- 1881 1st US men's single tennis championships (Newport, Rhode Island)
- 1891 11th U.S. Men's National Championship: Oliver Campbell beats Clarence Hobart (2-6, 7-5, 7-9, 6-1, 6-2)
- 1894 Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases
- 1900 Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
- 1904 24th U.S. Men's National Championship: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (10-8, 6-4, 9-7)
- 1905 25th U.S. Men's National Championship: Beals Wright beats Holcombe Ward (6-2, 6-1, 11-9)
- 1909 A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball
- 1909 Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2)
- 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)
- 1934 1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432)
- 1935 Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0
- 1938 5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 28, Washington 16 (74,250)
- 1947 NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
Baseball Record
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
Gil Hodges
- 1954 Cincinnati 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski hits 2 HRs in a 9-3 loss v Phillies; 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 1972 Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut wins balance beam & floor exercise gold medals at the Munich Olympics; follows gold in the teams all-round
- 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
- 1979 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open Tennis
- 1979 Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green
- 1980 80th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton
- 1981 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's
- 1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1985 Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M
- 1987 Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
- 1990 Ken Griffey Sr & Jr are 1st father & son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners
- 1991 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
- 1993 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
Event of Interest
1994 Pentium computer beats world chess champ Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
- 1997 Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by NY Yankees
- 1997 Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 268
- 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
Event of Interest
1999 Dino Ciccarelli retires from the NHL
Dino Ciccarelli