Events in Sport
- 1890 Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie
- 1900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted
- 1924 White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
- 1934 Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game
- 1951 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina wins Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes in an Alpha Romeo; wins by 6 points from Alberto Ascari of Italy
- 1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
- 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate
- 1959 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
- 1961 Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
- 1962 Jo Weatherly in a Pontiac finishes 2nd to Rex White in season-ending Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to clinch his 1st of 2 consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championships
- 1962 NY Giant Y. A. Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34)
- 1970 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
- 1973 Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record)
- 1974 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
- 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
- 1976 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees)
- 1981 NY Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games
- 1984 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
- 1984 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
- 1989 Oakland A's beat San Francisco, 9-6 at Candlestick Park to sweep Giants in earthquake affected "Bay Bridge" Baseball World Series; A's pitcher Dave Stewart MVP
- 1995 Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians, 1-0 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their 3rd Baseball World Series; Braves starter Tom Glavine MVP
- 1995 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
- 1995 11th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 16-8
- 1995 7th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-10 in South Bend
- 1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
- 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
- 2007 Boston Red Sox beats Colorado, 4-3 in Game 4 at Coors Field, Denver to sweep the Rockies and win their 2nd Baseball World Series in 4 years; Boston 3rd baseman Mike Lowell MVP
- 2011 St. Louis beats Texas Rangers, 6-2 in Game 7 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 11th Baseball World Series; Cards 3rd baseman David Freese MVP
- 2012 San Francisco beats Detroit, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 4 at Comerica Park; sweep Tigers, 4-0 for Giants' 2nd Baseball World Series in 3 years; SF 3rd baseman Pablo Sandoval MVP
- 2012 Pablo Sandoval is named MLB 2012 World Series MVP.
Event of Interest
2012 American Serena Williams wins her 3rd season ending tennis title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6–4, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey
Serena Williams
Maria Sharapova
- 2015 Longest ever 1st game of Baseball World Series (5h 9min), Kansas City Royals defeat New York Mets 5-4, also joint longest by innings
Event of Interest
2018 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 4th in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to clinch his 5th Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
Lewis Hamilton
- 2018 Boston Red Sox beats LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium to win 9th Baseball World Series in franchise history
- 2018 Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina registers biggest win of her career when she rallies for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over American Sloane Stephens in a classic WTA Finals title decider in Singapore
Birthdays in Sport
- 1877 Joe Adams, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Cowden, Illinois (d. 1952)
- 1881 Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (Olympic silver pole vault & bronze javelin 1906; bronze pole vault 1908; popularized bowling in Sweden), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1969)
- 1881 Vin Coutie, Australian rules footballer, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1951)
- 1910 Marie Dollinger, German track and field athlete (dropped baton in 1936 Olympic sprint), born in Langenzenn, Germany (d. 1994)
- 1918 Harold Shepherdson, British soccer trainer, born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire (d. 1955)
- 1921 Peggy Kirk, American golfer, (Titleholders Championship 1949), born in Findlay, Ohio (d. 2016)
- 1922 Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey (d. 2007)
- 1924 Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1996)
- 1926 Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer, sports administrator (MLB Commissioner 1969-1984), born in Takoma Park, Maryland (d. 2007)
- 1928 Lawrie Reilly, Scottish soccer striker (38 caps; Hibernian 253 games, 185 goals), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2013)
- 1930 Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports impresario (F1), born in St Peter, South Elmham
- 1933 Garrincha, Brazilian footballer, born in Pau Grande, Brazil (d. 1983)
- 1934 Jim Beatty, American track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile), born in NYC, New York
Lenny Wilkens
1937 Lenny Wilkens, NBA Point Guard and Head Coach (Seattle SuperSonics), born in Brooklyn, New York
Lenny Wilkens
- 1938 Peter Carlstein, South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1958-64), born in Klerksdorp, South Africa
- 1939 Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast (Olypmics gold 1964, 68), born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 1942 Kees Verkerk, Dutch skater World Champion (1967)/(Olympic gold 1968), born in Maasdam, Netherlands
- 1945 Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
- 1946 Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1949 Caitlyn Jenner [born Bruce Jenner], American decathalete (Olympic gold 1976), TV personality, and prominent transgender figure, born in Mt Kisco, New York
- 1950 Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
- 1953 Mark James, British golfer (Senior Players Championship 2004), born in Manchester, England
- 1954 Sammy Stewart, American MLB pitcher (World Series 1983; AL ERA leader 1981; Cleveland Indians), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2018)
- 1962 Peter Cantrell, cricketer (Queensland opening batsman, Neth WC 1996)
- 1962 Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer
- 1963 Kevin Dineen, Canadian NHL right wing, coach (Hartford Whalers, Philadelphia Flyers), born in Quebec City, Québec
- 1963 Lisa Bettio, WPVA volleyballer (Ft Myers Beach-17th-1992), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1963 Robert Bailey, cricketer (England batsman in four Tests 1988-90)
- 1964 Lenny Harris, infielder (Cincinnati Reds), born in Miami, Florida
- 1964 Paul Wylie, figure skater (Olympic-silver)
- 1965 Eric Floyd, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1965 Mark Carrier, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
- 1966 Benoit Hogue, Canadian NHL center (Dallas Stars), born in Repentigny, Quebec
- 1966 Juan Guzman, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1966 Kaylynn Hick, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1966 Steve Atwater, NFL safety (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1966 Tim Bogar, infielder (NY Mets), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1967 James Joseph, NFL running back (Cin Bengals)
- 1968 Ernie Mills, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers)
- 1968 Glenn Clear, soccer player (Vitesse)
- 1968 Rodney Thomas, NFL running back (Houston Oilers), born in Trinity, TX, (d. 2014)
- 1968 Shawna Molcak, Cardston Alberta, basketball guard (Olympics 1996)
- 1968 Stan Thomas, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
- 1968 Marc Lièvremont, French rugby union footballer and coach
- 1969 Denny Fercho, Ventura California, team handball circle (Olympics 1996)
- 1970 Bracey Walker, NFL safety (Cin Bengals, Miami Dolphins)
- 1970 Rob Hitchcock, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
- 1971 John Coker, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
- 1971 Nicole Green, 400m runner, born in Springfield, Ohio
- 1972 Calvin Jackson, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
- 1972 Chad Folk, CFL cornerback (Toronto Argonauts)
- 1972 Terrell Davis, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1973 Frank Juric, Australian soccer goalie (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)
- 1974 Braden Looper, American baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Weatherford, Oklahoma
- 1974 Henri Crockett, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1974 Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
- 1974 Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer
- 1979 Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
- 1980 Alan Smith, English footballer
- 1981 Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
- 1981 Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer
- 1982 Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
- 1982 Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
- 1983 Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
- 1984 Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
- 1987 Choi Na-yeon, South Korean golfer (US Open 2012), born in Seoul, South Korea
Deaths in Sport
- 1919 Ted Wainwright, cricketer (Yorks stalwart, 5 Tests 1893-98), dies
- 1957 Anthony J Morabito, co-owner of San Francisco '49ers, dies while watching a game
- 1959 Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies
- 1975 Georges Carpentier, French boxer (world light heavyweight champion, 1st $1m gate v J Dempsey), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 1984 Knut Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder (26 caps; AS Roma; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 64
- 1991 George Treweeke, Australian Rugby League second rower (7 Tests, South Sydney), dies at 86
- 1998 Ghulam Ahmed, Indian cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), dies at 76
- 2000 Andujar Cedeno, Dominican baseball player for the Houston Astros (b. 1969)
- 2000 Andújar Cedeño, Dominican infielder (Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers), dies in a car accident at 31
- 2004 Jimmy McLarnin, Northern Irish-born boxer (b. 1907)
- 2005 Bob Broeg, American sports writer (b. 1918)
- 2005 Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
Red Auerbach
2006 Red Auerbach, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, general manager (Boston Celtics, 9-time NBA champion), dies of a heart attack at 89
Red Auerbach
