Events in Sport
- 1883 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw wins third straight Wimbledon title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- 1888 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Ernest Renshaw wins his lone major title; beats defending champion Herbert Lawford 6-3, 7-5, 6-0
- 1895 Lancashire batsman Archie MacLaren scores the first-ever quadruple-hundred (424) in first-class cricket against Somerset at Taunton
- 1896 Indian born K S Ranjitsinhji debuts for England v Australia in 2nd Test at Old Trafford; first Indian to play Test cricket
- 1902 John McGraw becomes manager of MLB New York Giants; 30 year tenure begins (1902-32)
- 1920 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
- 1924 NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games
- 1936 NY Giants are 10½ games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
PGA Championship
1938 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Shawnee CC: 1934 champion Paul Runyan dominates the heavily favoured Sam Snead, 8 & 7; largest victory margin ever in the event's match play format
Sam Snead
Event of Interest
1941 Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game
Joe DiMaggio
- 1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
- 1945 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets
- 1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
Event of Interest
1948 MLB manager merry-go-round: Philadelphia Phillies - Ben Chapman out / Eddie Sawyer in; NY Giants - Mel Ott out / Leo Durocher in; Brooklyn Dodgers - Durocher out / Burt Shotton in
Leo Durocher
- 1950 FIFA World Cup Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay beats Brazil, 2-1
Historic Publication
1951 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published by Little Brown and Company
J. D. Salinger
- 1955 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina clinches his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd to fellow Mercedes driver Sterling Moss in the British Grand Prix at Aintree
- 1956 Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
- 1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
- 1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
- 1961 48th Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France scores his second Tour general classification category title
LPGA Championship
1967 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Whitworth wins by 1 stroke from Shirley Englehorn
Kathy Whitworth
- 1975 Major League Baseball owners re-elect Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to a 7-year term
- 1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn
- 1985 All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres)
Baseball Record
1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
Don Mattingly
Event of Interest
1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100m in 9.78 sec
Carl Lewis
- 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
US Women's Golf Open
1989 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Betsy King wins the first of her 2 consecutive titles, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez
Betsy King
Nancy Lopez
Event of Interest
1995 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: J C Snead wins his lone career major title as he birdies first playoff hole against Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
US Women's Golf Open
1995 US Open Women's Golf, The Broadmoor: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins her first of 10 LPGA major titles with a 1 shot victory over Meg Mallon
Meg Mallon
Event of Interest
2000 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Raymond Floyd wins his 4th and final Champions Tour major by 1 stroke from Larry Nelson and Dana Quigley
Ray Floyd
Larry Nelson
Sports Awards
2003 11th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Serena Williams win
Lance Armstrong
Serena Williams
- 2006 14th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sörenstam win
- 2006 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Bobby Wadkins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Jim Thorpe
- 2008 79th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Yankee Stadium, New York
- 2013 84th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-0 at Citi Field, New York
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2017 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilić 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for a record 8th Wimbledon men's title
Roger Federer
- 2017 US Open Women's Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin
Event of Interest
2017 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Caves Valley GC: Scott McCarron wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Brandt Jobe and Germany's Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Birthdays in Sport
- 1887 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, American baseball outfielder (Black Sox Scandal; World Series 1917, Chicago WS), born in Pickens County, South Carolina (d. 1951)
- 1910 Stan McCabe, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, batting av. 48.21, top score 232), born in Grenfell, New South Wales (d. 1968)
- 1912 Milt Bocek, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
- 1920 Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (four Tests for Pakistan v India 1952-53), born in Lahore, British India (d. 2002)
- 1927 John Warr, English cricket bowler (avg 281) and president (MCC), born in Ealing, Middlesex, England (d. 2016)
- 1928 Jim Rathmann, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1960; Race of Two Worlds at Monza 1958), born in Alhambra, California (d. 2011)
- 1931 Norm Sherry, American baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets) and manager (California Angels), born in NYC, New York (d. 2021)
- 1932 Oleg Protopopov, Russian olympic pairs skater (Gold 1964, 68), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1932 Max McGee, American football player (Green Bay Packers), born in Overton, Texas (d. 2007)
- 1934 George Perles, American football coach (Michigan State University 1983-94; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2020)
- 1936 Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian cricketer (Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's), born in Bangalore, Karnataka
Margaret Smith Court
1942 Margaret Smith Court, Australian tennis player (1970 Grand Slam, 24 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Albury, New South Wales
Margaret Smith Court
Jimmy Johnson
1943 Jimmy Johnson, American NFL coach (Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins), born in Port Arthur, Texas
Jimmy Johnson
- 1945 Barry Dudleston, English cricketer and cricket umpire, born in Bebington, Cheshire
- 1946 Ron Yary, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1946 John Hollins, British retired footballer, born in Guildford, Surrey
- 1950 Dennis Priestley, English darts player (PDC World Champion 1994), born in Mexborough, England
- 1952 Phil Carrick, English cricketer (Yorkshire County Cricket Club), born in Armley, Yorkshire, England (d. 2000)
- 1957 Włodzimierz Smolarek, Polish soccer player (FC Utrecht), born in Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland (d. 2012)
- 1959 Gerd Wessig, East German high jumper (1st male to set high jump world record at Olympics (2.36m [7' 9"] Moscow), born in Lübz, Germany
- 1959 Gary Anderson, NFL placekicker (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa
- 1960 Gisela Beyer, German discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980), born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany
- 1960 Terry Pendleton, American baseball infielder (Florida Marlins), born in Los Angeles, California
Mikael Pernfors
1963 Mikael Pernfors, Swedish Tennis Star (1986 French Open finalist), born in Malmö, Sweden
Mikael Pernfors
- 1963 Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach, born in Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
- 1964 Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist (Tour de France winner 1991-95), born in Villava, Spain
- 1965 Charles Smith, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
- 1965 Claude Lemieux, Canadian NHL forward (Team Canada, Colorado), born in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada
- 1966 Chip Lohmiller, NFL kicker (New Orleans Saints), born in Woodbury, Minnesota
- 1966 Jyrki Lumme, Finnish NHL defenseman (Canucks, Finland Olympic bronze 1998), born in Tampere, Finland
- 1966 Warren Sallenback, Canadian cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in South Surrey, British Columbia
- 1967 Roger Duffy, American NFL guard and center (NY Jets), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1967 Christopher Rocancourt, French con artist, born in Honfleur, Calvados, France
- 1968 Ariel Solomon, American NFL center and guard (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1968 Barry Sanders, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1988, Oklahoma State; 10 x Pro Bowl; NFL MVP 1997, Detroit Lions), born in Wichita, Kansas
- 1969 Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netball player, born in Adelaide, Australia
- 1970 Phil Graham, Canadian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1970 William Van Landingham, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Columbia, Tennessee
- 1971 Chris Thomas, American NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers), born in Burbank, California
- 1972 Aaron Glenn, American NFL cornerback and kick returner (NY Jets), born in Humble, Texas
- 1973 Shaun Pollock, South African cricket all-rounder, captain (108 Tests, 3,781 runs @ 32.21, 421 wickets; 303 ODIs) and broadcaster (SuperSport), born in Port Elizabeth, RSA
- 1973 Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist, born in Varese, Italy
- 1974 Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard (Olymp-bronze-96), born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- 1974 Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby league and union footballer, born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1975 Bas Leinders, Belgian racing car driver, born in Bree, Belgium
- 1976 Anna Smashnova, Russian tennis star (1993 Futures-Erlangen GER), born in Minsk, Russia
- 1976 Tomasz Kuchar, Polish rally driver, born in Wrocław, Poland
- 1976 Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguyan footballer and coach, born in Asunción, Paraguay
- 1979 Chris Mihm, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1980 Adam Scott, Australian golfer (US Masters 2013), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- 1982 Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer (Pars Jonoubi), born in Santa Ana, Costa Rica
- 1984 Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver, born in Tokyo
- 1989 Gareth Bale, Welsh soccer winger (Tottenham, Real Madrid, Wales), born in Cardiff, Wales
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1988 Canadian NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky (27) weds American 'Police Academy 5' / 'A League of Their Own' actress Janet Jones (27) in Edmonton, Alberta
Wayne Gretzky
Deaths in Sport
- 1931 Charles Studd, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Middlesex) and missionary (Cambridge Seven), dies from untreated gallstones at 70
- 1956 Brian Norton, South African tennis player (Wimbledon 1921 runner-up), dies at 56
- 1992 "Gorgeous" George [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84
- 1992 Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51
- 1992 Johnny Martin, cricketer (NSW & Australian chinaman bowler), dies
- 1994 Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91
- 1995 Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine auto racer (World F1 champion 1951, 1954-57), dies of kidney failure at 84
- 2007 Tom Brooks OAM, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), dies at 88
- 2011 Forrest Blue, American football player (b. 1944)
- 2013 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norwegian ski jumper who took the Olympic oath in 1952, dies at 85
Nate Thurmond
2016 Nate Thurmond, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (7-time NBA All Star), dies of leukemia at 74
Nate Thurmond
- 2018 Manuel Ycaza, Panamanian jockey (Belmont Stakes 1964; Racing Hall of Fame), dies of pneumonia at 80
- 2019 Pat Bowlen, American Pro Football Hall of Fame team owner (Denver Broncos), dies of complications of Alzheimer's disease at 75
- 2020 Vladimir Obukhov, Russian basketball coach (Soviet Union & Malta men's national teams; MBC Dynamo Moscow), dies at 84
- 2020 Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball second baseman (MLB All Star 1960²; Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers), dies from stroke complications at 84
