Events in Sport
- 1901 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt GC: Willie Anderson of Scotland wins first of his 4 Open titles by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff with Alex Smith
- 1911 25th U.S. Women's National Championship: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Florence Sutton (8-10, 6-1, 9-7)
- 1927 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: American-based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Harry Cooper by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win the first of his 3 major titles
Donald Bradman
- 1930 Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games
Tennis Open
1939 44th Men's French Championships: Don McNeill beats Bobby Riggs (7-5, 6-0, 6-3)
Bobby Riggs
Boxing Title Fight
1954 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles by unanimous points decision in his 3rd world heavyweight boxing title defence at Yankee Stadium, NYC
Rocky Marciano
Ezzard Charles
Event of Interest
1960 Ted Williams hit his 500th HR
Ted Williams
- 1961 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Gene Littler wins his sole major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Bob Goalby and Doug Sanders
US Golf Open
1962 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his first major title by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff with Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
- 1962 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile: Brazil go 1-down early but recover to beat Czechoslovakia, 3-1
- 1973 Canadian Open Golf (La Canadienne), Montreal Municipal GC: Jocelyne Bourassa of Canada wins inaugural event in a playoff with Sandra Haynie & Judy Rankin
- 1973 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Johnny Miller fires a record final round 63 (-8) to win his first major championship, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up John Schlee
- 1976 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
US Golf Open
1979 US Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Hale Irwin wins his second Open title, 2 strokes ahead of former champions Jerry Pate and Gary Player
Gary Player
Event of Interest
1988 Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens
Mike Tyson
US Golf Open
1991 US Open Golf, Hazeline National GC: Payne Stewart wins a Monday playoff with 1987 champion Scott Simpson
Payne Stewart
Event of Interest
1992 Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns
Charles Barkley
Murder of Interest
1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, LA cops chase his Ford Bronco for 1½ hours, eventually gives up (seen live on TV)
O.J. Simpson
- 1997 NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 & Minneapolis-St Paul & Columbus, Ohio in 2000
Historic Publication
2003 Moneyball, a book about the 2003 Oakland Athletics baseball team and GM Billy Beane's sabermetric approach, inspired by Bill James, is published
Bill James
US Golf Open
2007 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont GC: Ángel Cabrera wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods; first Open won by an Argentine or a South American
Tiger Woods
- 2008 62nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2
- 2010 64th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 3
- 2012 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club, SF: American Webb Simpson wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson
- 2018 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Brooks Koepka wins by 1 stroke from Tommy Fleetwood for first back-to-back Open titles since 1988-89 (Curtis Strange)
- 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race: Ex-F1 world champion Fernando Alonso teams with Kazuki Nakajima & Sébastien Buemi to win for Toyota Gazoo Racing
Birthdays in Sport
- 1861 Pete Browning, American baseball player, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1905)
Tommy Burns
1881 Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer, born in Hanover, Ontario (d. 1955)
Tommy Burns
- 1902 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), born in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia (d. 1982)
- 1923 Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch,American NFL halfback and end (LA Rams), born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2004)
- 1929 Tigran Petrosian, Soviet Armenian world chess champion (1963-69), born in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 1984)
- 1930 Brian Statham, English cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades), born in Gorton, Manchester, England (d. 2000)
- 1930 James Gathers, American 200m runner (Olympic bronze 1952), born in South Carolina
- 1932 Derek Ibbotson, English 5K runner (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 2017)
- 1938 Judy Kimball, American golfer (US Women's PGA C'ship 1962), born in Sioux City, Iowa
- 1940 Bobby Bell, American NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs), born in Shelby, North Carolina
- 1944 Chucho Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), born in Nuevo Valle de Moreno, Mexico (d. 2013)
- 1945 Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist (5 time winner of Tour de France), born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium
Tony Roche
1945 Tony Roche, Australian tennis player/coach French Open 1966, Australian Davis Cup captain), born in Wagga Wagga, NSW
Tony Roche
- 1948 Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds), born in Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela
- 1950 Cathy Sherk, Canadian golfer (Canadian Women's PGA C'ship 1988, 90-91), born in Bancroft, Ontario
- 1952 Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive, born in Brighton, Massachusetts
- 1956 Nick Cook, English cricketer (left arm slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89), born in Leicester
- 1962 Ed Brady, American NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Morris, Illinois
- 1963 Kevin Glover, American NFL center (Detroit Lions), born in Washington D.C.
- 1964 Michael Gross, German swimmer (3 Olympic gold 1984, 88), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1964 Steve Rhodes, English cricketer (England wicket-keeper 1994-95), born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England
- 1964 Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver, born in Asti, Italy
- 1965 Dan Jansen, American speed skater (Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92), born in West Allis, Wisconsin
- 1965 Danny McManus, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1965 Dermontti Dawson, American NFL center (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Lexington, Kentucky
- 1965 Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis star (1991 Brisbane), born in Bari, Italy
- 1965 Mike Magnante, American baseball pitcher (KC Royals), born in Glendale, California
- 1965 Ray Seals, American NFL defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1966 Clare Look-Jaeger, high jumper, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1966 Fred Barnett, American NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Gunnison, Mississippi
- 1967 Keith Sims, American NFL guard (Miami Dolphins), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1967 Robyn Meagher, Antigonish Nova Scotia, 5k runner (Olympics 1996)
- 1967 Terry Davis, American NBA forward & center (Dallas Mavericks, Wash Wizards), born in Danville, Virginia
- 1969 Karen Nystrom, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic silver 1998), born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- 1969 Patric Kjellberg, hockey forward (Team Sweden Olympics 1998)
- 1969 Paul Tergat, Kenyan long distance runner, born in Riwo, Baringo District, Kenya
- 1970 Jason Hanson, American NFL kicker (Detroit Lions), born in Spokane, Washington
- 1970 Ron "Popeye" Jones, American NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors), born in Dresden, Tennessee
- 1970 Stéphane Fiset, Canadian NHL goalie (Colorado Avalanche), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1971 Tripp Schwenk, American 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic silver 1996), born in Sarasota, Florida
- 1972 Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC), born in Tiel, Netherlands
- 1972 James McKnight, American NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks), born in Orlando, Florida
- 1973 Leander Paes, Indian tennis player, born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- 1974 Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- 1975 Petra Vaarakallio, Finnish ice hockey center (Olympics bronze 1998), born in Helsinki, Finland
- 1976 Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker & cyclo-crosser, born in Bonheiden, Belgium
- 1977 Mark Tauscher, American football player
- 1978 Isabelle Delobel, French European ice dancer
- 1979 Cawey Schau, canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Seattle, Washington
- 1979 Nick Rimando, American soccer player
- 1980 Andee Pickens, gymnast (alt-Olympics 1996), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1980 Brittney McConn, Largo Fla, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr champ)
Venus Williams
1980 Venus Williams, American tennis star considered one of the all-time greats of women's tennis, born in Lynwood, California
Venus Williams
- 1981 Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
- 1981 Shane Watson, Australian Test cricket all-rounder (2005-2015), born in Ipswich, Queensland
- 1982 Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
- 1985 Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot professional tennis player
- 1985 Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1924 Golfer Bobby Jones (22) weds high school sweetheart Mary Rice Malone (22) in Atlanta, Georgia
Bobby Jones
Wedding of Interest
2008 Ice hockey player star Martin Brodeur (36) weds Genevieve Nault at the Bavaro Princess Resort in the Dominican Republic
Martin Brodeur
Deaths in Sport
- 1906 Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player, dies at 33
- 1938 H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies
- 1939 Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, dies at 46
- 1950 Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies
- 1956 Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (b. 1926)
- 1968 José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (Uruguay national team captain for FIFA 1930), dies at 67
- 1970 Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies at 74
- 1971 C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Philadelphia), dies
- 1974 Yadavendra Singh, cricketer (Yuvraj of Patiala, Test for India), dies
- 1975 Sid Gordon, American baseball player, dies at 57
- 1979 Duffy Lewis, American baseball player, dies at 91
- 1984 Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
- 1987 Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
- 1989 John Matuszak, American NFL defensive end (Oak Raider) and actor (The Goonies), dies of an accidental propoxyphene overdose at 38
- 2002 Willie Davenport, American bobsledder and hurdler (Olympic gold 1968), dies at 59
- 2002 Fritz Walter, German footballer, dies at 81
- 2004 Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 78
- 2015 Ron Clarke, Australian runner (set 17 world records) and mayor, dies at 78
June in History
![Cricket's T20 is Born. Howzat!?]()
Cricket's T20 is Born. Howzat!?
Cricketing enthusiasts are fearful for the future of Test matches. The seeds of doubt were sewn on this day when the furiously fast T20 format was introduced.
June 13, 2003![Lomu – The Unstoppable Gentle Giant]()
Lomu – The Unstoppable Gentle Giant
Jonah Lomu was a phenomenon in Rugby Union – a man-mountain who inspired fear and respect in equal measure among his opponents.
June 18, 1995!['Ship in Distress' Sails Into History Books]()
'Ship in Distress' Sails Into History Books
What was claimed to be the first trans-Atlantic crossing by a steam ship – even if sails helped – was completed on this day and is still celebrated
June 19, 1819!['Gorgeous Gussie' Shocks Wimbledon]()
'Gorgeous Gussie' Shocks Wimbledon
There is a strict dress code at Wimbledon and, as Gussie Moran discovered on this day in tennis history, tennis players break it at their peril.
June 20, 1949
