Events in Sport
- 1906 Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
- 1912 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium
- 1928 IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Michigan)
- 1929 24th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
- 1929 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium
- 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins 3 straight titles as Henri Cochet beats American George Lott 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory
- 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
- 1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 4 straight titles for GB as Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory
Donald Bradman
- 1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
- 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
Golf Major
1985 Canadian Open Women's 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
US Women's Golf Open
1987 US Open Women's Golf, Plainfield CC: England's Laura Davies won the first of her 4 major titles in an 18-hole Tuesday playoff over runners-up Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner
Laura Davies
Event of Interest
1987 Ángel Cordero Jr.becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
Ángel Cordero Jr.
- 1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
- 1989 Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50
US Senior Golf Open
1991 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by 4 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff
Jack Nicklaus
Baseball Record
1991 Dennis Martínez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history
Dennis Martínez
- 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
Federation Cup
1991 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Nottingham, England: Spain wins first title with 2-1 victory over US; Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinch final 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson
Zina Garrison
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1992 Groundbreaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
Baseball Record
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
Ken Griffey Jr.
Event of Interest
1996 NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
Darryl Strawberry
- 1996 Americans Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly first to win gold in both indoor and beach events
- 1996 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Defending champion Brian Barnes of Scotland wins by 3 strokes from Bob Charles and David Oakley
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
- 2012 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley (4:28.43) to take the gold medal at the London Olympics
- 2019 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by 2 strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
- 2019 106th Tour de France: 22 year old Egan Bernal becomes first ever Colombian and Latin American winner; Points champion: Peter Sagan of Slovakia
Event of Interest
2019 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his 4th Senior Open by 2 strokes from Paul Broadhurst
Bernhard Langer
Birthdays in Sport
- 1888 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)
- 1891 Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32), born in Nundah, Queensland (d. 1939)
- 1901 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball pitcher (MLB record career double plays [79] 1938-64) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 1979)
- 1902 Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 1969)
- 1903 Colin Gregory, English tennis player (Australian C'ship 1929, chairman All-England Club, Wimbledon), born in Beverley, England (d. 1959)
- 1911 Gerhard Stoeck, German javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1936)
- 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, born in Hamilton, Ontario
- 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 soccer forward (11 caps; Atlético Madrid) and manager (Spain 2004-08; Atlético Madrid, Barcelona), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2014)
- 1942 Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster, born in Portsmouth, Virginia
Bill Bradley
1943 Bill Bradley, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (2-time NBA champion NY Knicks), Democratic US Senator (1979-97), born in Crystal City, Missouri
Bill Bradley
- 1943 Larry Elkins, football player (Houston Oilers)
- 1944 Daniel Morelon, French speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72), born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France
- 1947 Barbara Ferrell, American runnerr (Olympic gold 1968), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- 1947 Elena Belova, Russian foils fencer (Olympic gold 1968), born in Sovetskaya Gavan, Soviet Union
- 1947 Miguelina Cobian, Cuban 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Santiago de Cuba
- 1949 Vida Blue, American MLB pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971), born in Mansfield, Louisiana
- 1951 Doug Collins, American basketball shooting guard (NBA All-Star 1976–79; Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia) and broadcaster (CBS, NBC, TNT, TBS, ABC/ESPN), born in Christopher, Illinois
- 1954 Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer (Kerry), born in Tralee, Ireland
- 1958 Terry Fox, Canadian one-legged distance runner (Marathon of Hope 1980), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1981)
- 1961 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter, born in Grodno, Soviet Union
- 1964 Dave Alexander, American NFL center (NY Jets), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- 1967 Alex Galtcheniouk, American hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1969 Garth Snow, American hockey goalie (Olympics 1994, Flyers), born in Wrentham Massachusetts
- 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
- 1969 Dana White, American Ultimate Fighting Championship President, born in Manchester, Connecticut
- 1970 Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner), born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia
- 1972 Ed Templeton, American skateboarder (Toy Machine), born in Garden Grove, California
- 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
- 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
- 1984 John David Washington, American football player and actor (BlacKkKlansman), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1988 Casper Johansen, Danish footballer
- 1989 Amy Yang, South Korean golfer (US Open 2012, 15 runner-up), born in Seoul, South Korea
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, South African cricketer (fourteen Tests batting for South Africa 1905-14), dies at 57
- 1971 Myril Hoag, American baseball player, dies at 63
- 1974 Jack Ellis, Australian 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
- 1986 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), dies at 74
- 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 (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991; Nottinghamshire), dies from a brain tumour at 66
- 2018 Ian Stanley, Australian golfer (British Senior Open 2001), dies of cancer at 69
- 2018 Bruce Lietzke, American golfer (13 PGA Tour wins; US Senior Open 2003), dies of brain cancer at 67
- 2020 John McNamara, American MLB manager (American League Manager of the Year 1986; Boston Red Sox), dies at 88
- 2020 Aleksandr Aksinin, Russian athlete (Olympic gold, 4×100m relay 1980; bronze 1976), dies at 65
