Events in Sport
PGA Championship
1919 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Engineers CC: Defending champion Jim Barnes defeats Fred McLeod, 6 & 5 in the final
Jim Barnes
PGA Championship
1924 PGA Championship Men's Golf, French Lick CC: 1921 champion Walter Hagen beats Englishman Jim Barnes 2-up in the final
Walter Hagen
Jim Barnes
Event of Interest
1931 MLB's Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
Lou Gehrig
Event of Interest
1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
Ernie Banks
Event of Interest
1954 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy
Roger Bannister
Baseball Record
1955 Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
Willie Mays
- 1955 Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRs in a season
- 1958 Baltimore Oriole knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0
Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
Roger Maris
Baseball Record
1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
Mickey Mantle
Ryder Cup
1969 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: US, Great Britain tie, 16-16; great sporting gesture, America's Jack Nicklaus concedes missable 3-foot putt to Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole for the draw
Jack Nicklaus
- 1969 Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0
Event of Interest
1973 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
Billie Jean King
Bobby Riggs
- 1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
Ryder Cup
1975 Ryder Cup Golf, Laurel Valley GC: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 21-11; Arnold Palmer non-playing American captain; Bernard Hunt GB & I skipper
Arnold Palmer
Event of Interest
1980 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
George Brett
- 1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
- 1981 Ryder Cup Golf, Walton Heath GC: US wins 18½-9½; 6th and final Ryder Cup for Jack Nicklaus as a player; wins all 4 of his matches
- 1983 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- 1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
- 1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
- 1987 French driver Alain Prost wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; his record 28th Formula 1 victory
- 1987 San Francisco wide receiver Dwight Clark's NFL record streak of 105 consecutive games with a reception ends in 49ers 27-26 victory in Cincinnati
NFL Record
1987 Chicago running back Walter Payton scores his NFL record 107th rushing touchdown in the Bears' 20-3 victory over Tampa Bay
Walter Payton
- 1988 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 3m springboard gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after famously hitting his head on the board the previous day
- 1995 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
- 1998 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Muirfield Village: US retains Cup; beats Europe 16-12 for third consecutive victory
Federation Cup
1998 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Geneva, Switzerland: Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beat Martina Hingis & Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-0, 6-2 in doubles decider to clinch Spain's 5th title, 3-2
Martina Hingis
Birthdays in Sport
- 1873 Robert Wrenn, American tennis player (US Open 1893-94, 1896-97), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1925)
- 1873 Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (winner of the 1st Grand Prix motor racing), born in Szeghalom, Hungary (d. 1944)
- 1889 Charles Reidpath, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1975)
- 1893 Hermann Lux, German soccer defender (3 caps; manager Tennis Borussia Berlin), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1962)
- 1910 Jacques-Baptiste LeBrun, French finn yachtsman (Olympic gold 1932), born in Paris (d. 1996)
Red Auerbach
1917 Red Auerbach, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, general manager (Boston Celtics, 9-time NBA champion), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
Red Auerbach
- 1933 Dennis Viollet, English former soccer player (Manchester United), born in Fallowfield, Manchester, England (d. 1999)
- 1935 David Pegg, English soccer outside left (1 cap; Manchester United 127 games), born in Highfields, West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1958)
- 1938 Tom Tresh, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1962-63; AL Rookie of Year 1962; NY Yankees), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2008)
- 1943 Tommy Nobis, American football linebacker (Atlanta Falcons), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017)
- 1947 Bruce Pasternack, American CEO (Special Olympics International 2002-07), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1949 John W. Henry, American businessman and owner of sports teams (Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club), born in Quincy, Illinois
Guy Lafleur
1951 Guy Lafleur, Canadian NHL right wing (Montreal, NY Rangers), born in Thurso, Quebec
Guy Lafleur
- 1954 Silvio Leonard, Cuban 100m runner (Olympic silver 1980), born in Cienfuegos, Cuba
- 1954 Henry Samueli, American NHL team owner, born in Buffalo, New York
- 1957 Vladimir Tkachenko, Ukrainian-Russian basketball player (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- 1959 Lesley Thompson, Canadian rower (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1960 Alice Regina Brown, American 4X100 runner (Olympic gold 1984, 88), born in Jackson, Mississippi
- 1961 Erwin Koeman, Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen), born in Zaandam, Netherlands
- 1967 Catherine Bond-Mills, Woodstock Ontario, heptathlete (Olympics 1996)
- 1967 Martin Harrison, American NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings), born in Livermore, California
- 1968 Chris Waller, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Evanston, Illinois
- 1968 Eric Turner, American NFL safety (Cleveland Browns), born in Ventura, California
- 1969 Tommy Jeter, American NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Nacogdoches, Texas
- 1969 Richard Witschge, Dutch footballer, born in Amsterdam
- 1970 John Copeland, American NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals), born in Lanett, Alabama
- 1971 Andrew Lane, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1971 Henryk Larsson, Swedish soccer player (Feyenoord), born in Helsingborg, Sweden
- 1971 Ryan Terry, American NFL running back and kick returner (Arizona Cardinals), born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- 1972 Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Olympics 1996)
- 1972 Vance Joseph, American NFL cornerback and safety (NY Jets), born in Marrero, Louisiana
- 1973 Ronald McKinnon, American NFL linebacker, born in Elba, Alabama
- 1975 Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian-American race car driver, born in Bogotá, Colombia
- 1977 Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics 1996)
- 1978 Sophie Simard, Lars Germany, swimmer (Olympics 1996)
- 1978 T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
- 1978 Dante Hall, American football player
- 1979 Sean Davis, English footballer
- 1980 Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
- 1981 Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
- 1981 Jordan Tata, American baseball player
- 1983 Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player
John Tavares
1990 John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), born in Mississauga, Ontario
John Tavares
Deaths in Sport
- 1931 Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
- 1989 Richie Ginther, American racing driver, dies from a heart attack at 59
- 1992 K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
- 1993 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
- 1995 Walter Haas Jr., American businessman & sports team owner (Levi Strauss & Co, Oakland A's), dies of prostate cancer at 79
- 1999 Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive, dies at 93
- 2004 Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
- 2007 Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer, dies at 79
- 2010 Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
- 2019 Howard Cassady, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1955, Ohio State; NFL C'ship 1957, Detroit Lions), dies at 85
