- 1884 Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey wins middleweight title in 1st fight with boxing gloves
- 1887 7th U.S. Men's National Championship: Richard Sears beats Henry Slocum (6-1, 6-3, 6-2)
- 1892 12th U.S. Men's National Championship: Oliver Campbell beats Fred Hovey (7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5)
- 1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)
Tennis Open
1927 41st U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (6-1, 6-4)

Helen Wills Moody

Betty Nuthall
- 1939 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456)
- 1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
- 1941 St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 2-0
- 1944 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769)
- 1945 12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753)
- 1960 Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7
Baseball Record
1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game

Jack Fisher
Event of Interest
1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match

Ian Botham
- 1979 Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in US Tennis Open, she loses
Tennis Open
1979 Wildest US Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Năstase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Năstase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated

Ilie Năstase
- 1981 Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
- 1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
- 1986 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54)
- 1987 87th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair
- 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
Baseball Record
1987 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minn 10-6 win over Milwaukee

Kirby Puckett
Event of Interest
1987 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m after Ben Johnson is disqualified

Carl Lewis
- 1988 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games
- 1990 Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning
- 1991 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
- 1992 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard
- 1992 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sun-Times Golf Challenge
- 1994 Largest US Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618
- 1997 1st WNBA Championship: Houston Comets beat NY Liberty
- 1997 Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (US Open)
Baseball Record
2006 Greg Maddux wins his 330th career game

Greg Maddux
Event of Interest
2012 Andy Roddick announces he will retire following the U.S. Open

Andy Roddick
- 2015 15th World Championships in Athletics close at Beijing, China