- 1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's
Tennis Open
1896 13th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats A Pickering (6-2 6-3)
Charlotte Cooper
- 1896 20th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Harold Mahony beats W Baddeley (6-2 6-8 5-7 8-6 6-3)
- 1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4
- 1945 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
- 1956 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
- 1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
- 1957 PGA Championship, Miami Valley GC: Lionel Hebert wins 2 & 1 from Dow Finsterwald; last time event played under match-play format
- 1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)
Golf Major
1963 PGA Championship, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from fellow American Dave Ragan
Jack Nicklaus
- 1964 Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
Event of Interest
1968 PGA Championship, Pecan Valley GC: Julius Boros (48) becomes oldest winner of a major; wins by 1 from Bob Charles & Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Event of Interest
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
Hank Aaron
Golf Major
1979 British Open Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins by 3 from Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw; Nicklaus runner-up for record 7th time
Seve Ballesteros
Jack Nicklaus
Boxing Title Fight
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
Mike Tyson
- 1991 British Open Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood
- 1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
- 1995 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
- 1996 British Open Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier
- 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic
- 1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
- 1996 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark
Event of Interest
2002 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Ernie Els of South Africa wins first of 2 Open titles in a playoff from Australians Stuart Appleby & Steve Elkington, and Frenchman Thomas Levet
Steve Elkington
- 2002 With a record 6 races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his 5th World F1 Drivers title with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours; 3rd straight title win
Golf Major
2013 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden
Phil Mickelson
- 2013 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain