Events in Sport
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1900 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats rival and fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Charlotte Cooper
- 1900 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Sydney Smith 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title
- 1901 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper Sterry beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-2 6-2, her 4th of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
- 1905 American boxer Marvin Hart scores a 12th round KO of Jack Root in Reno, Nevada for world heavyweight title
- 1909 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats Josiah Ritchie 6-8, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 for back-to-back titles
- 1913 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: New Zealander Anthony Wilding wins 4th straight Wimbledon title beating American Maurice McLoughlin 8-6, 6-3, 10-8
- 1920 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bill Tilden, becomes first American male to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Gerald Patterson of Australia 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- 1925 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France takes her 6th Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Briton Joan Fry
- 1926 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Briton Kitty Godfree wins her second Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Spaniard Lilí Álvarez
- 1931 German boxer Max Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in 15 in Cleveland in his first heavyweight title defence; first major fight broadcast live on national radio
- 1931 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the first ever all-German final, Cilly Aussem beats Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 6-2, 7-5
- 1932 After 30 years as manager of the New York Giants, John McGraw retires from baseball (2,583 wins / 1,948 losses NY)
- 1936 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home favourite Fred Perry beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 for his third straight Wimbledon singles title
- 1937 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothy Round of England beats Poland's Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 for her second Wimbledon title
- 1944 Oriole Park, then a minor league baseball stadium burns down in Baltimore; cause, speculated discarded cigarette
- 1948 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 8-6 for the first of 3-straight Wimbledon singles titles
PGA Championship
1951 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakmont GC: Sam Snead beats Walter Burkemo, 7 & 6 for his 3rd PGA C'ship title
Sam Snead
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1953 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Vic Seixas wins his only Wimbledon singles title with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Dane Kurt Nielsen
Vic Seixas
Kurt Nielsen
- 1954 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly wins her 3rd consecutive Wimbledon singles title beating fellow American Louise Brough 6-2, 7-5
- 1954 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by a record 12 strokes from Betty Hicks in her comeback event 14 months after radical colon cancer surgery
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1959 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American-based Peruvian Alex Olmedo wins his only Wimbledon title beating Rod Laver of Australia 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Rod Laver
British Golf Open
1959 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: 23 year old South African Gary Player wins the first of his 9 major titles, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Fred Bullock and Flory Van Donck
Gary Player
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1964 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle 6-4, 12-10, 4-6, 6-3; Emerson's 1st of 2 straight Wimbledon titles
Roy Emerson
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1965 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 7-5, her second of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
Maria Bueno
- 1966 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: American Sandra Spuzich wins by 1 from Carol Mann for her only LPGA major title
- 1966 Atlanta Braves Tony Cloninger, 1st NL player and only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a MLB game (17-3 v SF Giants)
- 1968 Cleveland pitcher Luis Tiant strikes out MLB record 19 Minnesota Twins in 1-0 win; record for 10 inning game; also record 32 Ks in consecutive games
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1970 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Billie Jean King 14-12, 11-9 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title, and 3rd leg of her successful Grand Slam
Billie Jean King
- 1970 California Angels pitcher Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
- 1971 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Newcombe of Australia beats American Stan Smith 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his third and final Wimbledon singles title
- 1973 Brothers Gaylord (Hall of Fame) and Jim Perry (3-time All Star) face each other for only time in MLB, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, Gaylord charged with loss
- 1974 Pitching in MLB-record 13th consecutive game for the LA Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1976 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg beats Ilie Năstase of Romania 6-4, 6-2, 9-7 for the first of 5 straight Wimbledon titles
Björn Borg
Ilie Năstase
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1981 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title
Chris Evert
Hana Mandlikova
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1982 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 for the first of 6-straight Wimbledon singles titles
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
- 1983 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Hollis Stacy wins by 2 strokes from JoAnn Carner and Alice Miller
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1983 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American John McEnroe wins 5th career Grand Slam title; outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
John McEnroe
- 1983 Texas Rangers explode for MLB single extra innings record 12 runs in 15th inning of 16-4 win v Oakland
- 1984 After 22 years, England Test cricket spinner Derek Underwood hits a maiden 1st class century (111) for Kent v Sussex at Hastings
- 1984 West Indies cricket opener Gordon Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 242 balls in 9-wicket Lord's Test win v England
Event of Interest
1987 Controversial NY Mets MLB star Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates for criticising his play; he is now an ordained minister
Darryl Strawberry
Golf Major
1988 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Sally Little wins by 1 stroke from Laura Davies of England
Laura Davies
- 1988 Gene Nelson of the Oakland A's becomes first AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 in 9-8 win over Toronto Blue Jays
- 1989 Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3,000m steeplechase world record of 8:05.39 in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1989 Open Mind wins American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies when Nite of Fun is disqualified in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont
- 1991 Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease for the Cleveland Indians to play MLB at Jacobs Field
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1993 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, German Steffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
Steffi Graf
Jana Novotna
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1994 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras successfully defends title against Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 7-6, 7-6, 6-0
Pete Sampras
- 1994 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst Resort: South African Simon Hobday wins by 1 stroke from Graham Marsh of Australia and Jim Albus
- 1994 FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
- 1999 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lindsay Davenport beats Steffi Graf 6-4, 7-5 for her only Wimbledon singles title
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2004 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova becomes first Russian player to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4
Maria Sharapova
Serena Williams
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2005 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer makes it 3 straight Wimbledon titles beating American Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6, 6-4
Roger Federer
Andy Roddick
Event of Interest
2006 Detroit Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman officially retires from the NHL, finishing with 692 goals and 1,755 points
Steve Yzerman
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2010 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams successfully defends her crown overpowering Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2
Serena Williams
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2011 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 for his first Wimbledon title
Novak Đoković
Rafael Nadal
- 2018 Australian cricket batsman Aaron Finch breaks his own T20 International record smashing 172 from 76 balls vs Zimbabwe in Harare, opening stand with D'Arcy Short (223) also a record
Birthdays in Sport
- 1861 Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer), born in Christiansted, Danish West Indies (d. 1901)
- 1902 Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted), born in Brightwater, Nelson (d. 1996)
- 1911 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74), born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire (d. 1990)
- 1917 João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager, born in Alegrete, Brazil (d. 1990)
- 1922 Art Fowler, American baseball player, born in Converse, South Carolina (d. 2007)
- 1927 Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik), born in Teuven, Belgium (d. 2019)
- 1936 Eric Russell, English cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s), born in Dumbarton, Scotland
- 1938 Shin Geum Dan, North Korean 400m/800m runner (1962 world record), born in Riwon County, North Korea
- 1940 César Tovar, Venezuelan MLB baseball player (Minnesota Twins), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1994)
- 1940 Lance Larson, American 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic silver 1960), born in Monterey Park, California
- 1945 Iain MacDonald-Smith, English yachtsman (Olympic gold 1968), born in Oxford
- 1947 Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
- 1950 Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer pace bowler (1975-89), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand
Richard Hadlee
1951 Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (NZ 86 Tests, 3,124 runs, 431 wickets), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
Richard Hadlee
- 1952 Wasim Raja, British-Pakistani cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie), born in Multan, Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan
- 1952 Peter Mathebula, South African boxer (WBA flyweight title 1980-81), born in Mohlakeng, South Africa (d. 2020)
- 1953 Frank Tanana, American MLB pitcher (California Angels), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1955 Matt Keough, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1978; Oakland A's), born in Pomona, California (d. 2020)
- 1956 Eddie Edwards, South African tennis star, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1957 Danny Heep, American MLB outfielder, born in San Antonio, Texas
- 1958 Robert Foth, American sport shooter (Olympics silver 1992), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1959 Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgarian horizontal bar gymnast (Olympic gold 1980), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 1960 Jack Daugherty, American MLB baseman and outfielder, born in Hialeah, Florida
- 1963 Don August, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Inglewood, California
- 1964 Warren Newson, American MLB outfielder (Texas Rangers), born in Newnan, Georgia
- 1965 Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles), born in Oosterbeek, Netherlands
- 1965 Dan Land, American NFL cornerback and safety (Oakland Raiders), born in Donalsonville, Georgia
- 1965 Greg Vaughn, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1993, 96, 98, 2001); Silver Slugger Award 1998; Milwaukee Brewers), born in Sacramento, California
- 1965 Vinson Smith, American NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears), born in Statesville, North Carolina
Moises Alou
1966 Moises Alou, MLB outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Atlanta, Georgia,
Moises Alou
- 1966 Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Morristown, New Jersey
- 1967 Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive (NY Yankees), born in Rockville Centre, New York
- 1968 Teppo Numminen, Finnish NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes), born in Tampere, Finland
- 1970 Teemu Selanne, Finnish NHL right wing (1992-93 NHL rookie points record, 132), born in Helsinki, Finland
- 1970 Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
- 1970 Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
- 1971 Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1972 Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North 470 sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1973 Adrian Aucoin, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- 1973 Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1974 Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1975 John Hargis, American 100m butterfly (Olympics 1996), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1976 Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)
- 1976 Robert Brian (Bobby) Skinstad, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, youngest ever Springbok rugby captain
- 1979 Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer
- 1979 David Bacani, American baseball player
- 1980 Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
- 1980 Kevin Boyle, American basketballer
- 1980 Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricket spin bowler (103 Tests, 417 wickets), born in Jalandhar, India
- 1984 Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1984 Manny Lawson, American Football player, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina
Sebastian Vettel
1987 Sebastian Vettel, German auto racer (World Formula 1 Drivers Champion 2010-13), born in Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany
Sebastian Vettel
Deaths in Sport
- 1910 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicket-keeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
- 1940 George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1896-99), dies
- 1948 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets), dies at 44
- 1957 Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player, dies at 66
- 1985 Frank Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager, dies at 92
- 1985 Cooney Weiland, Canadian NHL forward (Boston Bruins), dies at 80
- 1991 Jimmy [James Henry] Van Alen, American tennis official who created Simplified Scoring System for tennis, dies at 88
- 1993 Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], American Major League Baseball player, dies of a heart attack at 56
Lew Hoad
1994 Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1956-57, Australian C'ships 1956, French C'ships 1956)), dies of a heart attack at 59
Lew Hoad
- 1995 Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), dies at 65
- 1995 Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (US Nat C'ships 1948-49), dies of stomach cancer at 67
- 1998 Duncan White, Ceylonese hurdler (first Olympic medallist from Ceylon, silver 400m hurdles 1948), dies at 80
- 2008 Ernie Cooksey, English Footballer (b. 1980)
- 2016 Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 84
