- 1897 US Open Men's Golf, Chicago GC: Englishman Joe Lloyd wins his only major title by 1 stroke over runner-up Willie Anderson of Scotland; last 36-hole US Open
Event of Interest
1906 Playing as "Sullivan" Columbia University jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's
Eddie Collins
Event of Interest
1912 Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles
Casey Stengel
Event of Interest
1917 Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33
Honus Wagner
- 1920 National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association; renamed the NFL in 1922
- 1922 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ
- 1927 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Frenchman Rene Lacoste successfully defends title; beats Bill Tilden 11-9, 6-3, 11-9
- 1928 Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning
- 1928 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Frenchman Henri Cochet wins his only US title; beats American Frank Hunter 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- 1931 Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles
- 1937 1st NFL game in Washington, D.C.; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3
US Men's Tennis Open
1939 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Reigning Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs beats fellow American Welby van Horn 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Bobby Riggs
US Open Women's Tennis
1939 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Dual champion Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs 6-0, 8-10, 6-4
Alice Marble
Event of Interest
1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4
Stan Musial
Event of Interest
1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
Jackie Robinson
Event of Interest
1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player
Ernie Banks
Boxing Title Fight
1954 In a quick re-match at Yankee Stadium, NYC, Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in the 8th round to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
Rocky Marciano
Ezzard Charles
- 1955 Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game
- 1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year
Golf Tournament
1959 59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
US Men's Tennis Open
1960 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Neale Fraser wins 2nd straight US title; beats Rod Laver 6-4, 6-4, 9-7
Rod Laver
US Open Women's Tennis
1960 US National Championship Women's Tennis: American Darlene Hard wins her first US singles title; beats defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 10-12, 6-4
Darlene Hard
Maria Bueno
- 1961 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)
Event of Interest
1961 Fran Tarkenton plays his first NFL Game against the Chicago Bears, coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a 37-13 victory, also becoming the only QB to throw four touchdown passes in his first career game
Fran Tarkenton
Event of Interest
1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR
Mickey Mantle
- 1966 Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
- 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13
- 1968 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0
- 1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup
- 1977 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain & Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
- 1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
- 1978 After 6 losses to the New York Yankees in September, the Boston Red Sox finally score a 7-3 win over their arch rivals at Yankee Stadium
Baseball Record
1979 Royals' George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season
George Brett
Event of Interest
1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
Fernando Valenzuela
- 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
Baseball Record
1984 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games
Dwight Gooden
Baseball Record
1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs
Reggie Jackson
- 1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
- 1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL
- 1989 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ)
- 1991 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- 1992 NFL decides to suspend World League Football
- 1996 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field
Event of Interest
2000 Dan Marino's #13 jersey is retired by the Miami Dolphins
Dan Marino
Baseball Record
2004 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hits his 700th career MLB home run, off San Diego's Jake Peavy
Barry Bonds
- 2006 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Charleroi, Belgium: Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium withdraws with an injured knee with decisive doubles match level at 1-set all; Italy wins first ever title, 3-2
- 2017 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Anna Nordqvist of Sweden beats Brittany Altomare at 1st sudden-death playoff hole; event reduced to 54 holes after day 1 abandoned (bad weather)
