Events in Sport
- 1884 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out
Event of Interest
1920 Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary
Tris Speaker
- 1922 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
US Golf Open
1926 US Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa
Bobby Jones
Baseball Record
1934 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig & Foxx in All star game
Carl Hubbell
Baseball Record
1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game
Chuck Klein
British Golf Open
1953 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevails by 4 strokes over Dai Rees, Antonio Cerdá, Peter Thomson, Frank Stranahan
Ben Hogan
- 1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- 1960 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1
- 1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
British Golf Open
1964 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, 5 strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
- 1968 US Major League baseball announces it will split into 2 divisions for 1969
- 1971 100th British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan
Event of Interest
1975 Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair
Graham Gooch
British Golf Open
1976 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Johnny Miller wins his only Open championship, 6 strokes clear of Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus; Miller's second and last major title
Seve Ballesteros
Jack Nicklaus
Event of Interest
1990 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
Richard Hadlee
- 1992 John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners
- 1992 US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
- 1997 Hideki Irabu makes MLB debut as a NY Yankee, beats Tigers 10-3
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: US beats China, 5-4 on penalties; 0-0 a.e.t; US second World Cup
- 2001 72nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Safeco Field, Seattle
Sports Awards
2002 10th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Venus Williams win
Venus Williams
Tiger Woods
- 2005 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Peter Jacobsen wins his second Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Hale Irwin
- 2007 78th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-4 at AT&T Park, San Francisco
- 2012 83rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
- 2016 UEFA European Championship, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Eder scores in extra time as Portugal upset France, 1-0
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2016 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his 2nd Wimbledon and 3rd Grand Slam title
Andy Murray
- 2016 US Open Women's Golf, CordeValle GC: American Brittany Lang wins her first major title by 3 strokes in a 3-hole playoff over Anna Nordqvist of Sweden
Event of Interest
2018 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2m, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time
Cristiano Ronaldo
Birthdays in Sport
- 1865 Bobby Lowe, American baseball second baseman (first player to hit 4 HRs in one MLB game, 1894), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1951)
- 1874 Austin Diamond, Australian cricketer (NSW batsman 1899-1919, Aust), born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England (d. 1966)
- 1888 Graham McNamee, American early sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl), born in Washington D. C. (d. 1942)
- 1899 Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist, born in Gränichen, Switzerland (d. 1978)
- 1900 Bob Catterall, South African cricket batsman (24 Tests, 3 x 100s), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1961)
- 1917 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player, born in Buffalo, Missouri (d. 2000)
- 1921 Eunice Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder (Special Olympics), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 2009)
Jake LaMotta
1922 Jake LaMotta, American boxer (world middleweight champion 1949-51, immortalised in 'Raging Bull'), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
Jake LaMotta
- 1922 Herb McKenley, Jamaican 4 X 400m relay runner (Olympic gold 1952), born in Pleasant Valley, Clarendon, Jamaica (d. 2007)
- 1924 Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
- 1925 Dorothea Hochleitner, Austrian giant slalom (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Bad Gastein, Austria (d. 2012)
- 1927 Don Revie, English footballer and soccer manager (Leeds and England), born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 1989)
- 1927 Jack Kelley, American ice hockey coach (Colby College; Boston University 1962-72; NE Whalers), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
- 1928 Jack Nel, South African cricketer (South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2018)
- 1928 Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2003)
- 1929 Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (Canadian Golf Hall of Fame), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 2004)
- 1932 Carlo Mario Abate, Italian racing driver, born in Turin, Italy
- 1933 Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwanese decathlete (Olympic silver 1960), born in Taitung, Taiwan (d. 2007)
- 1934 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1959-62), born in Leiah, British India (d. 2012)
- 1935 Wilson Whineray, New Zealand All Black rugby player (1957-65), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2012)
- 1940 Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer (aggressive Australian opener 1966-74), born in Collingwood, Australia
- 1940 Tommy Troelsen, Danish soccer striker (16 caps; Vejle Boldklub) and broadcaster (Danmarks Radio, dk4), born in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark (d. 2021)
Arthur Ashe
1943 Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (3 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1993)
Arthur Ashe
Virginia Wade
1945 Virginia Wade, English tennis player (US Open 1968, Australian Open 1972, Wimbledon 1977), born in Bournemouth, England
Virginia Wade
- 1945 John Motson, British sports (football) commentator, born in Salford, Lancashire, England
- 1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian Cricket Batsman and captain (125 Tests, 10,122 runs @ 51.12; 34 Test centuries), born in Bombay, India
- 1952 Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast (nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union), born in Grozny, Russia
Andre Dawson
1954 Andre Dawson, American MLB outfielder (Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP), born in Miami, Florida
Andre Dawson
- 1954 José González, Peruvian soccer goalkeeper (20 caps; Alianza Lima), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1987)
- 1960 Roger Craig, American NFL receiver (4-time Pro Bowl; 3-time Super Bowl; SF 49ers), born in Davenport, Iowa
- 1962 Mike Saxon, American NFL punter (Minnesota Vikings), born in Whittier, California
- 1964 Felipe Martinez, jockey
- 1964 Urban Meyer, American football coach
- 1964 Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
- 1965 Buddy Groom, pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1965 Scott McCarron, American golfer (Senior Players C'ship 2017), born in Sacramento, California
- 1966 Alvoid Mays, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1966 Johnny Grunge, wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1967 Alfred Jackson, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1967 Virgil Breedveld, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
- 1967 Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
- 1968 Hassisba Boulmerka, Algeria, 1500m (Olympic gold 1992)
- 1969 Marty Cordova, outfielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1971 Adam Foote, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche, Team Canada), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1971 Brent Alexander, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1971 Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer
- 1975 Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
- 1976 Edmílson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
- 1979 Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
- 1980 Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
- 1982 Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
- 1985 Mario Gómez, German footballer
- 1995 Ada Hegerberg, Norwegian football striker (first women's Ballon d'Or winner), born in Molde, Norway
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
2010 Actress and fourth season American Idol winner Carrie Underwood (29) weds Nashville Predators ice hockey player Mike Fisher (32) at Ritz Carlton Lodge in Greensboro, Georgia
Carrie Underwood
- 2010 NBA star Carmelo Anthony (25) weds actress Lala Vasquez (30) at Cipriani 42nd St. in New York City
Deaths in Sport
Paul Morphy
1884 Paul Morphy, American chess player considered the greatest of his era (1857-61), dies at 47
Paul Morphy
- 1909 Flooi Du Toit, South African cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies at 40
- 1935 Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), dies at 80
- 1956 Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1963 Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
- 1973 Wallace "Bud" Smith, American boxer (World lightweight title 1955-56), dies of gunshot wounds at 49
- 1978 Joe Davis, English snooker player (World Champion 1927-40, 1946), dies at 77
- 1994 Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66
- 1994 Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84
- 2000 Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
- 2008 Mike Souchak, American golfer (15 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1959, 61), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 2019 Jim Bouton, American baseball pitcher, author and broadcaster (NY Yankees, MLB All Star 1968, "Ball Four"), dies of cerebral amyloid angiopathy at 80
- 2019 Walt Michaels, American NFL linebacker, coach (5-time Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns; head coach NY Jets 1977-82), dies at 89
- 2020 Corra Dirksen, South African rugby union winger (10 caps; Northern Transvaal), dies from COVID-19 complications at 82
- 2020 Jack Charlton, English soccer defender (35 caps; World Cup 1966; Leeds United) and manager (Middlesborough, Sheffield Wed, Newcastle, Rep of Ireland), dies from lymphoma and dementia at 85
- 2020 Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (World C'ship gold 500m 2019; Olympic bronze 3000m relay 2018), dies from an autoimmune disease at 27
- 2020 Olga Tass, Hungarian gymnast (Olympic gold, team portable apparatus 1956), dies at 91
