- 1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's
- 1888 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1896 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Charlotte Cooper beats Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 6-3
Charlotte Cooper
- 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 Men's Golf, 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)
PGA Championship
1963 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from fellow American Dave Ragan
Jack Nicklaus
PGA Championship
1968 PGA Championship Men's Golf, 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
- 1974 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Stone and Carol Mann
- 1974 61st Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins 5th Tour that he enters; equals Jacques Anquetil record for Tour victories
- 1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager
- 1975 NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
British Golf Open
1979 British Open Men's 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
British Golf Open
1985 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Scotsman Sandy Lyle wins his only Open title by 1 stroke from runner-up Payne Stewart; last time event features double cut (after 36 and 54 holes), introduced in 1968
Payne Stewart
- 1985 72nd Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
Boxing Title Fight
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
Mike Tyson
- 1991 British Open Men's 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 Men's 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
Event of Interest
1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
Wayne Gretzky
- 1996 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark
British Golf Open
2002 British Open Men's 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
Event of Interest
2002 With a record 6 races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his 5th F1 World Drivers Championship with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours; 3rd straight title win
Michael Schumacher
- 2007 New Zealand beats Australia, 26-12 at Eden Park, Auckland to win their 3rd consecutive Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter lands 7 penalties for the All Blacks
British Golf Open
2013 British Open Men's 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
