1992)
- 1927 Ferdie Pacheco, American boxer and physician (the "Fight Doctor"), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2017)
- 1935 Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player (Women's Soviet Chess Championship 1960, 62, 63), born in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR (d. 2017)
- 1936 Peter Parfitt, English cricketer (fine England batsman of the 1960's), born in Billingford, Breckland, Norfolk, England
- 1936 Buster Farrer, South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64), born in King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa
- 1940 Brant Alyea, American baseball player
- 1941 Geoff Hurst, cricketer (Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal)
- 1941 Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
- 1942 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974)
- 1950 Tim Foli, American baseball player
- 1953 Roy Firestone, American sportscaster (Life's Most Embarrassing Moments), born in Miami, Florida
- 1955 Ian Greig, cricketer (brother of Tony Two Tests for England 1982)
- 1958 Wayne Dickert, slalom double canoe (Olympic 11th 1996), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 1958 George Rogers, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1980, U of South Carolina; #1 pick 1981 NFL Draft; Super Bowl 1987; NO Saints, Washington Redskins), born in Duluth, Georgia
- 1962 Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star (PSV)
Steve Elkington
1962 Steve Elkington, Australian golfer (PGA Championship 1995; 10 PGA Tour titles), born in Inverell, New South Wales
Steve Elkington
- 1964 James Martinez, Santa Fe NM, rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1965 Greg Truitt, NFL safety/linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1965 Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
- 1965 Troy Sadowski, American NFL tight end (Cin Bengals), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1966 Joe Staysniak, American NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts), born in Elyria, Ohio
- 1966 Les Ferdinand, English footballer who scored 149 goals in the Premier League for various clubs, born in Acton, London
- 1967 Jeff George, American NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1967 Ron George, American linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Heidelberg, Germany
- 1967 Tony Mayberry, American NFL center (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Würzburg, Germany
- 1967 Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager, born in Stretford, United Kingdom
- 1968 Bill Johnson, American football defensive tackle (St Louis Rams), born in Minnesota
- 1968 Mike Mussina, American baseball pitcher (5-time MLB All Star), Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- 1969 Antoon Kuil, Dutch soccer player (Veendam, SC Heerenveen)
- 1969 Victor Green, American NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets), born in Americus, Georgia
- 1971 James Stewart, American NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings), born in Vero Beach, Florida
- 1972 Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer, born in Lubango, Angola
- 1973 Mitch Jacoby, American football tight end (St Louis Rams), born in Port Washington, Wisconsin
- 1973 Monty Montgomery, American football defensiveback (Indianapolis Colts), born in Gladewater, Texas
- 1974 Paul Staight, Australian badminton player (Olympics 1996), born in Victoria, Australia
- 1975 Kevin Harvick, American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series Champion 2014), born in Bakersfield, California
- 1976 Reed Johnson, American baseball player, born in Riverside, California
- 1977 Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer, born in Valence, France
- 1977 Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver, born in South Bend, Indiana
- 1978 Kate Robinson, American figure skater and ice dancer, born in Peoria, Illinois
- 1978 Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
- 1978 John Oster, Welsh footballer, born in Boston, England
- 1978 Vernon Wells III, American baseball center fielder (Toronto Blue Jays; 3-time MLB All-Star & Gold Glove), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- 1979 Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer, born in Malmö Municipality, Sweden
- 1979 Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby league footballer, born in Macksville, Australia
- 1980 Brandt Snedeker, American golfer (US Masters 2008, British Open 2012 3rd), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1981 Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player, born in Phoenix, Arizona
- 1981 Philip Rivers, American NFL quarterback (San Diego, LA Chargers), born in Decatur, Alabama
- 1982 Dee Dee Trotter, American athlete, born in California, United States
- 1982 Hamit Altintop, German-born Turkish football player (identical twin brother of Halil Altintop), born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- 1982 Halil Altintop, German-born Turkish football player (identical twin brother of Hamit Altintop), born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- 1983 Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver, born in Rorschach, Switzerland
- 1983 Liu Song, Chinese snooker player, born in Beijing, China
- 1984 Greg Halford, English footballer, born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom
- 1984 Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1985 Dwight Howard, American basketball player (Charlotte Hornets), born in Atlanta, Georigia
- 1986 Amir Khan, English boxer, born in Bolton, United Kingdom
- 1989 Drew Doughty, Canadian hockey player, born in London, Canada
- 1994 Raheem Sterling, British-Jamaican football player (Manchester City, English national team), born in Kingston, Jamaica
Weddings in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1951 Bobby Lowe, American baseball second baseman (first player to hit 4 HRs in one MLB game, 1894), dies at 86
Tris Speaker
1958 Tris Speaker, American baseball player, hit more doubled than Pete Rose, dies at 70
Tris Speaker
- 1982 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies
- 1987 José Casanova, Peruvian soccer midfielder (10 caps; Alianza Lima), dies in Alianza Lima air disaster at 23
- 1987 Marcos Calderón, Peruvian soccer coach (Peru 1975-79; Copa América 1975), dies in Alianza Lima air disaster at 59
- 1987 José González, Peruvian soccer goalkeeper (20 caps; Alianza Lima), dies in Alianza Lima air disaster at 33
- 2006 José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
- 2010 Murray Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey centre and NCAA coach (Detroit Red Wings; coach University of Denver 1956-77, 5 NCAA C'ships), dies at 94
- 2019 Rogério Pipi, Portuguese soccer forward (15 caps; Benfica), dies at 97
- 2020 Alejandro Sabella, Argentine soccer midfielder (8 caps; River Plate, Sheffield United, Estudiantes) and manager (Argentina 2011-14), dies from heart disease at 66