Events in Sport
Event of Interest
1946 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
Ted Williams
- 1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
- 1953 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
- 1956 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
- 1963 50th Tour de France won by Jacques Anquetil of France
- 1964 51st Tour de France is won for a record fifth time by Jacques Anquetil of France
- 1965 52nd Tour de France won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
- 1966 53rd Tour de France won by Lucien Aimar of France
- 1967 Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal
Event of Interest
1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick
Hank Aaron
- 1970 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
- 1970 All star MVP: Carl Yastremski (Boston Red Sox)
- 1972 Plate umpire and catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is umpire & Tom Haller is Tigers catcher, KC Royals win 1-0
- 1973 British Open Golf, Royal Troon GC: American Tom Weiskopf wins wire-to-wire by 3 strokes from Johnny Miller and Neil Coles
- 1974 Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by umpire from 2 games in 1 day
- 1978 Umpire Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls
- 1985 40th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Baker
Golf Major
1986 US Open Women's Golf, NCR CC: Jane Geddes wins in a playoff with Sally Little
Jane Geddes
- 1987 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
Event of Interest
1987 All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)
Tim Raines
Event of Interest
1987 Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Event of Interest
1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
Mike Schmidt
Mickey Mantle
Golf Major
1991 46th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Meg Mallon
Meg Mallon
Event of Interest
1996 14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Raymond Floyd
Ray Floyd
Tennis Open
2018 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Angelique Kerber becomes the first German since Steffi Graf (1996) to win Wimbledon beating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3
Serena Williams
Birthdays in Sport
- 1884 Charles Meldrum Daniels, swimmer (Olympic gold 1904, 08), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1898 A. B. "Happy" Chandler, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1991)
- 1923 Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (d. 1989)
- 1932 Roosevelt Grier, Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On)
- 1934 [Robert] Lee Elder, PGA golfer (1974 Monsanto Open), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1937 Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner (took 2-116 at 16 in only Test)
- 1944 Billy McCool, American baseball player
- 1947 Steve Stone, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1949 Joyce Benson, LPGA golfer
- 1951 Judi Brown, American 400m hurdler (Olympic silver 1984), born in East Lansing, Michigan
- 1957 Peter Webb, NZ cricketer (batsman against West Indies 1980)
- 1959 Rodney Rash, horse trainer
- 1962 Diane Ratnik, volleyball setter (Olympics-8-92, 96), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1963 Bel Le Harper, NFL tight end (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1964 Barbara Chiu, Canada table tennis player (Olympic 33-92, 96), born in Guangzhou, China
- 1964 Brett J Ogle, Paddington Austral, PGA golfer (1993 AT&T Pebble Beach)
- 1964 Jack Kay Jr, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Singapore Open), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1965 Reina Olea, female jockey
- 1966 D J Johnson, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1967 Glen Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1967 Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer (Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman)
- 1967 Leonardo Lavalle, Mexican tennis star
- 1967 Robin Ventura, infielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Santa Maria, California
- 1969 Jose Hernandez, Hato Rey Puerto Rico, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
- 1970 Mark Brandenburg, pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas
- 1970 Mark Strickland, NBA forward (Miami Heat)
- 1970 Michelle Sawatzky, Steinbach Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics 1996)
- 1970 Todd Rucci, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
- 1972 Ben Talley, NFL linebacker (NY Giants), born in Griffin, Georgia
- 1972 Joe Aska, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
- 1972 Lou Roe, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
- 1972 Matthew Campbell, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers)
- 1973 Kieren Perkins, Brisbane QLD Aust, 1500m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-92, 96)
- 1973 Halil Mutlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
- 1974 Erick Dampier, NBA center (SF Warriors)
- 1975 Matthew Kessinger, figure skater (1995 Gt Lakes Jr champ), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1975 Tim Hudson, American baseball player
- 1976 Geraint Jones, English cricketer
- 1979 Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player
- 1980 George Smith, Australian Rugby player
- 1987 Adam Johnson, English footballer (Sunderland), born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
- 1988 James Vaughan, English footballer, born in Birmingham
- 1988 Conor McGregor, Irish professional boxer (UFC Lightweight and Featherweight Champion), born in Dublin, Ireland
Weddings in Sport
- 1996 "Green Bay Packer" quarterback Brett Favre (26) weds Deanna Tynes (27) at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Deaths in Sport
- 1917 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910 champion), dies at 29
- 1925 Pancho Villa [Francisco Guilledo], Filipino world boxing champion, dies at 23
- 1930 W H Ashley, cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies
- 1938 Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies
- 1940 Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies
- 1949 Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for South Africa), dies
- 1951 Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies at 89
- 1983 Jack MacBryan, cricketer (Test for England 1924), dies
- 1984 Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
- 1996 Jeff Krosnoff, CART driver (b. 1964)
- 2007 John Ferguson Sr, former professional hockey player (b. 1938)
- 2013 Matt Batts, American MLB player, dies at 91
- 2014 Alice Coachman, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1948), dies of cardiac arrest at 90