- 1896 16th U.S. Men's National Championship: Robert Wrenn beats Fred Hovey (7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 1-6, 6-1)
- 1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
- 1903 23rd U.S. Men's National Championship: Englishman Laurence Doherty beats American William Larned 6-0, 6-3, 10-8
- 1909 Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs
Baseball Record
1912 Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends
Walter Johnson
- 1912 32nd U.S. Men's National Championship: Maurice McLoughlin beats Wallace F. Johnson (3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2)
- 1913 33rd U.S. Men's National Championship: Maurice McLoughlin beats R. Norris Williams (6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1)
- 1933 Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
- 1938 Montreal Maroons dropped from NHL
- 1939 1st major league baseball telecast on W2XBS- Cincinnati Reds defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
- 1940 RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk
- 1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
- 1950 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
- 1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
- 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Denver Golf Open
- 1956 Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from KC
- 1962 Minnesota Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0
- 1963 W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy
- 1966 Balt Orioles Roznovsky & B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
- 1971 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
- 1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
Event of Interest
1972 Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
Leo Durocher
Golf Tournament
1979 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
Beth Daniel
- 1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
Event of Interest
1985 Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs California Angels
Eddie Murray
- 1986 Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38)
- 1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
- 1995 Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval
- 2004 Félix Sánchez wins the men's 400m hurdles 47.63 in Athens; the Dominican Republic's first ever Olympic gold medal
- 2004 An American 1-2-3 in the 200m medals at the Athens Olympics; Shawn Crawford gold in 19.79 ahead of Bernard Williams & Justin Gatlin
- 2004 Germany wins its first ever Olympic women's field hockey gold medal with a 2-1 win against the Netherlands in Athens
- 2004 Lindsay Tarpley and Mary Wambach score as the US beats Brazil 2-1, maintaining an undefeated record to win the women's football gold medal at the Athens Olympics
- 2004 Hamish Carter of New Zealand wins the men's gold medal ahead of team mate Bevan Docherty, whilst Kate Allen of Austria takes out the women's Triathlon at the Athens Olympics
Agreement of Interest
2014 Burger King agrees to purchase Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion
Tim Horton
Event of Interest
2016 San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US national anthem at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium while playing against the San Diego Chargers, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the US
Colin Kaepernick
- 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup: New Zealand Black Ferns defeat England 41-32 in the final in Belfast
- 2017 Manchester City scores a 2-1 win at Bournemouth to start EPL record 18 game winning streak; Raheem Sterling scores for City but is sent off with 2 yellow cards in injury time
- 2018 Gamer at a Madden NFL 19 gaming tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, loses then returns to shoot two dead and wound nine
Event of Interest
2018 Boxing match between YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul ends in a draw in Manchester, England
Logan Paul