Events in Sport
- 1890 George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight)
- 1891 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Mabel Cahill beats Ellen Roosevelt 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
- 1894 American Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] sets out to become first woman to bicycle around the world (completes her journey September 1895)
Tennis Open
1899 16th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley beats Charlotte Cooper (6-2 6-3)
Charlotte Cooper
- 1899 23rd Wimbledon Men's Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Arthur Gore 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
- 1902 16th U.S. Women's National Championship: Marion Jones beats Elisabeth Moore (6-1, 1-0, ret.)
- 1903 9th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol GC NJ
- 1903 17th U.S. Women's National Championship: Elisabeth Moore beats Marion Jones (7-5, 8-6)
- 1908 22nd U.S. Women's National Championship: Maud Barger-Wallach beats Evelyn Sears 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- 1909 23rd U.S. Women's National Championship: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Maud Barger-Wallach (6-0, 6-1)
- 1914 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
Golf Major
1924 British Open Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: American Walter Hagen wins his 2nd Open Championships, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Ernest Whitcombe
Walter Hagen
- 1931 Ryder Cup Golf, Scioto CC: Walter Hagan captains his 2nd victorious American team; US wins, 9-3
- 1933 Ryder Cup Golf, Southport & Ainsdale GC: Great Britain wins, 6½-5½; GB's last Cup victory until 1957
- 1936 71st British Golf Open: Alf Padgham shoots a 287 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
- 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
- 1939 Headley scores a cricket century in each innings v England at Lord's
- 1950 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
- 1954 The so-called "Battle of Berne" occurs during the FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and Hungary as the game descends into an all-out brawl
- 1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings
Golf Major
1959 US Open Women's Golf, Churchill Valley CC: Mickey Wright successfully defends her Open title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs
Mickey Wright
Louise Suggs
Event of Interest
1971 US Open Women's Golf, Kahwa GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 7 strokes from Kathy Whitworth
Kathy Whitworth
Event of Interest
1979 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn't)
Muhammad Ali
- 1980 Dodgers' Jerry Reuss no-hits SF Giants 8-0
- 1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
- 1984 UEFA European Championship Final: Michel Platini & Bruno Bellone score as France beats Spain 2-0 in Paris
- 1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
- 1986 Robby Thompson (SF Giants) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
Boxing Title Fight
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)
Mike Tyson
- 1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
- 1992 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon
- 1992 Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathlon
- 1993 11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert
- 1993 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
- 1993 Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
Event of Interest
1994 12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton
Dave Stockton
Event of Interest
2017 Tennis star Serena Williams poses pregnant and nude for the cover of "Vanity Fair"
Serena Williams
Birthdays in Sport
- 1886 Charles Macartney, Australian cricketer (Governor-General), born in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1958)
- 1917 K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48)
- 1918 Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m backstroke 1936), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
- 1924 Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2015)
- 1929 Dick the Bruiser [William Fritz Afflis], American professional wrestler, born in Delphi, Indiana (d. 1991)
- 1930 Tommy [Tamio] Kono, American weightlifter (Olympic gold 1952, 60), born in Sacramento, California (d. 2016)
- 1932 Eddie Kasko, American Major League baseball player, born in Linden, New Jersey
- 1938 Gordon Rorke, Australian cricketer (Australian quickie, 4 Tests at end of 50's), born in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
- 1939 Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer (Aust pace bowler & late-order bat in 60s), born in Cheltenham, Adelaide, Australia (d. 2000)
- 1943 Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1944 Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist, 1K time trial (Olympic gold 1964), born in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
- 1945 Catherine Lacoste, French golfer (US Women's Open 1967), born in Paris, France
- 1945 John M. Veitch, American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
- 1948 Angel Penna Jr., horse trainer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1950 Benjamin Peterson, American heavyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1972), born in Barron County, Wisconsin
- 1951 Ulf Andersson, Swedish International Chess Grandmaster (1972), born in Västerås, Sweden
- 1953 Kent Bostick, American pursuit cyclist (Olympics-84, 96), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
- 1955 Isabelle Adjani, French actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar), born in Paris, France
- 1956 Jeff Odintz, American horse trainer, born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1956 Brad Childress, American football coach, born in Aurora, Illinois
- 1963 Stephen Peterson, American rower (Olympics 1996), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1963 Johnny Benson Jr., American NASCAR driver, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- 1964 Chuck Person, American NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs), born in Brantley, Alabama
- 1966 Jeff Conine, American MLB outfielder (Florida Marlins), born in Tacoma, Washington
- 1966 Mercedes Paz, Argentine tennis star (1990 Strasbourg), born in Tucumán, Argentina
- 1966 Rob Harbison, American 3x40 rifle shooter (Olympic 6th 1996), born in Fallston, Maryland
- 1967 Lester Archambeau, American NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons), born in Montville, New Jersey
- 1967 Michelle Torres, American tennis star, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1969 Mark Telerico, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 S Florida), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1970 Petra Langrová, tennis star (1995 Palermo doubles), born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia
- 1970 Ricardo Jordan, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Boynton Beach, Florida
- 1970 Jim Edmonds, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Fullerton, California
- 1971 Brant Boyer, American football linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Ogden, Utah
- 1971 Jimmy Kemp, American CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1973 Heath Irwin, American football guard (New England Patriots), born in Boulder, Colorado
- 1973 Jennifer Brundage, American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Orange, California
- 1973 Wendell Davis, American football cornerback (Dallas Cowboys), born in Wichita, Kansas
- 1974 Juran Bolden, American NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons), born in Tampa, Florida
- 1975 Porter Collins, American rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in NYC, New York
- 1975 Sarah Evanetz, 100m butterfly (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1975 Daryle Ward, American baseball player (Houston Astros), born in Lynwood, California
- 1976 Johnny Estrada, American baseball player, born in Hayward, California
- 1977 Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer (Veendam), born in Gniezno, Poland
- 1977 Raúl, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid), born in Madrid, Spain
- 1980 Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer, born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 1980 Craig Terrill, American football player, born in Lebanon, Indiana
- 1983 Dale Steyn, South African cricketer, born in Phalaborwa, South Africa
- 1984 Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer (İstanbul Başakşehir), born in Olten, Switzerland
- 1985 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player (US Open 2004, French Open 2009), born in St. Petersburg, Russia
- 1985 Nico Rosberg, German Finnish race car driver (F1 World Champion 2016), born in Wiesbaden, West Germany
- 1985 James Hook, Welsh rugby player, born in Port Talbot, Wales
- 1986 LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter, born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- 1988 Kate Ziegler, American swimmer, born in Fairfax, Virginia
Weddings in Sport
- 2009 "Playboy Playmate" model Kendra Wilkinson (24) weds NFL player beau Hank Baskett (26) at the Playboy Mansion in Bel Air, California
Deaths in Sport
- 1912 George Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies
- 1944 Vera Menchik, Russian 1st official women's world chess champion (1927), dies in a London air raid at 38
- 1960 Lottie Dod, British all-round athlete (5-time Wimbledon singles champion), dies at 88
- 1968 Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for South Africa), dies at 87
- 1970 Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
- 1986 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
- 1986 George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player, dies at 81
- 2004 Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
- 2007 Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2011 Mike Doyle, English former footballer (b. 1946)
- 2013 Alain Mimoun, French runner, dies at 92