- 1908 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in London
- 1918 Giants' 9-0 winning start & Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped
- 1920 Sweden takes the figure skating double at the Antwerp Olympics when Gillis Grafström wins his first of 3 consecutive men's gold medals; Magda Julin earlier wins the women's singles event
- 1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
- 1926 In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance
- 1929 Ryder Cup Golf, Moortown GC: Great Britain beats US, 7-5 in bitterly cold and snowy conditions
- 1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0
- 1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek"
Event of Interest
1956 Undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, retires from the ring
Rocky Marciano
Baseball Record
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
Nolan Ryan
Walter Johnson
- 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
- 1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
- 1992 NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
- 1994 7th longest NHL game at 125 min 43 sec: Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 1-0 on a goal by Dave Hannan
- 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
- 1994 Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0
- 2017 NFL Draft: Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett first pick by Cleveland Browns
