Events in Sport
- 1859 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-74 in 1st innings for an All-England Cricket XI v Surrey CCC at The Oval in London
- 1865 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancashire in a county cricket match at Old Trafford, Manchester
- 1912 V Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in Stockholm, Sweden
US Golf Open
1921 US Open Men's Golf, Columbia CC: Englishman Jim Barnes wins the 3rd of his 4 major titles by 9 strokes ahead of runners-up Walter Hagen and Fred McLeod
Jim Barnes
Walter Hagen
Baseball Record
1923 Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson becomes 1st to reach 3,000 career strikeout milestone (en route to 3,508) with 5 K's in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians
Walter Johnson
- 1923 17th Tour de France won by Henri Pelissier of France
Event of Interest
1925 NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League)
Leo Durocher
- 1926 Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves
- 1936 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johnny Moore hits 3 straight home runs in a 16-4 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates
- 1955 Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3 to complete a team record 11-game winning streak; longest win-streak since 1892
PGA Championship
1962 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Aronimink GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins by 1 stroke from Bob Goalby
Gary Player
- 1962 Chicago White Sox outfielder Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) as WS defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3 at Fenway Park
Boxing Title Fight
1963 In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
- 1967 Atlanta Braves establish MLB record for number of pitchers called upon in one inning; 5 used in 9th inning of 5-4 defeat to St. Louis Cardinals
- 1972 59th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium takes 4th consecutive general classification title as well as points and combination events
- 1973 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Susie Maxwell Berning wins by 5 from Gloria Ehret & Shelley Hamlin for her third national title
- 1973 60th Tour de France won by Luis Ocana of Spain
- 1979 66th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
British Golf Open
1984 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his 2nd of 3 Open titles by 2 shots from Bernhard Langer & Tom Watson
Seve Ballesteros
Bernhard Langer
Tom Watson
Federation Cup
1984 22nd Federation Cup Women's Tennis, São Paulo, Brazil: Czech pair Hana Mandlíková & Helena Suková beat Australians Elizabeth Sayers & Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-2 for a 2-1 victory
Hana Mandlikova
- 1984 71st Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France
British Golf Open
1990 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart
Nick Faldo
Payne Stewart
Golf Tournament
1990 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson
- 1990 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
Event of Interest
1993 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
Don Mattingly
- 1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
Murder of Interest
1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder
O.J. Simpson
Event of Interest
1997 Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches
Greg Maddux
- 2001 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: David Duval wins his only major title by 3 shots from Niclas Fasth of Sweden
- 2007 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Irishman Pádraig Harrington beats Sergio García of Spain by 1 in a 4-hole aggregate playoff to claim his first major championship; first Irishman to win the Open in 60 years
Appointment of Interest
2013 Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists)
Mike Babcock
- 2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men's major championship - 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England
- 2018 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Francesco Molinari holds off a pack of players including favourites Rory McIlroy & Justin Rose to win by 2; first Italian to win a major title
- 2018 Seattle basketball guard Sue Bird plays record 500th WNBA game as Storm go down 87-74 to the Atlanta Dream; finishes career on 508 games for Seattle
- 2019 NFL Dallas Cowboys named most valuable sports team in the world worth $5 billion, MLB New York Yankees 2nd at $4.6 billion, Real Madrid 3rd with $4.2 billion according to Forbes
Meeting of Interest
2019 Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Imran Khan
Donald Trump
Birthdays in Sport
- 1863 Alec Hearne, English cricketer (brother of George and Frank, Kent 1884-1910, born in Ealing (d. 1952))
- 1892 John MacBryan, cricketer (one Test Eng v South Africa 1924 DNBat, DNbowl)
- 1893 Jesse Haines, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- 1905 Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. 1990)
- 1909 Licia Albanese, Italian-American operatic soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1940-66), born in Torre Pelosa (now Bari), Italy (d. 2014)
- 1909 Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (d. 2000)
- 1916 Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
- 1916 Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
- 1922 Patricia Canning Todd, American tennis player, born in San Francisco (d. 2015)
- 1927 George Hunter, South African boxer (Olympic gold light heavyweight 1948), born in Brakpan, South Africa (d. 2004)
- 1929 John Barber, British racing driver
Sonny Liston
1930 Sonny Liston, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1962-64), born in Johnson Township, Arkansas (d. 1970)
Sonny Liston
- 1932 Bob Reade, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (NCAA Div III C'ship 1983-86; AFCA Div III Coach of the Year 1983–86; Augustana Vikings), born in Monticello, Iowa (d. 2020)
- 1935 Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer (5 Tests 1964-65)
- 1936 Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 9 wickets), Hadfield, England
- 1937 John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler (1964-72)
- 1937 V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler (early 1960's)
- 1940 Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic gold 1976)
- 1941 Susie Berning, American golfer (US Women's Open 1968, 72-73, Western Open 1965), born in Pasadena, California
- 1941 Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
- 1944 Sparky Lyle, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1973, 76, 77; World Series 1977, 78; AL Cy Young Award 1977; NY Yankees), born in DuBois, Pennsylvania
- 1944 Dennis Firestone, Australian racing driver
- 1949 Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic gold 1972, 76)
- 1952 Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979)
- 1957 Dave Stieb, American MLB pitcher (7-time All Star, Blue Jays), born in Santa Ana, California
- 1960 Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-9-92, 96)
- 1961 Calvin Fish, English racing driver
- 1962 Alvin Robertson, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
- 1963 Eddie Anderson, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
- 1963 Emilio Butragueno, Spanish footballer
- 1964 Rafael Addison, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
- 1965 Alondra Johnson, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
- 1965 Doug Riesenberg, NFL tackle (NY Giants)
- 1966 Anna Wood, Roeumond Neth, Dutch/Australian canoeist (Olympics 1988, 96)
- 1966 Tim Brown, American Pro and College Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (Heisman Trophy 1987, Notre Dame; 9 x Pro Bowl, LA/Oakland Raiders), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1967 Shawn Wilbourn, US decathlete
- 1968 Sean Vanhorse, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
- 1970 Dan Jones, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
- 1970 Melvin Aldridge, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
- 1970 Sergei Zubov, Russian NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh), born in Moscow, Russia
- 1970 W R Tillman, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1970 Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
- 1971 Kristine Marie Lilly, American soccer midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in NYC, New York
- 1971 William Bell, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
- 1972 Keyshawn Johnson, American NFL wide receiver (Super Bowl 2002; Pro Bowl 1998-99, 2001; ESPN), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1973 Mike Sweeney, American baseball player
- 1977 Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
- 1978 Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer, (d. 2012)
- 1979 Lucas Luhr, German racing driver
- 1979 Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
- 1980 Scott Dixon, New Zealand auto racer (IndyCar Drivers' champion 2003, 08, 13, 15, 18), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1980 Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
- 1982 Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri lankan cricketer
- 1983 Steven Jackson, American football player
- 1984 Stewart Downing, English footballer (Middlesborough), born in Middlesborough, England
- 1985 Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-American rugby player
- 1995 Ezekiel Elliott, American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), born in Alton, Illinois
Weddings in Sport
- 2007 Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila Ali (30) weds former NFL player Curtis Conway (36) in Marina del Rey, California
Deaths in Sport
- 1937 Ted McDonald, cricketer (43 wickets for Australia), dies in car crash
- 1958 Karl Nunes, cricketer (1st WI Test captain 1928), dies
- 1966 Edward Gourdin, American long jumper (Olympic silver 1924) and jurist, dies at 68
- 1969 Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
- 1979 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
- 1979 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
- 1982 Lloyd Waner, American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (MLB All Star 1938; batting average over .300 x 10; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from emphysema at 76
- 1987 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
- 1995 Harold Larwood, England cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, Bodyline Series v Australia 1932-33), dies at 90
- 1995 Roley Jenkins, English cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 32 wickets), dies at 76
- 2007 Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
- 2011 Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
- 2013 Lawrie Reilly, Scottish soccer striker (38 caps; Hibernian 253 games, 185 goals), dies at 84
- 2018 Tony Sparano, American NFL coach (Miami Dolphins 2008-11), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 2018 Rene Portland, American college basketball coach (Penn State 1980-2007), dies of cancer at 65
- 2020 Carlton Haselrig, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1992; Pittsburgh Steelers) and wrestler (6 x NCAA titles; Pitt-Johnstown), dies from liver disease at 54
