Events in Sport
- 1884 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out
- 1922 42nd Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Gerald Patterson beats R Lycett (6-3 6-4 6-2)
Golf Major
1926 30th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 293 at Scioto CC in Ohio
Bobby Jones
- 1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- 1960 UEFA European Championship Final: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in Paris
- 1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
- 1962 All star MVP: Maury Wills (LA Dodgers)
- 1964 British Open Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, 5 strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus
- 1968 US Major League baseball announces it will split into 2 divisions for 1969
- 1971 100th British Open 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
- 1976 British Open 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
- 1988 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
- 1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- 1990 All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
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 his debut as a NY Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final: 0-0 a.e.t. but US wins 2nd WC, 5-4 on penalties over China at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
- 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
Tennis Open
2016 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his 2nd Wimbledon and 3rd Grand Slam title
Andy Murray
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
- 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 cricketer (dashing South African batsman of 20's), 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 middleweight boxing champion (1949-51) (portrayed in Raging Bull), born in The Bronx, 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)
- 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 Tour golfer (1966 Quebec Open), born in Kitchener, Ontario
- 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
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 star (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 player (opener, 10122 Test runs), 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
- 1960 Roger Craig, Americna football NFL reciever (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 Michael McCarron, PGA golfer (1995 Las Vegas-3rd), 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
- 1970 Klaas Van Noortwijk, cricketer (Holland batsman 1996 World Cup)
- 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
- 1973 Claudius Wright, WLAF CB (London Monarchs)
- 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
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
- 1884 Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
- 1909 Flooi Du Toit, South African cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies at 40
- 1956 Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1963 Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
- 1978 Joe Davis, English snooker player (World Champion 1927-40, 1946), dies at 77
- 1994 Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84
- 2000 Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
- 2008 Mike Souchak, professional golfer (b. 1927)