Events in Sport
- 1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner
- 1863 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park, Sr. wins his 2nd title; beats rival Tom Morris Sr. by 2 strokes
- 1903 Phillies' Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0
- 1909 Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det
- 1926 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Frenchman René Lacoste wins first of 2 straight US titles; beats countryman Jean Borotra 6-4, 6-0, 6-4
- 1928 Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928
- 1929 Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
- 1930 Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (UK) in 15th America's Cup
- 1930 NY Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-6
- 1938 Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
- 1938 Despite losing a double header (4-3, 8-7) to the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park III, the New York Yankees clinch their 10th AL pennant
Baseball Record
1955 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)
Willie Mays
Baseball Record
1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a season
Mickey Mantle
- 1962 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
- 1963 Final game at Polo Grounds, New York City; 1,752 see Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets 5-1
- 1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
Event of Interest
1966 Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas throws 4 touchdown passes in 38-23 win at Minnesota to surpass Y.A. Tittle as NFL's career leader with 212; finishes career with 290 TD passes
Johnny Unitas
- 1967 Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup
- 1968 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
- 1971 Ryder Cup Golf, Old Warson CC: US beats Europe, 18½-13½; after leading by 1 match, GB loses all Friday morning 4-ball matches to lose momentum
- 1972 1st black NL umpire is Art Williams for Los Angeles vs San Diego
Event of Interest
1976 Cleveland Indians player-manager Frank Robinson plays last game as a player
Frank Robinson
- 1977 Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore
- 1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
- 1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31
Event of Interest
1984 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons
Tim Raines
- 1986 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
- 1987 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #30 off Bill Wegman in 5th inning of Tigers' 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; first 40 year old to hit 30 MLB HRs in a season
- 1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
- 1991 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
- 1991 NCAA places Tennessee on 2 years probation for football recruiting violations
- 1991 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
- 1993 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
- 1993 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
- 1994 1st Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Davis Love III is undefeated as US beats International team, 20-12 in inaugural event
- 1994 Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS
Baseball Record
1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts
Roger Clemens
Hall of Fame
1997 Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
Seve Ballesteros
Nick Faldo
Federation Cup
2005 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Paris, France: Russian pair Elena Dementieva & Dinara Safina win deciding doubles rubber 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 over Amélie Mauresmo & Mary Pierce of France; clinches Russia's 2nd consecutive title, 3-2
Mary Pierce
- 2016 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Chun In-gee of South Korea wins her 2nd major title by 4 strokes from Ryu So-yeon & Park Sung-hyun; 21-under-par score a record for all women's majors
Event of Interest
2017 England footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years
Wayne Rooney
Birthdays in Sport
- 1869 Ellen Hansell, American tennis player (US National champion 1887), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1937)
- 1892 Cyril Walker, English golfer (US Open 1924), born in Manchester, England (d. 1948)
- 1892 Sam Staples, English cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 15 wickets; Nottinghamshire), born in Newstead Colliery, England (d. 1950)
- 1911 Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (d. 1976)
- 1912 Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1941, 45), born in Sharon, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
- 1925 Harvey Haddix, American baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th), born in Medway, Ohio (d. 1994)
- 1926 Bud Greenspan, American documentary maker (Olympic Games), born in NYC, New York (d. 2010)
- 1926 Bob Toski, American golfer, instructor (PGA Tour leading money winner 1954), born in Haydenville, Massachusetts
Scotty Bowman
1933 Scotty Bowman, NHL player and coach (Montreal Canadians/Detroit Red Wings), born in Montreal, Quebec
Scotty Bowman
- 1937 Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey centre (6 x Stanley Cup with Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All-Star), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2021)
- 1942 Alex Stepney, English football goalkeeper (Manchester United), born in Mitcham, Surrey, England
- 1946 Otis Sistrunk, American football player (Oakland Raiders), born in Columbus, Georgia
- 1947 Giancarlo Minardi, Italian founder and Managing Director of Minardi Formula One team, born in Faenza, Italy
- 1948 Ken Brett, American baseball player, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003)
- 1949 Peter Shilton, English football goalkeeper, born in Leicester, England
Darryl Sittler
1950 Darryl Sittler, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (NHL record for most points in a game, 10), born in St. Jacobs, Ontario
Darryl Sittler
- 1951 Marc Surer, Swiss motor racing driver, born in Arisdorf, Switzerland
- 1952 Rick Pitino, American basketball coach, born in NYC, New York
- 1954 Tommy Tuberville, American football coach, born in Camden, Arkansas
- 1955 Billy Sims, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1978, U of Oklahoma; Pro Bowl 1980–82, Detroit Lions), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1956 Peter Šťastný, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
- 1958 John Aldridge, Irish footballer, born in Liverpool, England
- 1959 Ryne Sandberg, American baseball infielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Spokane, Washington
- 1959 Ian Arkwright, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers), born in Shafton, Barnsley, England
- 1962 John Fashanu, English soccer striker (2 caps; Wimbledon FC) and TV presenter (Gladiators; Fash's Football Challenge; Deal or No Deal Nigeria), born in London, England
- 1963 Richard Weiss, American slalom single kayaker (Olympic 6th 1996), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1997)
- 1963 Jim Pocklington, British racing driver, born in Romford, London
- 1966 Isabelle Demongeot, French tennis star, born in Gassin, France
- 1968 Toni Kukoč, Croatian-American NBA forward (Chicago Bulls), born in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
- 1969 Robert Coons, American NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills), born in Brea, California
- 1970 Everett Lindsay, American NFL guard and center (Minnesota Vikings), born in Burlington, Iowa
- 1970 Mike Compton, American NFL center and guard (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, Virginia
- 1971 Kate Starre, Australian field hockey utility (Olympics 1996), born in Armadale, Australia
Lance Armstrong
1971 Lance Armstrong, American road cyclist (7 Tour de France titles) banned for illegal drug use, born in Plano, Texas
Lance Armstrong
- 1971 Oleg Ladik, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics 1996), born in Kiev, Ukraine
- 1971 Ron Childs, American NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints), born in Kennewick, Washington
- 1972 François Gesthuizen, Dutch soccer player (PSV, NAC), born in Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands
- 1972 Richard Huntley, American NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons), born in Monroe, North Carolina
- 1972 Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer (Olympics 1988, silver), born in Ostend, Belgium
- 1972 David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer, born in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2003)
- 1973 Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada
- 1974 Sol Campbell, English footballer, born in Plaistow, London
- 1974 Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player (Sacramento Monarchs), born in Figueira da Foz, Portugal
- 1975 Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter (OLympic gold 1992), born in Hrodna, Belarus
- 1977 Li Tie, Chinese footballer and coach (Everton), born in Shenyang, China
- 1977 Kieran West, British oarsman (Olympic Gold 2000), born in Kingston upon Thames, England
- 1978 Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer, born in Bangangté, Cameroon
- 1979 Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer, born in Logroño, Spain
- 1980 Avi Strool, Israeli footballer, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1980 Chris Tarrant, Australian Rules football player, born in Mildura, Australia
- 1983 Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer, born in Adamstown, Ireland
- 1984 Anthony Gonzalez, American politician (Rep-(R)-Ohio 2019-) and football player, born in Cleveland, Ohio
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1920 Tennis player champion Molla Mallory (36) weds stock broker Franklin Mallory
Molla Mallory
Wedding of Interest
1960 NBA forward Jerry Lucas (20) weds sophomore Treva Geib
Jerry Lucas
Deaths in Sport
- 1908 Dickey Pearce, American baseball shortstop (pioneer shortstop position; introduced bunt) and manager (NY Mutuals, St. Louis Brown Stockings), dies at 72
- 1944 Anthony Stefanich, British boxer and Army captain, killed in Arnhem at 27
- 1953 Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver, dies at 26
- 1960 John Evans, English cricket batsman (1 Test) and author ('The Escaping Club'), dies at 71
- 1972 Bill Tallon, Australian cricketer (brother of Don, Queensland leggie), dies at 58
- 1995 Oleg Tverdokhleb, Ukrainian athlete (b. 1969)
- 2002 Bob Hayes, American athlete (2 x Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay 1964) and Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver (3-time Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys), dies of kidney failure at 59
- 2002 Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)
- 2005 Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. 1966)
- 2005 Marv Grissom, American baseball pitcher, coach (MLB All Star 1954, NY, SF Giants), dies at 87
- 2012 Jack Kralick, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1964; no hitter 1962; Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians), dies from complications of strokes at 77
- 2013 Ken Norton, American heavyweight boxer who had 3 famous fights with Muhammad Ali, dies at 70
- 2019 Fernando Ricksen, Dutch soccer midfielder (12 caps; Glasgow Rangers), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 43
