Events in Sport on July 23

1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers

1934 Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes

1956 Joe Cronin & Hank Greenberg inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

1960 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls

1965 Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park
1966 John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
1967 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France
1969 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington, D.C.
1969 All star MVP: Willie McCovey (SF Giants)
1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts
1974 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)
1975 LA Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1976 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)

1976 Balt 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
1978 Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200
1978 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their 5th straight game
1978 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France

1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit

1984 KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
1987 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last year's World Series
1989 118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon
1989 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1989 76th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
1991 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
1993 Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
1993 Chris Boardman bicycles world record 1 hour distance (52,270 km)
1993 NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
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

1995 British Open Golf, St. Andrews: John Daly wins in a playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy

1995 Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
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

2000 129th British Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 269 at Royal Lytham

2000 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)

2006 135th British Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 270 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
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
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

2017 British Open Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Jordan Spieth wins by 3 strokes from countryman Matt Kuchar