- 1881 1st US men's single tennis championships (Newport, Rhode Island)
- 1891 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Oliver Campbell beats Clarence Hobart 2-6, 7-5, 7-9, 6-1, 6-2; second of 3 straight titles
- 1894 Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases
- 1900 Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
- 1903 New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month, beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1 and 9-2 at the Polo Grounds
- 1904 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier 10-8, 6-4, 9-7 for his lone major singles title
- 1905 25th US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Beals Wright beats defending champion Holcombe Ward 6-2, 6-1, 11-9 for his lone major singles title
- 1909 A. J. Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball
- 1909 Swedish runner Thure Johansson runs world record marathon (2:40:34.2) in Stockholm
- 1913 Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1915 Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
- 1918 Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
World Record
1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2)
Baseball Record
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
- 1954 Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's)
- 1954 Cincinnati 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski hits 2 HRs in a 9-3 loss v Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia; 1st Redleg to ever hit 40 MLB HRs, en route to season total 49
- 1959 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
Baseball Record
1959 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
- 1960 US sweeps the medals in the shot put at the Rome Olympics; Bill Nieder wins gold with 19.68m, ahead of countrymen Parry O'Brien and Dallas Long
- 1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of MLB California Angels
- 1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
- 1968 68th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher
- 1968 Gary Sobers becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over
- 1970 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
- 1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
- 1972 Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
Olympic Gold
1972 Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut wins balance beam & floor exercise gold medals at the Munich Olympics; follows gold in the teams all-round
World Record
1972 American super swimmer Mark Spitz wraps up the Olympic butterfly double with a world record 54.27 in the 100m in Munich, having already won the 200m in world record time 2:00.70
- 1972 American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter & Mark Spitz swim a world record 7:35.78 to beat West Germany for the gold medal at the Munich Olympics
- 1972 Australian swimmer Gail Neall with a world record 5:02.97 wins the 400m individual medley gold medal at the Munich Olympics
Sports History
1979 In the battle of American teenage tennis prodigies, 16 year old Tracy Austin beats 14 year old Andrea Jaeger 6-2, 6-2 in the 2nd round at US Open
Sports History
1985 Ángel Cordero Jr. becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100m
- 1987 Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
- 1987 The Great Potato Incident: Minor league Williamsport Bills catcher Dave Bresnahan attempts to lure an opposing baserunner off third base using a potato carved to look like a baseball. Umpire calls runner safe, and the catcher is fined $50 and released by the team [1] [2]
- 1990 Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
Sports History
1990 Baseball outfielders Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. become the 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored
Sports History
1994 Pentium computer beats world chess champ Garry Kasparov
Sports History
1997 Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by NY Yankees
- 1997 Eddie George runs for 216 yards on 35 carries and scores a touchdown as the Oilers, playing their first NFL game in Tennessee, beat Oakland 24-21 in overtime at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis
Sports History
1999 Dino Ciccarelli retires from the NHL
Sports History
2003 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Reserve Vineyards & GC: Tom Watson wins his third of 6 Champions Tour majors by 1 stroke from Jim Ahern & Tom Kite
- 2019 Minnesota Twins smash 6 HRs in 10-7 loss to the Tigers in Detroit; break MLB record by hitting 268th home run of the season
Appointment of Interest
2021 36-year old Cristiano Ronaldo is confirmed as a Manchester United player for a second time when his transfer from Juventus is ratified; Ronaldo left United in 2009 to join Real Madrid
