Baseball Record
1912 Philadelphia A's Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game

Eddie Collins
Historic Publication
1914 W. C. Handy publishes "St Louis Blues"

W. C. Handy
- 1933 Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at US Tennis championship
- 1935 US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
- 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
- 1937 57th U.S. Men's National Championship: Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm (6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1)
- 1937 51st U.S. Women's National Championship: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (6-4, 6-2)
- 1955 6th Formula One WDC: Juan Manuel Fangio wins by 16.5 points
Tennis Open
1955 75th U.S. Men's National Championship: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall (9-7, 6-3, 6-3)

Tony Trabert

Ken Rosewall
Baseball Record
1956 Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for HRs (236) by a catcher

Yogi Berra
Golf Tournament
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic

Mickey Wright
Tennis Open
1977 97th Men's U.S. Open: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0)

Guillermo Vilas

Jimmy Connors
Tennis Open
1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY

Chris Evert
- 1982 102nd Women's U.S. Open: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Hana Mandlikova (6-3, 6-1)
- 1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards
- 1983 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
Tennis Open
1983 103rd Men's U.S. Open: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0)

Jimmy Connors

Ivan Lendl
- 1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India
Event of Interest
1988 Betsy King wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship

Betsy King
- 1988 Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world
Tennis Open
1988 108th Men's U.S. Open: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4) in the longest final in the Open's history

Mats Wilander

Ivan Lendl
Tennis Open
1993 113th Women's U.S. Open: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-3)

Steffi Graf
- 1994 Missie McGeorge wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
Tennis Open
1994 114th Men's U.S. Open: Andre Agassi beats Michael Stich (6-1, 7-6, 7-5)

Andre Agassi
Tennis Open
2005 125th Women's U.S. Open: Kim Clijsters beats Mary Pierce (6-3, 6-1)

Mary Pierce
- 2014 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and is later found guilty of culpable homicide)
Tennis Open
2016 136th Men's U.S. Open: Stan Wawrinka defeats Novak Đoković (6-7, 1-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3)

Novak Đoković