Sports History
1902 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Scotsman Sandy Herd wins by 1 stroke from James Braid and Harry Vardon
US Golf Open
1925 US Open Men's Golf, Worcester CC: Scotsman Willie Macfarlane beats Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a second 18-hole playoff for his only major title
- 1926 Clevelands Indians baseball team triple-play NY Yankees & win 15-3
Sports History
1927 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record
- 1927 French Championships Men's Tennis: Hometown favourite Rene Lacoste wins 2nd of 3 French titles; beats Bill Tilden 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
- 1927 32nd Women's French Championships: Kornelia Bouman beats Irene Peacock (6-2, 6-4)
- 1931 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour outlasts José Jurado of Argentina by 1 stroke to win his only Open title and his 3rd and final major championship
- 1933 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Jack Crawford wins his first and only French title; beats home favourite Henri Cochet 8-6, 6-1, 6-3
- 1933 French Championship Women's Tennis: England's Margaret Scriven is first woman from that country to win the singles title in Paris; beats Simonne Mathieu 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- 1937 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6
Sports History
1941 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
- 1943 75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2
Baseball Record
1948 Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23
Boxing Title Fight
1952 1st sporting event televised nationally - Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1952 Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley
Sports History
1955 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
French Open Men's Tennis
1966 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Tony Roche wins his first and only Grand Slam title; beats István Gulyás of Hungary 6-1, 6-4, 7-5
French Open Women's Tennis
1966 French Championships Women's Tennis: Ann Haydon-Jones of England beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 2nd French singles crown
Sports History
1974 As' Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit
Belmont Stakes
1976 108th Belmont: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., riding Bold Forbes wins his only Belmont classic
- 1977 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Philadelphia 76er, 4 games to 2
- 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers retire Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman and manager Walter Alston's #24
French Open Men's Tennis
1977 French Open Men's Tennis: Guillermo Vilas of Argentina wins first career Grand Slam event; outclasses American Brian Gottfried 6-0, 6-3, 6-0
Sports History
1981 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)
- 1982 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr.aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28
French Open Women's Tennis
1982 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats American teenager Andrea Jaeger 7-6, 6-1 for her first French singles crown
French Open Men's Tennis
1983 French Open: Home town favourite Yannick Noah wins his 1st and only career Grand Slam title; beats defending champion Mats Wilander of Sweden 6-2, 7-5, 7-6
- 1985 Steve Cauthen wins aboard Slip Anchor at Epsom Downs to become the only jockey to win both the Kentucky Derby (1978) and The Derby
Sports History
1986 SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time
Sports History
1987 Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation & allows wins game
French Open Men's Tennis
1988 French Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins 3rd French title; beats home favourite Henri Leconte 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
French Open Women's Tennis
1993 French Open Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf wins her 3rd of 6 French singles titles; beats Mary Joe Fernández of the US 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- 1994 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Sergi Bruguera beats Alberto Berasategui 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 for his second French title
- 1998 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Dallas Stars, 4 games to 2
- 1999 131st Belmont: Jose Santos aboard Lemon Drop Kid wins in 2:27.88
- 1999 French Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany wins her 22nd and final Grand Slam title; beats Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Graf's 6th French singles crown
- 2004 136th Belmont: Edgar Prado aboard Birdstone wins in 2:27.50
- 2004 French Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Russian final Anastasia Myskina wins her lone major title; beats Elena Dementieva 6-1, 6-2
French Open Men's Tennis
2005 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta of Argentina 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 to claim his first French title
- 2010 142nd Belmont: Mike Smith riding Drosselmeyer wins in 2:31.57
- 2010 French Open Women's Tennis: Francesca Schiavone of Italy wins her first and only Grand Slam title; beats Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 7-6
- 2011 French Open Men's Tennis: Defending champion Rafael Nadal wins his 6th French title; beats Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1
- 2014 MLB Draft: Cathedral Catholic HS (CA) pitcher Brady Aiken first pick by Houston Astros
French Open Men's Tennis
2016 French Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia beats Scotsman Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to win his first French title
Sports History
2018 American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. named 2017 top earning sportsperson by Forbes with $285 million
- 2021 153rd Belmont Stakes: 2-1 favourite Essential Quality wins with Luis Saez aboard
- 2022 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud of Norway, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0; record 22nd Grand Slam singles title and 14th French singles title
- 2022 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Australian Minjee Lee beats American Mina Harigae by 4 strokes for her second major title
