- 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
Sports History
1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
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
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
- 1968 55th Tour de France won by Jan Janssen of Netherlands
- 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
- 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers release and end career of knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm
Sports History
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta
- 1974 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Stone and Carol Mann
Sports History
1974 61st Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins 5th Tour that he enters; equals Jacques Anquetil record for Tour victories
Sports History
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
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
- 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
- 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
Hall of Fame
1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
- 1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
Sports History
1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
- 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
Sports History
1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
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
Sports History
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
- 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
Sports History
2013 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
