Sports History
1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Norman Brookes beats Herbert Roper Barrett 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 to give Australasia a 3-2 win over British Isles
Sports History
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
- 1938 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test
- 1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
- 1949 Test Cricket debut of England's Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
- 1955 NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
Hall of Fame
1956 Joe Cronin & Hank Greenberg inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
US Women's Golf Open
1960 US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske
Baseball Record
1964 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch he sees from Twins' Jim Kaat, adds a 2nd HR later, also off of Kaat (in Minnesota)
Sports History
1969 40th MLB All Star Game, RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.: NL beats AL, 9-3; MVP: Willie McCovey, SF Giants, 1B
- 1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts
Sports History
1974 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)
Baseball Record
1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game
- 1978 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Indianapolis: Hollis Stacy successfully defends title by 1 stroke from Sally Little and JoAnne Carner
Sports History
1978 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200
Baseball Record
1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
Sports History
1984 KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
British Golf Open
1989 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Mark Calcavecchia wins his only major title in first ever 4-hole aggregate playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady
- 1989 76th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
- 1990 Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
- 1991 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
Sports History
1993 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
Sports History
1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits
- 1994 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
- 1994 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American Tom Wargo wins by 2 strokes from Bob Charles and Doug Dalziel
British Golf Open
1995 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his 2nd major title by 4 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy
Sports History
1995 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 5th consecutive Tour, 4' 35" ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner
- 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
British Golf Open
2000 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by 8 shots to win his first Open title; becomes youngest player at 24 to win all 4 major titles
US Women's Golf Open
2000 US Open Women's Golf, Merit Club: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon; third of Webb's 7 major titles
Sports History
2000 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
- 2006 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Tiger Woods wins his 2nd consecutive Open Championship title and 3rd overall; holds off fellow American Chris DiMarco by 2 strokes
- 2006 93rd Tour de France won by Oscar Pereiro of Spain
- 2009 Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating Tampa Bay Rays 5-0
Sports History
2017 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win
- 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup: England beat India by 9 runs in the final at Lords in London
British Golf Open
2017 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Jordan Spieth wins by 3 strokes from countryman Matt Kuchar
- 2019 Nike's Jordan Brand signs 2019 NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to richest multiyear sponsorship deal for a rookie in history; estimated 7 years for $75 million
- 2021 XXXII Summer Olympic Games officially open at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
- 2021 MLB Cleveland Indians announce team will be renamed the Guardians, after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located near their playing field
