Events in Sport
- 1912 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium
- 1913 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
- 1928 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam
- 1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
- 1929 24th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
- 1929 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium
- 1931 White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12
- 1933 NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions
- 1935 29th Tour de France won by Romain Maes of Belgium
Donald Bradman
- 1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
- 1952 Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell as Cincinnati Reds manager
- 1956 43rd Tour de France won by Roger Walkowiak of France
- 1957 White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game
- 1972 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
- 1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's
Event of Interest
1977 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge
Ian Botham
- 1984 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
Golf Major
1985 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Pat Bradley wins by 1 from Jane Geddes
Pat Bradley
Jane Geddes
- 1985 L Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan, & H Wilhelm inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Golf Major
1987 42nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies
Laura Davies
Event of Interest
1991 12th U.S. Senior Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Baseball Record
1991 Dennis Martínez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history
Dennis Martínez
- 1991 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Bay State Golf Classic
- 1991 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3' 36" for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
- 1992 Groundbreaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
- 1994 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
- 1994 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels
Event of Interest
1996 NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
Darryl Strawberry
Event of Interest
1997 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
Mark Messier
Event of Interest
2002 89th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
Lance Armstrong
- 2002 British Open Seniors Golf, Royal County Down: Noboru Sugai of Japan wins by 2 shots from John irwin of Canada
Birthdays in Sport
- 1888 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)
- 1891 Ron Oxenham, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32)
- 1901 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979)
- 1911 Gerhard Stoeck, German javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1936)
- 1924 Fred Fisher, cricketer (one Test for NZ v SA 1953)
- 1931 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's)
- 1933 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1936 Russ Jackson, Canadian football player
- 1936 Sir Garfield (Gary) Sobers, West Indian cricket all-rounder, captain (93 Tests, 57.78 batting average), born in Bridgetown, Barbados
- 1938 Luis Aragonés, Spanish football manager, born in Hortaleza, Madrid (d. 2014)
- 1942 Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster
Bill Bradley
1943 Bill Bradley, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and Democratic US Senator (1979-97), born in Crystal City, Missouri
Bill Bradley
- 1943 Lawrence Elkins, football player FL (Houston Oilers)
- 1944 Daniel Morelon, French 1K speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72)
- 1947 Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1968)
- 1947 Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic gold 1968)
- 1947 Miguelina Cobian, Cuban 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Santiago de Cuba
- 1949 Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
- 1954 Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer
- 1958 Terry Fox [Terrance Stanley], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canadian one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope)
- 1961 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
- 1964 Bruce Wilkerson, NFL tackle (Jaguars, GB Packers-Super Bowl 31)
- 1964 Dave Alexander, NFL center (NY Jets)
- 1967 Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
- 1969 Corey Raymond, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
- 1969 Garth Snow, Wrentham Mass, US hockey goalie (Olympics 1994, Flyers)
- 1969 Jaimie Dawson, Canadian badminton player (Olympics 1996), born in Geneva, Switzerland
- 1969 Jarrod Hanks, American gymnast (Olympic-92, 96), born in Lafayette Louisiana
- 1969 Wendi Simmons, American heptathlete, born in Santa Rosa, California
- 1970 Paul Strang, cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994-)
- 1971 Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
- 1972 Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire)
- 1972 Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
- 1972 Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
- 1973 Nixon A McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996)
- 1977 Aki Berg, Finnish NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Raisio, Finland
- 1977 Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player, born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- 1979 Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
- 1981 Michael Carrick, English footballer, born in Wallsend, England
- 1984 DeMeco Ryans, American football player, born in Bessemer, Alabama
- 1984 Zach Parise, American ice hockey player, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1988 Casper Johansen, Danish footballer
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1962 NBA player Lenny Wilkens (24) weds Marilyn Reed
Lenny Wilkens
Wedding of Interest
2001 Six-time golf winner Nick Faldo (44) weds third wife Valerie Bercher on a lavish ceremony in Windsor, England
Nick Faldo
Deaths in Sport
- 1934 Louis Tancred, cricketer (fourteen Tests batting for South Africa 1905-14), dies
- 1971 Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)
- 1974 Jack Ellis, cricketer (Victorian WK, Ashes tourist 1926), dies
- 1983 Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies
- 1986 Syd Curnow, South African cricketer (168 runs in 7 Tests), dies
- 2009 Jim Johnson, NFL Assistant Coach, Eagles Defensive Coordinator from 1999-2009 (b.1941)
- 2013 George Scott, American MLB player, dies at 69
- 2013 Frank Castillo, American MLB player, drowns at 44
- 2014 Jon Erikson, American swimmer 1st to triple cross English Channel (1981), dies at 58
- 2015 Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder, dies at 66
- 2018 Ian Stanley, Australian golfer (British Open Seniors 2001), dies of cancer at 69
- 2018 Bruce Lietzke, American golfer (13 PGA Tour wins), dies of brain cancer at 67