Events in Sport
Tennis Open
1896 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Charlotte Cooper beats Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 6-3
Charlotte Cooper
- 1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4
- 1945 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
- 1956 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
- 1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
- 1957 PGA Championship, Miami Valley GC: Lionel Hebert wins 2 & 1 from Dow Finsterwald; last time event played under match-play format
- 1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)
PGA Championship
1963 PGA Championship, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from fellow American Dave Ragan
Jack Nicklaus
- 1964 Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
PGA Championship
1968 PGA Championship, Pecan Valley GC: Julius Boros (48) becomes oldest winner of a major; wins by 1 from Bob Charles & Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Event of Interest
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
Hank Aaron
British Golf Open
1979 British Open Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins by 3 from Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw; Nicklaus runner-up for record 7th time
Seve Ballesteros
Jack Nicklaus
British Golf Open
1985 British Open Golf, Royal St George's GC: Scotsman Sandy Lyle wins his only Open title by 1 stroke from runner-up Payne Stewart; last time event features double cut (after 36 and 54 holes), introduced in 1968
Payne Stewart
- 1985 72nd Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
Boxing Title Fight
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
Mike Tyson
- 1991 British Open Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood
- 1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
- 1995 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
- 1996 British Open Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier
- 1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
- 1996 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark
British Golf Open
2002 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Ernie Els of South Africa wins first of 2 Open titles in a playoff from Australians Stuart Appleby & Steve Elkington, and Frenchman Thomas Levet
Steve Elkington
Event of Interest
2002 With a record 6 races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his 5th F1 World Drivers Championship with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours; 3rd straight title win
Michael Schumacher
- 2007 New Zealand beats Australia, 26-12 at Eden Park, Auckland to win their 3rd consecutive Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter lands 7 penalties for the All Blacks
British Golf Open
2013 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden
Phil Mickelson
- 2013 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
Birthdays in Sport
- 1895 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
- 1908 Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), born in Monticello, Kansas (d. 1996)
- 1928 Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1929 Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1930 Gene Littler, American golfer (1961 US Open, 29 PGA Tour titles), born in San Diego, California (d.2019)
- 1931 Gene Fullmer, American boxer (world middleweight champion), born in West Jordan, Utah (d. 2015)
- 1932 Ernie Warlick, American football player
- 1934 Chandu Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67)
- 1935 Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1942 Fred Hetzel, NBA star (SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1942 Mike Hegan, MLB player (NY Yankees), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2013)
- 1943 Jerry McGee, American golfer (US Ryder Cup 1977, 4 PGA Tour titles), born in New Lexingon, Ohio
- 1945 Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman (4 Tests for South Africa)
- 1945 Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler (1974-80)
- 1945 John Lowe, English darts player
- 1946 Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Polish lightweight (Olympic gold 1976)
- 1947 Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener (Gavaskar's partner for a while)
- 1948 Ed Hinton, American sportswriter
- 1948 John Hart, American Major League Baseball executive (Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves), born in Tampa, Florida
- 1949 Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic silver 1972)
- 1949 Al Hrabosky, baseball player
- 1950 Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
- 1951 Doug Collins, American basketball player (Olympic silver 1972)
- 1951 Slick Watts, NBA (Seattle SuperSonic)
- 1953 Brian Talbot, British footballer
- 1959 Stuart Young-Black, Cheshire England, Canadian equestrian (Olympics 1996)
- 1960 Fritz Walter, German footballer, born in Mannheim, Germany
- 1961 Don Wilson, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
- 1961 Henry Ellard, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
- 1963 Kevin Poole, English footballer
- 1965 Mike Bordick, Marquette MI, infielder (Oakland A's)
- 1965 Gudni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1965 Jovy Marcelo, Filipino racing driver (d. 1992)
- 1966 Larisa Neiland, Lvov Ukraine, tennis star (1996 Essen winner)
- 1967 Lance Painter, Bedford England, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
- 1967 Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star
- 1968 Brandi Chastain, soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in San Jose, California
- 1968 Johnnie Barnes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1968 Lyle Odelein, Quill Lake Sask, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Montreal)
- 1970 Bryce Florie, Charleston FLA, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
- 1970 Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1972 Dennis Military man, soccer player (Sparta/Vitesse)
- 1972 Joe Rudolph, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1972 Kimera Bartee, outfielder (Detroit Tigers), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1972 Lilach Parisky, Israel, Women's foil fencer (Olympics 1996)
- 1972 Martin Miller, CFL safety (BC Lions)
- 1973 Stephen Clarke, Sutton Coldfield England, Canada swimmer (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
- 1974 Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player
- 1975 Mike Sellers, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1975 Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer (Test pace bowler)
- 1977 Allison Wagner, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic silver 1996)
- 1977 Paul Casey, English golfer (Ryder Cup wins 2004, 06, 18; 3 PGA Tour titles, 13 European Tour titles), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- 1978 Kyoko Iwosoki, Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1992, 96)
- 1978 Gary Teale, Scottish football player
- 1978 Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992), born in Numazu, Japan
- 1979 David Carr, American football player
- 1979 Tamika Catchings, American basketball player
- 1980 CC Sabathia, American baseball player
- 1981 Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
- 1981 Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- 1981 Titus Bramble, English footballer
- 1983 Kellen Winslow II, American football player
- 1984 Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
- 1984 Paul Davis, American basketball player
- 1985 Von Wafer, American basketball player
- 1988 Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer
- 1989 Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer
- 1992 Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
Weddings in Sport
- 2005 Tennis star player Lleyton Hewitt (24) weds "Home and Away" TV actress Bec Cartwright (22) at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia
Deaths in Sport
- 1927 J J Lyons, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
- 1932 Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player
- 1943 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 42
- 1952 Silvio Cator, Haitian athlete long jumper (Olympic silver 1928), dies at 51
- 1957 Rockley Wilson, cricketer (bro of Clem, Test for England 1921), dies
- 1967 Jimmie Foxx, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (9-time MLB All Star), dies at 59
- 1970 Bob Kalsu, American football player, dies at 25
- 1972 Ralph Craig, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 83
- 1991 Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
- 1995 Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59
- 2003 John Davies, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (b. 1938)
- 2010 Ralph Houk, MLB catcher, coach, manager (6-time World Series champion), dies at 90
- 2017 Peter Doohan, Australian professional tennis player, dies from motor neurone disease at 56
July in History
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Stormy Birth for the House of Windsor
Britain’s King with his German connections faced resentment when World War 1 bombs fell on London. It led, on this day, to a change of name for the monarchy.
July 17, 1917![First Lady Pours Scorn Upon a King]()
First Lady Pours Scorn Upon a King
American independence from Britain was declared and on this day a future US President's wife expressed her joy.
July 21, 1776![Spoonerism – Or Just A Lack Of Pies?]()
Spoonerism – Or Just A Lack Of Pies?
A Spoonerism is a phrase that comes out all wrong, and the man responsible for them, William Spooner, was born on this day. Did he just get bad Press?
July 22, 1844![Light and Air For All – With No Charge!]()
Light and Air For All – With No Charge!
One of Britain's most hated taxes, which had been in force for more than 250 years, was finally abolished on this day.
July 24, 1851
