Events in Sport
- 1898 4th US Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
- 1898 12th U.S. Women's National Championship: Juliette Atkinson beats Marion Jones (6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5)
- 1900 Empress Douairiere orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
- 1906 6th Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Wimbledon (5-0)
- 1910 16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA
- 1915 21st US Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol GC NJ
- 1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th to beat Indians 19-3 in baseball
- 1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin
Boxing Title Fight
- 1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
- 1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
- 1950 Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
- 1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
Golf Major
1960 60th US Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots 280 at Cherry Hills in Denver
Arnold Palmer
Golf Major
1967 67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ
Jack Nicklaus
- 1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
- 1972 72nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach, California
- 1972 US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
- 1972 UEFA European Championship Final: Gerd Müller scores a brace as West Germany beats Soviet Union 3-0 in Brussels
- 1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
- 1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
- 1975 Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England
- 1976 Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi & Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, & Vida Blue to Yankees
Event of Interest
1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
Reggie Jackson
- 1978 78th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill CC in Denver
Golf Tournament
1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic
Nancy Lopez
- 1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
- 1981 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge
- 1984 84th US Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot GC NY
- 1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
- 1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
Golf Tournament
1989 Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Laura Davies
- 1990 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
- 1991 SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
- 1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
- 1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
- 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
Event of Interest
1993 Expo's Dennis Martínez is 92nd to win 200 games
Dennis Martínez
- 1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
- 1995 95th US Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY
- 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final: Hege Riise & Marianne Pettersen score within 3 minutes of each other to give Norway 2-0 win over Germany in Stockholm, Sweden
Golf Major
2000 100th US Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 272 at Pebble Beach, California
Tiger Woods
- 2001 101st US Golf Open: Retief Goosen shoots a 276 at Southern Hills CC OK
- 2006 106th US Golf Open: Geoff Ogilvy shoots a 285 at Winged Foot GC NY
- 2017 Pakistan defeat India to win cricket's Champions Trophy at the Oval in London by 180 runs, Fakhar Zaman scores 114 runs
- 2017 117th US Golf Open: Brooks Koepka wins his 1st major with a 16-under par 272 round at Erin Hills, Wisconsin
Birthdays in Sport
- 1896 Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)
- 1912 Glen Morris, American Olympic track and field champion (Olympic gold, 1936) and actor (Tarzan, Hold That Co-ed), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1974)
- 1914 Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (South African in 11 Tests 1938-50)
- 1915 Arthur Fagg, cricketer (dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938)
George Mikan
1924 George Mikan, American NBA center (6-time all-pro), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2005)
George Mikan
- 1933 Jean Wicki, Swiss 4-man bobsled (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
- 1939 Lynn Whiting, horse trainer
- 1940 Jim Albus, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players), born in Staten Island, New York
- 1949 Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
- 1950 Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1961 Andres Galarraga, Venezuelan infielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Caracas
- 1963 Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
- 1963 Joe Walter, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
- 1964 Thanh Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, 141 lbs US weightlifter (Olympics 1996)
- 1966 Bob Kempainen, marathoner (Olympics 1996), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1966 Doug Bodger, Chemainus BC, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, San Jose)
- 1966 Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)
- 1966 Luke Jensen, Grayling Mich, tennis star (1993 French Open doubles)
- 1966 Robert Kempainen, marathoner (Olympics 1996), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1966 Sandy Alomar, catcher (Cleveland Indians), born in Salinas, Puerto Rico
- 1968 John Lumkes, 3k steeplechase runner, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1969 Fernando Valenzula, jockey
- 1969 Jay Leeuwenburg, NFL guard/center (Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts)
- 1969 Laura Brown, LPGA golfer
- 1971 Blair Pocock, cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman 1993)
- 1971 Nigel Owens, Welsh Rugby Referee (Stonewall Sportsperson of the Decade), born in Mynyddcerrig, Carmarthenshire
- 1972 Otakar Vejvoda, Kladno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)
- 1973 Rayna Stewart, safety/cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)
- 1973 Tracy Noonan, Lawrence Mass, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics 1996)
- 1973 Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
- 1974 Keith Poole, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
- 1974 Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
- 1975 Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer
- 1975 Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player
- 1980 Antonio Gates, American football player
- 1980 Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner
- 1984 Mateus, Angolan footballer
- 1984 Janne Happonen, Finnish ski jumper
- 1986 Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
- 1992 Bob Kempainen, marathoner (Olympics-66), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Deaths in Sport
- 1898 George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies
- 1952 Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
- 1958 Douglas Jardine, cricketer (22 Tests for England), dies
- 1967 Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver (b. 1942)
- 1967 Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
- 1980 André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 1990 Dennis Dyer, South African cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies at 76
- 1996 Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
- 2003 Larry Doby, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (1st African-American in AL, Cleveland Indians), dies of cancer at 79
- 2005 Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
- 2012 Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach, dies at 78
- 2013 Gene Freese, American MLB player, dies from complications of back surgery at 79
- 2018 Walter Bahr, American soccer midfielder, coach (1950 US beat England 1-0), dies of complications broken hip at 91