TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2025

JULY 9

$48 Million Prize Money: Anyone For Tennis?

1877 First Wimbledon tennis championship - first official lawn tennis tournament - begins featuring men's singles only


Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles competition, 1877
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1891 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-2, 6-1 in a repeat matchup and result of the 2 previous finals


Tennis PlayerBlanche Bingley

Tennis Player and All-Round AthleteLottie Dod

• 1904 US Open Men's Golf, Glen View GC: defending champion Willie Anderson of Scotland wins the 3rd of his 4 Open titles, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls

Babe Ruth Contract
1914 Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth's contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1932 Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) formed
• 1932 Yankees' Ben Chapman hits two inside-the-park home runs, tying the record
• 1933 Philadelphia-based NFL team Frankford Yellow Jackets is sold and rebranded as Philadelphia Eagles

British Golf Open
1937 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Henry Cotton wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow Englishman Reg Whitcombe


GolferHenry Cotton

• 1939 A meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg, South Africa, launches the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa
• 1940 8th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
• 1946 13th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston

Baseball History
1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors, pitching two scoreless innings for Cleveland in St. Louis


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige
British Golf Open
1949 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St.George's GC: South African Bobby Locke wins a 36-hole playoff by 12 strokes from Irishman Harry Bradshaw


GolferBobby Locke

• 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games

British Golf Open
1954 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: 23-year-old Australian Peter Thomson wins first of his 5 Open titles by a stroke from Bobby Locke, Dai Rees, and Syd Scott


GolferPeter Thomson

GolferBobby Locke

• 1957 24th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis

British Golf Open
1960 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Australian Kel Nagle wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Arnold Palmer in the centenary year of the Open Championship


GolferArnold Palmer
MLB All-Star Game
1963 34th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland; MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1965 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian Peter Thomson Peter Thomson wins his 5th Claret Jug, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O'Connor Sr

British Golf Open
1966 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders & Dave Thomas by 1 stroke to become only 4th in history to win all 4 majors


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1968 39th MLB All-Star Game, Astrodome, Houston, TX: NL beats AL 1-0; MVP: Willie Mays, SF Giants, CF

Sports History
1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76'ers to LA Lakers


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
Sports History
1969 Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against the Cubs ends with one out in the ninth inning


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1972 Wimbledon men's tennis: American Stan Smith beats Ilie Năstase of Romania 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 for his only Wimbledon title


Tennis ChampionIlie Năstase

Tennis PlayerStan Smith
British Golf Open
1977 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Tom Watson wins second of 5 Open titles by a stroke from Jack Nicklaus; pair play together in final 2 rounds; separate themselves from field under rare clear skies, remembered as the "Duel in the Sun"


GolferTom Watson

GolferJack Nicklaus
Dale Murphy Streak Ends
1986 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play, ending his consecutive streak at 740


Baseball OutfielderDale Murphy

• 1986 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson

Sports History
1988 Nolan Ryan becomes the seventh player to win 100 games with two teams as the Astros beat the Mets 6-3


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1989 Wimbledon men's tennis: Boris Becker of Germany beats Sweden's Stefan Edberg 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 for his third and last Wimbledon title


Tennis LegendBoris Becker

Tennis PlayerStefan Edberg
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1989 Wimbledon women's tennis: Steffi Graf successfully defends her title beating Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-7, 6-1

Cricket History
1990 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in third Test against England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
MLB All-Star Game
1991 62nd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto; MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Baltimore Orioles)


MLB Legend Cal Ripken Jr

• 1991 South Africa re-admitted to Olympics
• 1994 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history (Matt Nokes)

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1995 Wimbledon men's tennis: American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon title; beats Boris Becker of Germany 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

1996 67th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia; MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)

• 1997 Baseball's Triple-A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
• 2000 Police fire tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that kills 12 people in Harare, Zimbabwe
• 2000 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras wins 4th straight Wimbledon singles title; beats Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 for his 13th Grand Slams title

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2001 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Goran Ivanišević wins his lone major title beating Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7

2002 73rd MLB All-Star Game ends in a 7-7 tie when both teams run out of available pitchers at Miller Park, Milwaukee

• 2006 FIFA World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany: Italy beats France, 5-3 on penalties; 1-1 after extra time
• 2006 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Prairie Dunes GC: Defending champion Allen Doyle wins by 2 strokes ahead of Tom Watson for his 4th Champions Tour major title

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2006 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins 4th straight Wimbledon title beating Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-0, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3

Joe Sakic Retires
2009 Joe Sakic retires after 21 NHL seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, finishing with 625 goals and 1,641 points

2011 Super Rugby Final, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane: Queensland Reds beat Canterbury Crusaders 18-13 at home for their first Super Rugby title
Sports History
2013 Adam Ondra onsights Cabane au Canada in Switzerland, the second-ever onsight of a 9a (5.14d) route

Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2016 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3, equalling Steffi Graf's 22 Grand Slam singles tiles

Rooney Rejoins Everton
2017 English international footballer Wayne Rooney announces he will leave Manchester United after 13 years to rejoin his original club, Everton

2017 Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months, and 19 days at Ladies European Thailand Championship

• 2018 Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion
• 2021 British road cyclist Mark Cavendish wins Nîmes to Carcassonne stage 13 of the Tour de France for his record-equalling 34th career stage victory, equalling Eddy Merckx's mark
• 2022 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan claims her first Grand Slam title with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur; first Kazakhstani player to win a major title
• 2023 US Open Women's Golf, Pebble Beach CC: Hawaiian Allisen Corpuz wins her first major title with a three-stroke victory over Charley Hull of England and South Korean Jiyai Shin

 

JULY 10

Baseball Record

1920 Cleveland's future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Tris Speaker has his then-record hitting streak of 11 stopped by Tom Zachary; Indians beat Washington Senators 8-4 at Griffith Stadium


Baseball PlayerTris Speaker
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1922 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2


Tennis PlayerGerald Patterson
US Golf Open
1926 US Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa


GolferBobby Jones

• 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates outslug Philadelphia Phillies 15-9 at Baker Bowl; 9 HRs hit, 1 in each inning - unique in MLB history

Sports History
1934 AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC; NL pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin for an MLB All-Star Game record for consecutive strikeouts


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell

Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
Baseball Record
1936 Phillies' Chuck Klein becomes fourth player to hit four home runs in a game


Baseball Hall of Fame Right FielderChuck Klein

• 1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes first passenger flight over Atlantic
• 1951 18th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit

British Golf Open
1953 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevails by 4 strokes over Dai Rees, Antonio Cerdá, Peter Thomson, Frank Stranahan


GolferBen Hogan

GolferPeter Thomson

• 1956 23rd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
• 1960 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1
• 1962 32nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington

British Golf Open
1964 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, five strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1964 Jesús Alou is the first San Francisco Giant in 40 years to get six hits in a game in a 10-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
• 1968 US Major League Baseball announces it will be split into two divisions for 1969

British Golf Open
1971 100th British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan


GolferLee Trevino
Cricket Debut
1975 Test cricket debut of Graham Gooch against Australia, out for a pair


CricketerGraham Gooch
British Golf Open
1976 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Johnny Miller wins his only Open championship, 6 strokes clear of Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus; Miller's second and last major title


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1990 61st MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago; MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)

Cricket History
1990 Final day of Test cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand goes down by 114 runs in third Test against England at Edgbaston


CricketerRichard Hadlee

• 1992 US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
• 1997 Hideki Irabu makes MLB debut as a NY Yankee, beats Tigers 10-3
• 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: US beats China 5-4 on penalties; 0-0 a.e.t; US wins second World Cup
• 2001 72nd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-1 at Safeco Field, Seattle

ESPY Awards
2002 10th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods and Venus Williams win


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

GolferTiger Woods
Senior Players Championship
2005 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Peter Jacobsen wins his second Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Hale Irwin


GolferHale Irwin

• 2007 78th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-4 at AT&T Park, San Francisco
• 2012 83rd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

Sports History
2015 Jason Koumas announces his retirement from professional football


FootballerJason Koumas

• 2016 UEFA European Championship, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Eder scores in extra time as Portugal upset France, 1-0
• 2016 US Open Women's Golf, CordeValle GC: American Brittany Lang wins her first major title by three strokes in a three-hole playoff against Anna Nordqvist of Sweden

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2016 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his second Wimbledon and third Grand Slam title


Tennis ChampionAndy Murray
Sports History
2018 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2 million, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo
Contract of Interest
2019 Kawhi Leonard signs a reported 3-year, $103 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers


Basketball ForwardKawhi Leonard

• 2021 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: World #1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia wins her second major title; beats Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2022 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins 4th straight and record equalling 7th Wimbledon singles title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win over Nick Kyrgios of Australia; Đoković 21 Grand Slam titles


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković

 

JULY 11

1st Individual Female Olympic Champion

1900 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the first female Olympic tennis champion and the first individual female Olympic champion in any sport


Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

• 1912 There are six medallists in the Stockholm Olympic pole vault: American Harry Babcock takes gold (3.95 m), countrymen Frank Nelson and Marc Wright tie for silver, and three-man tie for bronze

Ruth's Pitching Debut
1914 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and earns a 4-3 win against the Cleveland Naps at Fenway Park


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Sports History
1923 Harry Frazee sells the baseball team Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1 million


MLB Team OwnerHarry Frazee
Bradman Makes 334 at 21
1930 21-year-old Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman is 105 at lunch, 220 at tea, and 309 at stumps on the first day in the third Test vs. England at Leeds; he goes on to score 334


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8

MLB All-Star Game
1939 Seventh MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York, with Yankee/AL manager Joe McCarthy starting six Yankees players


Baseball ManagerJoe McCarthy

• 1944 12th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

MLB All-Star Game
1950 17th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
British Golf Open
1952 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: 3 titles in 4 years for Bobby Locke of South Africa beating Australian Peter Thomson by a stroke


GolferPeter Thomson

GolferBobby Locke

• 1960 28th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
• 1961 30th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
• 1967 38th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 innings at Anaheim Stadium, CA; MVP: Tony Perez (Cincinnati Reds)

Sports History
1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles


MLB ManagerEarl Weaver

Baseball Player and ManagerHank Bauer
Sports History
1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, first person to reach the milestone


CricketerColin Cowdrey

• 1971 Phillies' Deron Johnson hits three home runs, completing a streak of four consecutive home runs over two games
• 1976 First US football club in Austria forms (FAAFC - first Austrian American)

US Women's Golf Open
1976 US Open Women's Golf, Rolling Green GC: JoAnne Carner wins in a playoff against Sandra Palmer


GolferJoAnne Carner
MLB All-Star Game
1978 49th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium; MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey
Sports History
1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets a world record for 1,000 m (2:12.18)


1500m RunnerSebastian Coe

• 1982 FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 in front of 90,000

US Senior Golf Open
1982 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Portland GC: Miller Barber wins by four strokes from Dan Sykes and Gene Littler, his first of three Senior Open titles


GolferGene Littler
MLB All-Star Game
1984 55th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco; MVP: Gary Carter (Montreal Expos)


Baseball Hall of Fame CatcherGary Carter
Sports History
1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan becomes the first to strike out 4,000 batters (Mets' Danny Heep)


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
World Record
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in a world record time of 30:13.74

1987 Orioles' Cal Ripkin becomes first to manage two sons as Billy joins Cal
Sports History
1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor

MLB All-Star Game
1989 60th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All-Star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)


NFL Running Back and Baseball Outfielder Bo Jackson

• 1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All-Star Game
• 1990 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
• 1991 Calumet Farm, home to eight Kentucky Derby winners, files for bankruptcy
• 1993 Mike Smith aboard Sky Beauty wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies

US Senior Golf Open
1993 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus wins by one stroke ahead of Tom Weiskopf for his second US Senior title

1995 66th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas; MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)

• 1999 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Des Moines G & CC: Dave Eichelberger wins by three strokes ahead of Ed Dougherty for his lone major title
• 2000 71st MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 6-3 at Turner Field, Atlanta

Canadian Women's Open
2004 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Legends on the Niagara GC: Meg Mallon wins by four strokes from Beth Daniel

LPGA GolferBeth Dan2004 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by one stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain

• 2006 77th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-2 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh
• 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra-time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title

US Women's Golf Open
2010 US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Paula Creamer wins her first major championship, four shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen

2011 US Open Women's Golf, The Broadmoor: Ryu So-yeon wins her first major in a playoff with fellow South Korean Hee Kyung Seo
Steve Nash Traded to the Lakers
2012 Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers

ESPY Awards
2012 Twentieth ESPY Awards: LeBron James and Brittney Griner win

Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2015 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4

Copa América Final
2021 Copa América Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro: Argentina beats Brazil, 1-0; Lionel Messi named player of the tournament in his first major international title victory


Football StarLionel Messi
UEFA European Championship Final
2021 UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Italy wins first Euro title since 1968, 3-2 on penalties over England after scores locked at 1-1 AET


FootballerHarry Kane
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2021 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković claims a record equalling 20th Grand Slam title; beats Matteo Berrettini of Italy 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
Mo Farah's Story
2022 UK Olympic gold medalist Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK as a child, from Djibouti, to work as a domestic servant [1]


Long-distance RunnerMo Farah

• 2023 93rd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-2 to earn its first win since 2012 at T-Mobile Park, Seattle; MVP: Elías Díaz (Colorado Rockies)

 

JULY 12

• 1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course

Young Wins 300

1901 MLB Boston Americans pitcher Cy Young wins his 300th baseball game


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1921 Cleveland Indians (9) & New York Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles

Nurmi World Record
1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi
Ruth Half Way to Record
1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, half way to his MLB record of 60 home runs, smacks #30 off Joe Shautes in 9th inning in New York's 7-0 win over Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field in Cleveland


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Bradman Out for 334
1930 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman is out for 334 in drawn 3rd Test vs England at Headingley, Leeds; innings 383 minutes, 46 x 4's


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
US Men's Golf Open
1930 US Open Men's Golf, Interlachen CC: Defending champion Bobby Jones wins record-tying 4th US Open title by 2 strokes from Macdonald Smith; third consecutive major title


GolferBobby Jones

• 1931 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32
• 1932 Hedley Verity establishes a first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm
• 1934 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)
• 1945 Chicago Cubs beat Boston, 6-1 to halt Braves outfielder Tommy Holmes' modern-day record NL hitting streak at 37 games
• 1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
• 1949 16th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
• 1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
• 1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
• 1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws

Sports History
1951 NY Yankees pitcher Allie Reynolds throws no-hitter in Cleveland against the Indians, his former team, in a 1-0 win


Baseball PitcherAllie Reynolds

• 1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded
• 1955 22nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
• 1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during Yankee-Red Sox game

US Women's Golf Open
1964 US Open Women's Golf, San Diego CC: Mickey Wright wins her 4th Open in a playoff with Ruth Jessen


LPGA GolferMickey Wright
MLB All-Star Game
1966 37th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 innings at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis; MVP Brooks Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson
British Golf Open
1969 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Tony Jacklin wins the first of his 2 major titles, 2 strokes ahead of Bob Charles of New Zealand; first Briton to win The Open since 1951


GolferBob Charles
British Golf Open
1970 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders by 1 stroke in event's first 18-hole playoff to win the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships


GolferJack Nicklaus
British Golf Open
1975 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: American Tom Watson wins 18-hole playoff by 1 stroke over Jack Newton of Australia; first of 8 major titles; first of 5 Open Championships


GolferTom Watson

• 1975 England cricket wicketkeeper Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield

Down With Disco!
1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers


Anti-disco baseball fans hold a 'Disco Sucks' sign during Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, 1979
US Senior Golf Open
1981 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Arnold Palmer comfortably wins 18-hole playoff against Billy Casper and Bob Stone


GolferArnold Palmer

GolferBilly Casper

• 1987 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
• 1987 Phillies' Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief

US Senior Golf Open
1987 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Brooklawn CC: South African Gary Player wins by a record 6 strokes ahead of Doug Sanders


GolferGary Player

• 1988 59th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati; MVP: Terry Steinbach (Oakland A's)
• 1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her

Sports History
1989 NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)


Baseball PitcherRon Guidry

• 1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
• 1992 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Saucon Valley CC: Larry Laoretti wins by 4 strokes ahead of Jim Colbert for his lone professional victory
• 1994 65th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 7-8 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh; MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)

Sports History
1996 Kirby Puckett, MLB centerfielder, retires after 12 seasons from Minnesota Twins, due to loss of vision in one eye


MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett
Contract of Interest
1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract with the Chicago Bulls, for 1 year for $30.1 million


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1997 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive game without being no-hit
• 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates duo Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Houston Astros, 3-0 in 10 innings at Three Rivers Stadium

FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Zinedine Zidane scores twice as France wins first World Cup beating Brazil, 3-0


Football Player and ManagerZinedine Zidane
Senior Players Championship
1998 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Gil Morgan wins his 3rd Champions Tour major title by 3 strokes from Hale Irwin


GolferHale Irwin

• 2005 76th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 7-5 at Comerica Park, Detroit
• 2009 US Open Women's Golf, Saucon Valley CC: Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea wins her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of American runner-up Candie Kung
• 2011 82nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix
• 2015 US Open Women's Golf, Lancaster CC: Chun In-gee of South Korea wins her first major title by 1 stroke from compatriot Amy Yang

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2015 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković successfully defends his title for 3rd Wimbledon crown; beats Roger Federer 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković

Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

 

JULY 13

• 1881 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw beats defending champion John Hartley 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 for first of his 7 Wimbledon singles titles
• 1885 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 5 straight Wimbledon titles for William Renshaw; for second consecutive year he beats Herbert Lawford 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• 1886 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw beats Herbert Lawford for the 3rd straight year 6-0, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 for his 6th consecutive Wimbledon championship

Wimbledon Men's Championship

1895 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley beats Wilberforce Eaves 4-6, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his third Wimbledon singles title


Tennis PlayerWilfred Baddeley

• 1896 Philadelphia outfielder Ed Delahanty becomes second major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game as Phillies lose 9-8 to Chicago Colts at the West Side Grounds, Chicago
• 1900 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
• 1919 Boston Red Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support in field
• 1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)

Nurmi's Record 3000m
1926 Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world record 3000m (8:20.4) in Stockholm, Sweden


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

• 1930 First football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay

Babe Ruth's 700th HR
1934 Babe Ruth hits 700th career home run against Detroit


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1941 Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League) spits in face of umpire Ray Snyder

Men's PGA Championship
1941 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Vic Ghezzi wins his only major title over defending champion Byron Nelson in 38 holes


GolferByron Nelson

• 1943 11th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
• 1948 15th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis

Ted Williams Operated On
1950 Doctors operate and remove seven bone fragments from MLB Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams' elbow following injury suffered 2 days earlier in All-Star game


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1954 21st MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
• 1960 29th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York

British Golf Open
1962 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd consecutive Open, 6 strokes clear of runner-up Kel Nagle of Australia


GolferArnold Palmer
British Golf Open
1963 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Bob Charles of New Zealand wins his only major championship in a 36-hole playoff, 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Phil Rodgers; becomes first left-hander to win a major title


GolferBob Charles
Sports History
1963 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Early Wynn wins his 300th and final MLB game at 43


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherEarly Wynn
MLB All-Star Game
1965 36th MLB All-Star Game, Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota: NL wins, 6-5; MVP: Juan Marichal, SF Giants, P


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherJuan Marichal
British Golf Open
1968 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: South African Gary Player wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes clear of Bob Charles and Jack Nicklaus; 5th of Player's 9 major titles


GolferGary Player

GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferBob Charles
MLB All-Star Game
1971 42nd MLB All-Star Game, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI: AL beats NL, 6-4; MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, OF


Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson

• 1972 NFL franchises LA Rams (Irsay) and Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners

Sports History
1973 Bobby Murcer's three homers account for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0

1974 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: South African Gary Player wins his 3rd Open Championship, 4 strokes clear of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis of England

• 1976 47th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia; MVP: George Foster (Cincinnati Reds)
• 1976 Last day of Test Cricket for English all-rounder Brian Close, aged 45

Sports History
1979 Calif's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th


MLB Pitching Legend Nolan Ryan
US Women's Golf Open
1980 US Open Women's Golf, Richland CC: Amy Alcott scores convincing 9 stroke win over runner-up Hollis Sta

• 1982 53rd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal; MVP: Dave Concepción (Cincinnati Reds)
• 1984 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m

Sports History
1985 New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniform numbers


Baseball Player Roger Maris

Baseball Catcher Elston Howard

• 1988 Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan
• 1991 Bob Milacki and three other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0

MLB All-Star Game
1993 64th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore; MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)


MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett
Murder of Interest
1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing

Sports History
1994 Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan
Senior Players Championship
1997 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Larry Gilbert wins his lone career major title by 3 strokes from Isao Aoki, Bob Dickson, Jack Kiefer and Dave Stockton
US Women's Golf Open
1997 US Open Women's Golf, Pumpkin Ridge GC: Alison Nicholas of England wins her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez

1999 70th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-1 at Fenway Park, Boston
Sports History
1999 Pedro Martínez strikes out the first four batters in the All-Star Game at Fenway Park, earning All-Star Game MVP


Baseball PitcherPedro Martínez

• 2001 International Olympic Committee votes to award Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Senior Players Championship
2003 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Craig Stadler wins his first of 2 Champions Tour major titles by 3 strokes from Tom Kite, Jim Thorpe and Tom Watson


Golfer Tom Watson

Golfer Tom Kite

• 2004 75th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 9-4 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
• 2010 81st MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-1 at Angel Stadium, Anaheim
• 2011 19th ESPY Awards: Dirk Nowitzki, Lindsey Vonn win
• 2012 Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division

Women's British Open
2014 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Mo Martin wins her first major title, 1 shot ahead of runners-up Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen

Football Awards
2014 FIFA World Cup Awards: Lionel Messi (golden ball), James Rodriguez (golden boot), and Manuel Neuer (Golden gloves)

FIFA World Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup Final, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Mario Götze scores an extra-time winner as Germany beats Argentina 1-0

US Senior Golf Open
2014 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oak Tree National: Scotsman Colin Montgomerie wins by 1 stroke after a 3-hole playoff with Gene Sauers

• 2018 Chelsea FC sacks high-profile manager Antonio Conte despite winning 2016-17 EPL and 2018 FA Cup, replaced by ex-Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri

Longest Semi Final in Wimbledon History
2018 Kevin Anderson of South Africa beats American John Isner 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 6-4, 26-24 in the longest (6 hours 36 mins) semi-final in Wimbledon history

2019 After Atlantic League-MLB partnership rule changes, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs' outfielder Tony Thomas becomes first player in professional baseball history to steal first base in 7-2 win against Lancaster Barnstormers
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2019 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Simona Halep beats Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 in just 55 minutes; first Romanian to win a Wimbledon singles title

2021 91st MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-2 at Coors Field, Denver, for its eighth consecutive victory; MVP: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays)
Sports History
2021 Kawhi Leonard undergoes surgery to repair a partial tear of the ACL in his right knee

2024 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková wins her second major title defeating Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 2–6, 6–4

 

JULY 14

• 1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8)
• 1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
• 1916 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 innings for 14 hits in a 0-0 tie vs. Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park

• 1934 Philadelphia Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beating Cincinnati 18-0

NY Times' Babe Ruth Prediction

1934 The New York Times erroneously declares Babe Ruth's 700 home run record to stand for all time


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Red Sox 11 Cleveland 10
1946 Cleveland's Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR, but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
Czech Tennis Defections
1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimir Černík defect while playing in a tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland; Drobny accepts Egyptian citizenship


Ice Hockey and Tennis StarJaroslav Drobný

• 1951 First color telecast of a sporting event (CBS - horse race)
• 1951 In his last race, 1948 Triple Crown champion Citation wins the Hollywood Gold Cup by 4 lengths, to become American racing's first millionaire horse.
• 1953 20th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
• 1956 Boston Red Sox pitcher Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 at Fenway Park, Boston

Tour de France
1963 50th Tour de France: French cyclist Jacques Anquetil wins his 3rd consecutive general classification event; first rider to win Tour 4 times


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil

• 1964 51st Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France wins 4th consecutive Tour and is first to claim 5 titles
• 1964 MLB Baltimore Oriole Bob Johnson's 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter
• 1965 52nd Tour de France: In his first year as a professional, Italian Felice Gimondi, a replacement on the Salvarani team, captures overall title ahead of Raymond Poulidor
• 1966 53rd Tour de France won by Lucien Aimar of France

Matthews Hits #500
1967 Houston Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR, off SF Giant Juan Marichal


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherJuan Marichal
Aaron Hits #500
1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron
MLB All-Star Game
1970 41st MLB All-Star Game, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH: NL beats AL, 5-4; MVP: Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox, LF


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

• 1972 Plate umpire and catcher in a game are brothers; Bill Haller is umpire and Tom Haller is Detroit Tigers catcher; Kansas City Royals win, 1-0
• 1973 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon GC: American Tom Weiskopf wins wire-to-wire by 3 strokes from Johnny Miller and Neil Coles

Martin Ejected Twice in One Day
1974 Billy Martin, MLB Texas Rangers manager, ejected by umpire from 2 games in 1 day during double header in Milwaulkee


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Don Sutton Ejected
1978 Umpire Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering three scuffed balls


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherDon Sutton

• 1985 US Open Women's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Kathy Baker (later Guadagnino) wins her first LPGA Tour event and only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Judy Clark (later Dickinson)

US Women's Golf Open
1986 US Open Women's Golf, NCR CC: Jane Geddes wins by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff with South African born Sally Little


LPGA GolferJane Geddes

GolferSally Little
MLB All-Star Game
1987 58th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 innings at Oakland-Alameda Stadium; MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)


MLB OutfielderTim Raines
Jackie Robinson Award
1987 Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson
Baseball History
1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
US Women's Golf Open
1991 US Open Women's Golf, Colonial CC: Meg Mallon shoots final round 67 (−4) to finish 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Pat Bradley


LPGA GolferMeg Mallon

LPGA GolferPat Bradley
MLB All-Star Game
1992 63rd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego; MVP: Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners)


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.

• 1995 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
• 1996 New York Yankees closer John Wetteland sets MLB record 24 consecutive saves
• 1996 NY Yankees sweep complete season series in Baltimore for first time

Senior Players Championship
1996 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Raymond Floyd wins first of 2 event titles by 2 strokes from Hale Irwin


Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd

GolferHale Irwin

• 2002 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Australian Stewart Ginn wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from American trio Hubert Green, Mike McCullough & Jim Thorpe
• 2009 80th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-3 at Busch Stadium, St Louis

ESPY Awards
2010 18th ESPY Awards: Drew Brees, Lindsey Vonn win


NFL QuarterbackDrew Brees

Alpine SkierLindsey Vonn
US Senior Golf Open
2013 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Omaha CC: Kenny Perry wins by 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Funk


GolferFred Funk

• 2015 86th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 6-3 at Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati

Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2018 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Angelique Kerber becomes the first German since Steffi Graf (1996) to win Wimbledon beating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3

Hamilton Wins 6th F1 British Grand Prix
2019 English Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins a record 6th British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone; moves him 1 win clear of Jim Clark and Alain Prost (5)
Cricket World Cup
2019 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: After the first super over in an ODI, which is also tied, New Zealand and England are separated by a boundary countback, awarding England their first title; Player of the Match: Ben Stokes (ENG) 84 not out (98)

2019 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: Retief Goosen of South Africa birdies final 2 holes to secure his first Champions Tour win by 2 strokes from Jay Haas and Tim Petrovic
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2019 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins longest ever Wimbledon final over Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12 in 4 hours, 57 minutes; his 16th Grand Slam title

2024 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Japan's Ayaka Furue eagles the final hole to beat Stephanie Kyriacou of Australia by 1 stroke for her first major title

• 2024 UEFA European Championship, Olympiastadion, Berlin: Mikel Oyarzabal scores in the 86th minute to break an intense tie as Spain beats England 2-1 for their 4th title

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2024 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: At just 21, Carlos Alcaraz wins his fourth major title beating 7-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6

 

JULY 15

• 1815 First flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill
• 1876 Baseball's first official no-hitter: George Bradley of the St Louis Brown Stockings no-hits the Hartford Dark Blues, 2-0
• 1879 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Hartley beats Vere St. Leger Goold 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

• 1880 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Reigning champion John Hartley beats Herbert Lawford 6-3, 2, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
• 1884 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 4 consecutive Wimbledon titles for William Renshaw; beats Herbert Lawford 6-0, 6-4, 9-7

Wimbledon Women's Championship

1895 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Helen Jackson 7-5, 8-6 for her first of 5 Wimbledon singles titles


Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper
Sports History
1901 NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherChristy Mathewson

• 1902 Indian born England Test batsman K S Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch for Sussex v Surrey in a county cricket match at Hastings; finishes unbeaten on 234

Tigers Sweep Senators
1909 Detroit's future Baseball Hall of Fame center-fielder Ty Cobb smashes 2 inside-the-park homers to lead the Tigers to a sweep of the Washington Senators, 9-5 and 7-0


MLB LegendTy Cobb
Thorpe Wins Olympic Decathon
1912 American athlete Jim Thorpe is placed in top 4 in all 10 events, for an Olympic record 8,413 points to win the Decathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982


Versatile AthleteJim Thorpe
Ruth Ties HR Record
1921 NY Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record of 138 career home runs (held by Roger Connor since 1895) in 7-2 win over St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
US Men's Golf Open
1922 US Open Men's Golf, Skokie CC: Gene Sarazen wins the first of his 7 major titles, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones


GolferBobby Jones

GolferGene Sarazen

• 1923 US Open Men's Golf, Inwood CC: Amateur legend Bobby Jones captures his first career major championship, defeating Bobby Cruickshank by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Sunday playoff
• 1927 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Bobby Jones retains title; wins wire-to-wire by 6 shots from Fred Robson & Aubrey Boomer
• 1928 22nd Tour de France: Defending champion Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg holds yellow jersey from start to finish; his Alcyon team has all 3 podium positions
• 1932 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Ozaukee CC: Jane Weiller beats June Beebe 5 & 4 for golf's only major title
• 1938 Arthur Fagg becomes the first batsman in first-class cricket history to score double centuries in both innings of a match, with 244 and 202 for Kent against Essex in Colchester, England

PGA Men's Championship
1945 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Morraine CC: Byron Nelson wins 5th and final major title and 2nd PGA title; beats ex-MLB player Sam Byrd 4 & 3


GolferByron Nelson
Sports History
1960 Baltimore's future Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle in the Orioles' 5-2 win over the Chicago White Sox


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson
British Golf Open
1961 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Arnold Palmer wins the first of 2 consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Welshman Dai Rees


GolferArnold Palmer
Tour de France
1962 49th Tour de France; Defending champion Jacques Anquetil of France claims his 3rd Tour victory


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil
British Golf Open
1967 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: 44-year-old Argentine Robert De Vicenzo wins his only major championship, 2 strokes clear of defending champion Jack Nicklaus


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1969 Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
• 1970 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
• 1972 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Lee Trevino claims his second straight Claret Jug; first to successfully defend his title since Arnold Palmer in 1962; wins by 1 stroke from Jack Nicklaus

Sports History
1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
Baseball Record
1973 MLB San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs, this one at Candlestick Park against Pittsburgh Pirate's Bob Moose


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1975 46th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee; MVPs: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) and Jon Matlack (NY Mets)
• 1978 British Open Men's Golf at St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus completes his third career Grand Slam, winning by 2 strokes over Ben Crenshaw and Ray Floyd
• 1979 US Open Women's Golf, Brooklawn CC: Jerilyn Britz wins her first LPGA Tour event (and only major), 2 shots ahead of runners-up Debbie Massey and Sandra Palmer

Baseball Record
1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher which breaks Yogi Berra's record


MLB CatcherJohnny Bench

MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

• 1984 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US title by 1 stroke from Rosie Jones

MLB All-Star Game
1986 57th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston, Texas; MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)


MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens
US Women's Golf Open
1990 US Open Women's Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Defending champion Betsy King wins consecutive titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan, the leader after each of first 3 rounds


LPGA GolferBetsy King

LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan

• 1991 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is the first woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
• 1994 NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
• 1996 After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, MLB Baltimore Orioles Cal Ripkin moves to 3rd base
• 1999 The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field held in Seattle, Washington
• 2000 World record Rugby attendance of 108,874 see New Zealand beat Australia, 39-35 in Tri Nations match at Stadium Australia, Sydney; 5 tries each with Andrew Mehrtens' goal kicking (6) the difference
• 2001 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Allen Doyle wins his 2nd Champions Tour major with par on first extra hole of a playoff with Doug Tewell
• 2003 74th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 7-6 at U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago

Appointment of Interest
2005 After declining an offer to remain with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Mike Babcock is named head coach of the Detroit Red Wings


NHL CoachMike Babcock

• 2007 Copa América Final, Maracaibo, Venezuela: Defending champions Brazil win their 8th title with a 3-0 win over Argentina
• 2007 MLB Philadelphia Phillies lose to visiting St. Louis Cardinals 10-2, becoming the first franchise in major American sports with 10,000 all-time losses

US Senior Golf Open
2012 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Indianwood G &CC: Englishman Roger Chapman wins by 2 strokes ahead of Bernhard Langer, Fred Funk, Corey Pavin & Tom Lehman


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

GolferTom Lehman

GolferFred Funk

• 2013 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia
• 2014 85th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-3 at Target Field, Minnesota

Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2017 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain beats Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 for her 2nd Grand Slam title


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
FIFA World Cup
2018 FIFA World Cup Final, Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia: Former captain Didier Deschamps becomes only the 3rd man to win the event as a player and coach as France beats Croatia, 4-2


Football Player and CoachDidier Deschamps
Pacquiao KOs Matthysse
2018 Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao stops WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in 7 in Kuala Lumpur for his first knockout in 9 years and 60th career victory

Senior Players Championship
2018 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Exmoor CC: Fijian Vijay Singh wins in a playoff with Jeff Maggert on 2nd extra hole

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2018 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 4th Wimbledon title beating South African Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6
2019 Tampa Bay catcher Travis d'Arnaud becomes first player in MLB history to hit 3 homers while catching and batting leadoff in the Rays' 5-4 win over the NY Yankees
Sports History
2023 Argentine footballer Lionel Messi officially signs for Inter Miami for 2 1/2 years, with salary between $50 million and $60 million a year [1]

2023 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Czech left-hander Markéta Vondroušová beats Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6–4, 6–4 to become first unseeded player to win the women's singles title in the pro era

 

JULY 16

• 1883 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw wins third straight Wimbledon title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Wimbledon Men's Championship

1888 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Ernest Renshaw wins his lone major title; beats defending champion Herbert Lawford 6-3, 7-5, 6-0


Tennis PlayerErnest Renshaw

• 1895 Lancashire batsman Archie MacLaren scores the first quadruple-hundred (424) in first-class cricket against Somerset at Taunton
• 1896 Indian born K S Ranjitsinhji debuts for England v Australia in 2nd Test at Old Trafford; first Indian to play Test cricket
• 1902 John McGraw officially becomes manager of MLB New York Giants; 30 year tenure begins (1902-32)
• 1909 MLB Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators play longest scoreless game in AL history - 18 innings at Bennett Field in Detroit, Michigan [1]
• 1920 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
• 1924 NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games
• 1936 NY Giants are 10½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant

PGA Men's Championship
1938 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Shawnee CC: 1934 champion Paul Runyan dominates the heavily favoured Sam Snead, 8 & 7; largest victory margin ever in the event's match play format


GolferSam Snead
Dimaggio's 3 for 4
1941 Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
• 1945 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets
• 1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19

Manager Merry-go-round
1948 MLB manager merry-go-round: Philadelphia Phillies - Ben Chapman out / Eddie Sawyer in; NY Giants - Mel Ott out / Leo Durocher in; Brooklyn Dodgers - Durocher out / Burt Shotton in


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

Baseball Player and ManagerMel Ott

• 1950 FIFA World Cup Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay beats Brazil, 2-1

Catcher in Rye
1951 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published by Little Brown and Company


NovelistJ. D. Salinger
F1 World Champion
1955 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina clinches his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd to fellow Mercedes driver Sterling Moss in the British Grand Prix at Aintree


Auto RacerJuan Manuel Fangio

• 1956 Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
• 1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer [1]

Tour de France
1961 48th Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France scores his second Tour general classification category title


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil
Boston's Record Jump
1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"


Long JumperRalph Boston
LPGA Championship
1967 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Whitworth wins by 1 stroke from Shirley Englehorn


LPGA GolferKathy Whitworth
Baseball Record
1969 Minnesota Twins' Rod Carew steals home for his career best 7th time of the season, against Chicago


Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew

• 1970 Cincinnati Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's new Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2

Kuhn Re-elected
1975 Major League Baseball owners re-elect Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to a 7-year term


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

• 1985 56th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota; MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres)

Baseball Record
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)


Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly
Sports History
1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100m in 9.78 sec


Olympic Sprinter and Long JumperCarl Lewis

• 1988 Florence Joyner runs 100m in women's world record 10.49 seconds

Women's Heptathlete Record
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts


Track and Field AthleteJackie Joyner-Kersee
US Women's Golf Open
1989 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Betsy King wins the first of her 2 consecutive titles, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez


LPGA GolferBetsy King

LPGA GolferNancy Lopez

• 1993 SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consecutive errorless games

The Three Tenors
1994 "The Three Tenors" Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, and Luciano Pavarotti, perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and chorus of the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California; an estimated 1.3 billion viewers watch the worldwide broadcast


Operatic TenorLuciano Pavarotti

Opera SingerJosé Carreras

Opera Singer and ConductorPlácido Domingo

• 1994 Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
• 1994 Shreveport Pirates lose first CFL home game 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana

Senior Players Championship
1995 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: J. C. Snead wins his lone career major title as he birdies first playoff hole against Jack Nicklaus


GolferJack Nicklaus
US Women's Golf Open
1995 US Open Women's Golf, The Broadmoor: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins her first of 10 LPGA major titles with a 1 shot victory over Meg Mallon


LPGA GolferMeg Mallon

GolferAnnika Sörenstam
Senior Players Championship
2000 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Raymond Floyd wins his 4th and final Champions Tour major by 1 stroke from Larry Nelson and Dana Quigley


Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd

Golfer and Three-Time Major Championship WinnerLarry Nelson
ESPY Awards
2003 11th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Serena Williams win

2006 14th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sörenstam win

• 2006 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Bobby Wadkins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Jim Thorpe
• 2008 79th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-3 at Yankee Stadium, New York City
• 2013 84th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-0 at Citi Field, New York City

Spurs Re-sign Leonard
2017 Kawhi Leonard re-signs with the San Antonio Spurs to a five-year, $90 million contract

Senior Players Championship
2017 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Caves Valley GC: Scott McCarron wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Brandt Jobe and Germany's Bernhard Langer

2017 US Open Women's Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2017 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilić 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for a record 8th Wimbledon men's title

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2023 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In a classic final, 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz ends Novak Đoković's 34-match win streak at the All England Club with a 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory

2024 94th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-3 at Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas; MVP: Jarren Duran (Boston Red Sox)

 

JULY 17

• 1882 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion William Renshaw beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

Wimbledon Women's Championship

1885 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Maud Watson defeats Blanche Bingley 6–1, 7–5


Tennis PlayerBlanche Bingley

• 1886 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley defeats 2-time defending champion Maud Watson 6–3, 6-3
• 1893 Arthur Shrewsbury is the first to score 1,000 runs in Test cricket

Wimbledon Men's Championship
1893 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Joshua Pim wins his first of two straight Wimbledon titles beating defending champion Wilfred Baddeley 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2


Tennis PlayerWilfred Baddeley

• 1894 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Joshua Pim retains his title beating 2-time champion Wilfred Baddeley 10-8, 6-2, 8-6
• 1894 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Edith Austin 6-1 6-1 for her 3rd of 6 Wimbledon singles titles

Sports History
1900 NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherChristy Mathewson

• 1902 Orioles forfeit to St Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
• 1912 International Amateur Athletic Federation forms in Stockholm, Sweden (now known as World Athletics)
• 1918 Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings
• 1919 Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play

Cobb's Five Hit Record
1922 Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1924 St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0

Speaker Reaches 3000
1925 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits


Baseball PlayerTris Speaker
Nurmi Walks World Record
1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

• 1927 21st Tour de France: Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg claims first of 2 consecutive titles by 1h 48' 21" from Belgian Maurice De Waele

Ruth's 2,000th Walk
1934 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Hubbell Begins Winning Streak
1936 NY Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell begins MLB record 24 game winning streak, beating Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-0 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell
PGA Men's Championship
1939 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pomonok CC: 1938 Masters champion Henry Picard wins his 2nd major title defeating Byron Nelson with a birdie at the 37th hole


GolferByron Nelson
DiMaggio's Streak Ends
1941 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1954 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)

1st LPGA Championship
1955 1st LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Orchard Ridge CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 3 shots from Louise Suggs


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

• 1960 47th Tour de France won by Gastone Nencini of Italy

Sports History
1963 Dave DeBusschere hits a single off Bennie Daniels, his 1st and only MLB hit


NBA Forward and MLB PlayerDave DeBusschere

• 1963 Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
• 1966 American athlete Jim Ryun sets World mile record (3:51.3) in Berkeley, California
• 1974 Bob Gibson becomes second pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters (Cesar Geronimo)
• 1976 21st modern Olympic games open in Montreal: 25 African teams (later rising to 33 nations) boycott the games due to New Zealand playing rugby in apartheid South Africa

Sports History
1976 Walter Alston becomes the fifth MLB manager to win 2,000 games as Los Angeles Dodgers defeat visiting Chicago Cubs, 5-2


Baseball ManagerWalter Alston
Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin Clash
1978 NY Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1979 50th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle; MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates)

David Gower's Double Century
1979 David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston


Cricket Batsman and CaptainDavid Gower
Sebastian Coe's Record Mile
1979 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo


1500m RunnerSebastian Coe
British Golf Open
1983 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Defending champion Tom Watson wins his 5th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Andy Bean and Hale Irwin; Watson's 2nd consecutive Open win and 3rd in last 4


GolferTom Watson

GolferHale Irwin
Baseball Record
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)


Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly
Sports History
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of the USA sets 100 m woman's record (10.49)


SprinterFlorence Griffith Joyner

• 1990 Minnesota Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0

Baseball Record
1990 NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer


NFL LegendDeion Sanders

• 1993 Graeme Obree breaks the world hour cycling record, riding 51.596km on Old Faithful at the Hamar velodrome in Norway [1]

British Golf Open
1994 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Nick Price of Zimbabwe claims the second of his 3 major titles and only Claret Jug; wins by 1 stroke from Jesper Parnevik of Sweden

1994 FIFA World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Brazil beats Italy 3-2 on penalties; 0-0 after extra time
ESPY Awards
2005 13th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sörenstam win
British Golf Open
2005 British Open Golf, St. Andrews: Tiger Woods wins his 10th major title wire-to-wire by 5 shots from Scotsman Colin Montgomerie


Golfer Tiger Woods
2005 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Glen Arbour GC: South Korean Meena Lee wins by 1 from Australian Katherine Hull
British Golf Open
2011 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland claims his only major title; wins by 3 strokes from American pair Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.

FIFA Women's World Cup Final
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany: Japan beats US, 3-1 on penalties; 2-2 after extra time

ESPY Awards
2013 21st ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Serena Williams win

2016 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon GC: Sweden's Henrik Stenson becomes first Scandinavian man to win a major title; shoots final round 63 for record 20-under par 264; wins by 3 from Phil Mickelson

• 2018 89th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 8-6 at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C., the teams score a record 10 home runs accounting for 13 of the 14 total runs; MVP: Alex Bregman (Houston Astros)
• 2018 Australian basketball center Liz Cambage scores 53 points as the Dallas Wings beat the NY Liberty 104-87 to set new WNBA single game scoring record
• 2018 Bloomberg estimates NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league's 32 teams, $255m each

150th British Golf Open
2022 150th British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Cameron Smith of Australia wins his first major title by 1 stroke from American Cameron Young with Irish favourite Rory McIlroy another stroke back in third place

2024 Cavan Sullivan of the Philadelphia Union becomes the youngest player in a Major League Soccer match and the youngest to debut in any major North American professional sports league at 14 years and 293 days old in a 5-1 win over the New England Revolution at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania

 

JULY 18

• 1878 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frank Hadow makes his lone Wimbledon appearance, and wins; beats defending champion Spencer Gore 7-5, 6-1, 9-7
• 1893 Australian Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's

Wimbledon Women's Championship

1893 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-8, 6-1, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive and 5th overall Wimbledon singles title

• 1896 George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
• 1896 Indian-born K S Ranjitsinhji completes an unbeaten 154 on Test cricket debut for England in second Test against Australia at Old Trafford
• 1896 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills: American-based Scot James Foulis wins by 3 strokes ahead of Englishman Horace Rawlins
• 1912 Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings

Sports History
1913 MLB New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson gives up a walk for the first time in 69 innings


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherChristy Mathewson

• 1914 MLB Boston Braves start 'miracle' move from last place to become World Series champs

Babe Ruth's becomes All Time HR Leader
1921 Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs with a MLB record 575 feet hit to become the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1926 20th Tour de France won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium

Ty Cobb's 4,000th Hit
1927 Ty Cobb's 4,000th MLB career hit


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1930 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
• 1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
• 1943 Giants and Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
• 1947 Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game winning streak
• 1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in an 11 inning game

Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 rounds, becoming at age 37 the then oldest world heavyweight champion, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game

• 1959 46th Tour de France won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain
• 1959 William 'Bill' Wright becomes the 1st African American to win a major golf tournament (U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships)
• 1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and NY franchises

Sports History
1961 Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Sports History
1962 Minnesota Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning


Baseball PlayerHarmon Killebrew
Agreement of Interest
1969 Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL


NFL QuarterbackJoe Namath
Baseball Record
1970 San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits


MLB LegendWillie Mays
58th Tour de France
1971 58th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins third straight Tour general classification as well as points and combination categories

1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins, the 1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play; criminal charges are not pursued, and a $1M settlement is reached with injured Minnesota North Star Henry Boucha

• 1976 63rd Tour de France won by Lucien Van Impe of Belgium

Nadia Comăneci
1976 Nadia Comăneci (14) becomes the first gymnast in Olympic Games history to achieve a perfect 10 score (doing so 7 times) at the Montreal Games

British Golf Open
1982 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Tom Watson wins his 4th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price


GolferTom Watson

GolferNick Price

• 1983 Despite being in 1st place tie in NL East, Philadelphia Phillies (43-42) fire manager Pat Corrales, replacing him with GM Paul Owens, eventually getting to World Series (losing to Baltimore)
• 1986 MLB Kansas City Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor

Baseball Record
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 consecutive games


Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly
British Golf Open
1988 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his 3rd Open title by 2 shots from Nick Price of Zimbabwe


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

GolferNick Price

• 1991 Florida Marlins' logo unveiled

Meeting of Interest
1991 Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
British Open
1993 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Australian Greg Norman fires final round 64 (–6) to win his 2nd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Englishman Nick Faldo


GolferGreg Norman

Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo

• 1994 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
• 1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
• 1994 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
• 1999 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Scotsman Paul Lawrie wins his only major title by 3 strokes in 4-hole aggregate playoff with Jean van de Velde & Justin Leonard; recovers from 10 shots behind after 3rd round for biggest comeback in major championship history; van de Velde famously triple-bogies last hole

Baseball Record
1999 New York Yankees' David Cone becomes 15th pitcher to throw a perfect game (6-0 vs Montreal)


Baseball PitcherDavid Cone
Sports History
2001 Chris Sharma completes the first ascent of the route Realization/Biographie in Ceüse, France, the world's first consensus 9a+ (5.15a) route


Rock ClimberChris Sharma
ESPY Awards
2004 12th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Diana Taurasi win


CyclistLance Armstrong

Basketball PlayerDiana Taurasi
British Open
2004 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Todd Hamilton wins his only major title, defeating 2002 champion Ernie Els of South Africa by a stroke in a 4-hole playoff


GolferErnie Els
The Last Play at Shea
2008 Billy Joel performs last of two concerts dubbed "The Last Play at Shea"; the final concert event before demolition of the 1964 baseball stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, NYC; featured guests include Roger Daltrey, Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney


Pianist, Songwriter and ComposerBilly Joel

Country Singer-SongwriterGarth Brooks

Musician and BeatlePaul McCartney

• 2010 "150th Anniversary" British Open Golf, St Andrews: South African Louis Oosthuizen wins his only major title, 7 strokes clear of runner-up Lee Westwood of England

Sports History
2018 Kawhi Leonard is traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl, and a protected 2019 first-round draft pick


Basketball ForwardKawhi Leonard

• 2021 108th Tour de France: Defending champion Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia becomes youngest rider to win the Tour twice; also claims Mountains and Youth classifications; Mark Cavendish wins points title

British Open
2021 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Collin Morikawa becomes first male in history to win his debut at 2 separate major events [2020 PGA C'ship]; beats Jordan Spieth by 2 strokes


Professional GolferJordan Spieth

 

JULY 19

• 1877 1st Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
• 1884 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maud Watson becomes inaugural female champion by beating her sister Lillian Watson 6–8, 6–3, 6–3
• 1900 Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion

• 1903 1st Tour de France: French rider Maurice Garin wins inaugural event
• 1908 Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978
• 1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians' 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox

Cy Young Wins 500th Game

1910 Cy Young wins the 500th game of his Baseball HOF career as the Cleveland Naps beat Washington Senators, 5 - 2, in 11 innings; only pitcher in MLB history to reach milestone


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds
• 1918 Washington Senators catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for draft deferment; Secretary of War, Newton D Baker rules baseball players not draft exempt but later moves date to 1 September; both leagues end regular season 2 September

Ruth Breaks HR Record
1920 Babe Ruth hits his 30th home run of the 1920 baseball season, breaking his own single-season record. He would attain 54 throughout the season, before breaking that record the next year.


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Weissmuller Breaks 1 Minute Barrier
1922 American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller first to break 1 minute barrier for 100m freestyle; swims 58.6s at Alameda, CA


Swimmer and ActorJohnny Weissmuller

• 1925 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy
• 1930 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Acacia CC: Lucia Mida beats June Beebe 6 & 5 to win the inaugural event and first women's major championship ever played

Rival Brothers Make HR
1933 Rick Ferrell (Red Sox) and Wes Ferrell (Cleveland Indians), two brothers on opposite teams, hit home runs in the same game, a first in MLB history


Baseball PlayerRick Ferrell

Baseball PitcherWes Ferrell
Feller Makes Debut
1936 17-year-old Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF pitcher Bob Feller makes his MLB debut in relief in 9-5 loss to Senators at Griffith Stadium, Washington


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller

• 1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague

Yankees Sign 1st Black Players
1950 NY Yankees sign their 1st Black players, Elston Howard and Frank Baines


Baseball CatcherElston Howard
Tour de France
1952 39th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy


CyclistFausto Coppi

• 1952 XV Summer Olympic Games open at the Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland
• 1958 45th Tour de France won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg

PGA Championship
1964 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Columbus CC: Bobby Nichols wins his only major title by 3 strokes from 'Big-2' Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer; leads wire-to-wire


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferArnold Palmer
Tour de France
1970 57th Tour de France: Defending champion Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins general, mountains and combination categories


Road CyclistEddy Merckx
Baseball Hall of Fame
1973 NY Mets future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays is named to NL All Star team for 24th time (ties Stan Musial)


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1974 Cleveland Indians pitcher Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
• 1975 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's first-inning single and RBI are nullified because tar on his bat handle exceeds the 18-inch limit; Minnesota Twins win 2-1

MLB All-Star Game
1977 48th MLB All-Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherDon Sutton

• 1978 New York Yankees start historic 14 game comeback with 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN
• 1980 XXII Summer Olympic Games open in Moscow, Russia; led by United States, 66 nations boycott event because of Soviet-Afghan war

Tour de France
1981 68th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France


Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault
British Golf Open
1981 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Bill Rogers wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer of Germany

1981 South African Springbok rugby team arrives in New Zealand beginning 56 days of 'near civil war' in the country between anti-apartheid protesters and tour supporters [1]
Baseball History
1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Old-Timers Baseball Classic: 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 275-foot HR off Warren Spahn, as AL beats NL 7-2; participants included Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, Bert Campaneris, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Don Newcombe, and Early Wynn (RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.)


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Warren Spahn

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Early Wynn

MLB Legend Stan Musial
Boxing Title Fight
1986 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

British Golf Open
1987 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Briton Nick Faldo wins his first major title, by 1 shot from Paul Azinger and Rodger Davis

Baseball Record
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 consecutive games


Baseball Player and Manager Don Mattingly
Baseball History
1989 Cleveland Indians Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game

1989 NFL owners vote unanimously to form World League of American Football - operated 1991-2007
Baseball History
1990 Dave Righetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee


MLB Pitcher and Coach Dave Righetti
Baseball History
1990 Former MLB baseball player and manager Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion

Sports History
1991 Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game


MLB Legend Cal Ripken Jr
Sports History
1991 Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington)


Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson

• 1991 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
• 1992 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Englishman Nick Faldo wins his 3rd Open title, by 1 stroke from American John Cook

Federation Cup
1992 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Germany wins 2nd title with 2-1 win over Spain; Steffi Graf clinches final 6-4, 6-2 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Botham's Last Day
1993 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham

1996 XXVI Summer Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia
British Golf Open
1998 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Mark O'Meara wins his 2nd major championship of the year (Masters) and first Open title by 2 in a 4-hole aggregate playoff with fellow American Brian Watts


GolferMark O'Meara
ESPY Awards
2009 17th ESPY Awards: Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin win

British Golf Open
2009 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Stewart Cink wins his only major championship by six strokes in a four-hole playoff with five-time champion Tom Watson

2018 Brazilian soccer international goalkeeper Alisson transfers from Roma to Liverpool for a world record shot blocker's fee of £66.8m
Hamilton Equals Schumacher record
2020 World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher's record of wins at a single circuit (French GP)

2022 92nd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, for its ninth straight victory; MVP Giancarlo Stanton (NY Yankees)

 

Test

 

JULY 20

• 1858 Fee first charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Brooklyn 22-18)

Wimbledon Men's Championship

1896 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Harold Mahony beats 3-time champion Wilfred Baddeley 6-2, 6-8, 5-7, 8-6, 6-3


Tennis PlayerWilfred Baddeley

• 1906 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 2-0 at Robison Field, St. Louis
• 1911 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
• 1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game

Baseball Trade
1916 NY Giants trade future Baseball HOF pitcher Christy Mathewson to Cincinnati Reds


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherChristy Mathewson

• 1920 Dutch soccer club Sportclub Heerenveen is formed; initially known as Athleta; KNVB Cup Champions 2008–09
• 1923 New York Yankees hit into a triple-play, but beat Philadelphia A's 9-2
• 1924 18th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy

The Babe meets The Don
1932 An injured Babe Ruth entertains the touring Australian cricketers in his private box at Yankee Stadium as his NY Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2; 'The Babe' meets 'The Don' (Don Bradman)


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1938 IOC awards Helsinki, Finland 1940 Summer Olympic Games after Tokyo, Japan withdraws (Second Sino-Japanese War)
• 1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
• 1942 Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy taking 8-8; West Indian cricket domestic first class record
• 1944 Browns Nelson Potter is first pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs
• 1947 Tour de France: French rider Jean Robic takes lead on final stage to win overall classification; Pierre Brambilla of Italy mountains champion
• 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)

Maureen Connolly's Tragic Accident
1954 American tennis champion Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in a horse riding accident ending a brilliant career at just 19


Tennis playerMaureen Connolly
Whitey Ford's 6th Straight Strike Out
1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs


MLB PitcherWhitey Ford
44th Tour de France
1957 44th Tour de France: French cyclist Jacques Anquetil wins first of 5 general classification titles


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil
Baseball History
1958 Detroit Tigers future Baseball HOF pitcher Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning
PGA Championship
1958 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Llanerch CC: Dow Finsterwald wins 1st PGA C'ship held in current stroke play format; wins by 2 from Billy Casper


GolferBilly Casper
US Women's Golf Open
1963 US Open Women's Golf, Kenwood CC: Mary Mills wins her first of 3 major titles by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Louise Suggs and Sandra Haynie


LPGA GolferMary Mills

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

GolferSandra Haynie
Baseball History
1965 NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam at Yankee Stadium in 6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox


Baseball Pitcher and CoachMel Stottlemyre

• 1968 First Special Olympics for children and adults with intellectual disabilities is held in Chicago, Illinois

Tour de France
1969 56th Tour de France: Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx wins general, points, mountains, and team classification titles


Road CyclistEddy Merckx

• 1970 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
• 1973 Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with NY Yankees, 12-2, & 7-0
• 1975 62nd Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France

US Women's Golf Open
1975 US Open Women's Golf, Atlantic City CC: Sandra Palmer wins her second major title by 4 strokes from JoAnne Carner, Sandra Post and Nancy Lopez


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez
Baseball Record
1976 Hank Aaron hits his 755th and last home run off Angels pitcher Dick Drago


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

• 1980 67th Tour de France won by Joop Zoetemelk of Netherlands

British Golf Open
1980 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his 3rd of 5 Open titles, by 4 strokes from fellow American Lee Trevino


GolferTom Watson

GolferLee Trevino

• 1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m

British Golf Open
1986 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Australian Greg Norman wins his first major championship at even-par, 5 strokes clear of runner-up Gordon J. Brand

Sports History
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs


Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly
Sports History
1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
O.J. Simpson Offers Reward
1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller

1997 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Justin Leonard recovers from 5 strokes back after 3 rounds; wins by 3 from Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik

• 2000 The leaders of Salt Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering

British Golf Open
2003 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Ben Curtis becomes first debut winner since Tom Watson in 1975; in his first major appearance at #396 in world rankings beats runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Vijay Singh by 1 stroke


GolferVijay Singh
ESPY Awards
2008 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win


GolferTiger Woods

• 2008 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Irishman Pádraig Harrington successfully defends his Open title; shoots 4-under par over the final 9 to be 4 strokes clear of runner-up Ian Poulter

British Golf Open
2014 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins wire-to-wire by 2 from Sergio Garcia & Rickie Fowler


Golfer Rory McIlroy

• 2015 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa

Cristiano Ronaldo Scores 50
2020 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first man to score 50 goals in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League with a double in Juventus' 2-1 win over Lazio

Milwaukee vs Phoenix
2021 NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks beat Phoenix Suns, 105-98 in Game 6 to win first title in 50 years (1971); MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo, 50 points in Game 6

 

JULY 21

• 1884 First Test cricket match is played at Lord's

Wimbledon Women's Championship

1888 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3


Tennis PlayerBlanche Bingley

Tennis Player and All-Round AthleteLottie Dod
Wimbledon Women's Championship
1896 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Charlotte Cooper beats Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 6-3


Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

• 1921 MLB Cleveland Indians (9) and New York Yankees (7) combine to hit a record 16 doubles in 17-8 home team win at Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4
• 1945 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
• 1956 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins

Gibson's 1st US Title
1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)


Tennis PlayerAlthea Gibson

• 1957 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Miami Valley GC: Lionel Hebert wins 2 & 1 from Dow Finsterwald; last time event played under match-play format
• 1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)

PGA Championship
1963 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from fellow American Dave Ragan


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1968 55th Tour de France won by Jan Janssen of Netherlands

PGA Championship
1968 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pecan Valley GC: Julius Boros (48) becomes oldest winner of a major; wins by 1 from Bob Charles & Arnold Palmer


GolferArnold Palmer

GolferBob Charles

• 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0

Sports History
1972 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers release knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, ending his career


Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm
Sports History
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

Baseball PlayerKen Brett
Tour de France
1974 61st Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins 5th Tour that he enters; equals Jacques Anquetil record for Tour victories


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil

Road CyclistEddy Merckx
US Women's Golf Open
1974 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Stone and Carol Mann


GolferSandra Haynie

GolferCarol Mann
Sports History
1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Sports History
1975 NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays


Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Torre
British Golf Open
1979 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins by 3 from Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw; Nicklaus runner-up for record 7th time


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballestero
Tour de France
1985 72nd Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France

British Golf Open
1985 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Scotsman Sandy Lyle wins his only Open title by 1 stroke from runner-up Payne Stewart; last time event features double cut (after 36 and 54 holes), introduced in 1968


GolferPayne Stewart
Tyson vs Williams
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1991 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood

Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York


Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and Coach Ferguson Jenkins
Cricket History
1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent

1995 KC Royals set club record of 22 singles in 15 innings

• 1996 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark

British Golf Open
1996 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier


GolferTom LehmaNHL History
1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2-year deal with NY Rangers


Ice Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky

• 1997 NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault

British Golf Open
2002 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Ernie Els of South Africa wins first of 2 Open titles in a playoff from Australians Stuart Appleby & Steve Elkington, and Frenchman Thomas Levet

Michael Schumacher's 5th Title
2002 With a record six races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his fifth F1 World Drivers' Championship with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, his third straight title win

NZ Win Tri Nations Rugby
2007 New Zealand beats Australia, 26-12 at Eden Park, Auckland to win their 3rd consecutive Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter lands 7 penalties for the All Blacks

Tour de France
2013 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain

British Golf Open
2013 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden

2019 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Playing in torrential rain, Irishman Shane Lowry wins his first major title by 6 strokes from Tommy Fleetwood of England
British Golf Open
2024 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon GC: Xander Schauffele fires a bogey-free final round 65 to beat Billy Horschel and Justin Rose by 2 strokes for his second major title


GolferXander Schauffele

• 2024 Copa America: Argentina defeats Columba 1-0 to win record 16th title in a delayed match in Miami [1]

 

JULY 22

• 1859 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-74 in 1st innings for an All-England Cricket XI v Surrey CCC at The Oval in London
• 1865 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancashire in a county cricket match at Old Trafford, Manchester
• 1912 V Summer Olympic Games close at Stockholm Olympiastadion, Sweden

US Men's Open

1921 US Open Men's Golf, Columbia CC: Englishman Jim Barnes wins the 3rd of his 4 major titles by 9 strokes ahead of runners-up Walter Hagen and Fred McLeod


Pioneering GolferJim Barnes

GolferWalter Hagen

GolferFred McLeod

• 1923 17th Tour de France won by Henri Pelissier of France

Johnson's Strikeout Milestone
1923 Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson becomes 1st to reach 3,000 career strikeout milestone (en route to 3,508) with 5 K's in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson
Yankees Buy Durocher
1925 NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League)


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

• 1926 Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves
• 1936 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johnny Moore hits 3 straight home runs in a 16-4 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• 1955 Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3 to complete a team record 11-game winning streak; longest win-streak since 1892
• 1962 Chicago White Sox outfielder Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) as WS defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3 at Fenway Park

PGA Championship
1962 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Aronimink GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins by 1 stroke from Bob Goalby


GolferGary Player
Liston KOs Patterson
1963 In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionSonny Liston

Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

• 1967 Atlanta Braves establish MLB record for number of pitchers called upon in one inning; 5 used in 9th inning of 5-4 defeat to St. Louis Cardinals

Tour de France
1972 59th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium takes 4th consecutive general classification title as well as points and combination events


Road CyclistEddy Merckx

• 1973 60th Tour de France won by Luis Ocana of Spain
• 1973 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Susie Maxwell Berning wins by 5 from Gloria Ehret & Shelley Hamlin for her third national title

Tour de France
1979 66th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France


Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault

• 1983 MLB California Angels outfielder Brian Downing's error ends his record streak at 244 games

Federation Cup
1984 22nd Federation Cup Women's Tennis, São Paulo, Brazil: Czech pair Hana Mandlíková & Helena Suková beat Australians Elizabeth Sayers & Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-2 for a 2-1 victory


Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova

• 1984 71st Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France

British Golf Open
1984 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his 2nd of 3 Open titles by 2 shots from Bernhard Langer & Tom Watson


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

GolferTom Watson
Tour de France
1990 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA


CyclistGreg LeMond
Golf Tournament
1990 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson


GolferPhil Mickelson
British Golf Open
1990 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart


Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo

GolferPayne Stewart
Don Mattingly
1993 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR


Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly
O.J. Simpson Pleads
1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
• 1994 MLB pitcher Doc Gooden admits to entering Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, for substance abuse rehabilitation

Greg Maddux
1997 MLB Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 78 pitches in 4-1 wi n over the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago


MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux
British Golf Open
2001 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: David Duval wins his only major title by 3 shots from Niclas Fasth of Sweden


GolferDavid Duval

• 2007 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Irishman Pádraig Harrington beats Sergio García of Spain by 1 in a 4-hole aggregate playoff to claim his first major championship; first Irishman to win the Open in 60 years
• 2012 99th Tour de France won by Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain

British Golf Open
2012 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: South African Ernie Els wins his 2nd Claret Jug, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott of Australia


GolferErnie Els

• 2012 Hashim Amla smashes 311 not out in South Africa's inning and 12 run 1st Test win over England at The Oval; first South African to score a triple-century in Test cricket

Babcock To Coach Canada
2013 Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists)


NHL CoachMike Babcock

• 2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records the lowest round for a men's major championship with a 62 in the 3rd round at the British Open, Royal Birkdale, England
• 2018 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Francesco Molinari holds off a pack of players, including favorites Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose to win by 2; first Italian to win a major title
• 2018 Seattle basketball guard Sue Bird plays her record 500th WNBA game as the Storm go down 87-74 to the Atlanta Dream; finishes her career with 508 games for Seattle
• 2019 NFL Dallas Cowboys named most valuable sports team in the world worth $5 billion, MLB New York Yankees 2nd at $4.6 billion, Real Madrid 3rd with $4.2 billion according to Forbes

PM Khan Meets US President
2019 Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C.


Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan

45th and 47th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump

 

JULY 23

• 1827 First US swimming school opens in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1866 Cincinnati Baseball Club (Red Stockings) forms
• 1868 All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as the All England Croquet Club; in 1877, the name changes to the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club

• 1902 Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (First Division winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (later Davis Cup) at Wimbledon: Norman Brookes beats Herbert Roper Barrett 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 to give Australasia a 3-2 win over British Isles


Tennis PlayerNorman Brookes

• 1921 American long jumper Edward Gourdin sets new world record of 7.69 m (25 ft 2+3⁄4 in) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1922 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium

Lou Gehrig 1st Grand Slam
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his first of 23 career grand slams


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1931 France announces it can't afford to send a team to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics due to the Great Depression but eventually manages to send a team
• 1933 27th Tour de France won by Georges Speicher of France

Bradman Makes 304
1934 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 in drawn 4th Test vs England at Leeds; 430 minutes, 43 x fours, 2 x sixes


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1938 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 runs in a drawn fourth Test against England at Leeds in 430 minutes with 43 fours and 2 sixes
• 1944 Chicago Cubs' Bill Nicholson hits four home runs in a doubleheader
• 1949 Test cricket debut of England's Brian Close at age 18 years and 149 days
• 1955 NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are first to hit consecutive pinch home runs

Cronin and Greenberg Inducted
1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg

Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin
US Women's Open
1960 US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her fourth Open title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls
Baseball Record
1964 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris hits a home run on the first pitch he sees from Twins' Jim Kaat and adds a second home run later, also off Kaat in Minnesota


Baseball PlayerBert Campaneris

• 1965 Dick Stuart hits a home run in a Major League record 23rd different park
• 1966 John Pennel pole vaults a record of 5.34 meters
• 1967 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France

MLB All-Star Game
1969 40th MLB All-Star Game, RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.: NL defeats AL, 9-3; MVP: Willie McCovey, SF Giants, 1B


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey
MLB All-Star Game
1974 45th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-2 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh; MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey

• 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 attendees)

Baseball Record
1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in six consecutive games


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson
Tour de France
1978 Bernard Hinault of France wins 65th Tour de France


Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault

• 1978 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their fifth consecutive game

Baseball History
1978 MLB Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton becomes the 78th MLB pitcher to win 200 games


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
US Women's Golf Open
1978 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Indianapolis: Hollis Stacy successfully defends title by one stroke from Sally Little and JoAnne Carner


GolferJoAnne Carner

GolferSally Little
Baseball Record
1979 George Brett of the Kansas City Royals achieves his 1,000th career hit in Major League Baseball


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett
Baseball Record
1984 KC Royals Dan Quisenberry achieves his 200th career save


MLB PlayerDan Quisenberry

• 1987 Petra Felke (East Germany) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
• 1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last year's World Series

British Golf Open
1989 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Mark Calcavecchia wins his only major title in first four-hole aggregate playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady


GolferGreg Norman

Golfer and PGA ChampionWayne Grady
Tour de France
1989 Greg LeMond of the US wins the 76th Tour de France


CyclistGreg LeMond

• 1990 Rosie Jones (St. Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
• 1991 Rob Dibble, back from a 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo as the Cubs win 8-5
• 1993 Chris Boardman cycles a world-record 1-hour distance of 52.27 km

Cricket History
1993 David Boon completes his 17th Test cricket century with a score of 107 at Headingley

1993 NY Yankee Mark Hutton becomes the first Australian to be a starting pitcher as they beat the Angels 5-2; Yankees, Red Sox, and Blue Jays are in a three-way tie for first
Senior Open Championship
1994 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham, and St Annes GC: American Tom Wargo wins by two strokes from Bob Charles and Doug Dalziel


GolferBob Charles
Baseball History
1994 Don Mattingly becomes the sixth New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits

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


Golfer and Two-Time Major Champion John Daly
Tour de France
1995 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins fifth consecutive Tour, 4 minutes and 35 seconds 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

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

British Golf Open
2000 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by eight shots to win his first Open title and becomes the youngest player at only 24 to win all four major titles


GolferTiger Woods
US Women's Golf Open
2000 US Open Women's Golf, Merit Club: Australian Karrie Webb wins by five strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon; third of Webb's seven major titles

2006 93rd Tour de France won by Oscar Pereiro of Spain

• 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
• 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

Tour de France
2017 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his fourth win

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


Professional Golfer Jordan Spieth

• 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup: England beats India by nine runs in the final at Lord's in London for their 4th title; Player of the Match: Anya Shrubsole (ENG) 6/46 (9.4 overs)
• 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 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
• 2021 XXXII Summer Olympic Games officially open at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
• 2023 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: American Brian Harman wins his first major title by 6 shots over Jason Day, Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, and Sepp Straka
• 2023 Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York

 

JULY 24

• 1860 Olympics defeat St. George 25-17 at St. George's Cricket Grounds in Philadelphia in the first baseball game played in an enclosed field
• 1893 For the only time in the history of the US Tennis Championships, an event is held off the Eastern Seaboard: the Men's Doubles Championship in Chicago

Trumper's Century

1902 Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch in the fourth Test cricket match against England


CricketerVictor Trumper

• 1904 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France

International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward & Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)


Tennis PlayerLaurence Doherty

Tennis PlayerBeals Wright

• 1908 American Johnny Hayes wins the London Olympic marathon in a Games record time of 2:55:18.4 after Dorando Pietri of Italy is disqualified for receiving assistance before the finish line
• 1909 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1-0 victory at Washington Park, Brooklyn
• 1921 15th Tour de France won by Léon Scieur of Belgium

Nurmi Runs World Record
1931 Paavo Nurmi runs a world record in the 2 mile (8:59.6)


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

• 1946 Nine Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash
• 1948 Four baseball players with the Duluth, Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in a crash

36th Tour de France
1949 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy


CyclistFausto Coppi

• 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record in the 5,000 meters (14:06.6)
• 1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds 2-1 at Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium
• 1956 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Blue Hill CC: Masters champion Jack Burke Jr. wins his second major championship of the season, 3 & 2 over Ted Kroll

Sports History
1958 Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1958 Test cricket debuts against New Zealand for Dexter, Illingworth, and Subba Row
• 1960 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: Jay Hebert wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Australian Jim Ferrier

Casey Stengel Resigns
1965 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel

• 1966 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: American Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong
• 1967 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Columbine CC: Don January wins his only major title in 18-hole playoff with Don Messengale (69-71)
• 1967 Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game

Hoyt Wilhelm
1968 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game breaking Cy Young's record for pitching appearances


MLB PitcherCy Young

Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm

• 1970 International Lawn Tennis Association institutes 9-point tiebreak rule

MLB All-Star Game
1973 44th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, Kansas City; MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants)


MLB Outfielder and CoachBobby Bonds

• 1977 Bernard Thevenet of France wins 64th Tour de France

Baseball Record
1977 MLB Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

Baseball HOF InfielderFrankie Frisch
US Women's Golf Open
1977 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by two strokes from Nancy Lopez


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez
Billy Martin Resigns
1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankees manager after saying "one is a born liar, the other a convicted one" about Steinbrenner and Jackson


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1978 MLB Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games

Baseball History
1979 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th home run


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

• 1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech Republic beats Germany in Zurich, Switzerland, 2-1
• 1983 Laurent Fignon of France wins 70th Tour de France

Baseball History
1983 Pine Tar Game: George Brett's home run is disallowed against the Yankees (overturned)


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett

• 1988 Pedro Delgado of Spain wins 75th Tour de France
• 1988 US and Jamaica play a scoreless tie in the second round of the 1990 World Cup

US Women's Golf Open
1988 US Open Women's Golf, Baltimore CC: Liselotte Neumann of Sweden wins her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan


LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan
Sports History
1992 Fay Vincent reinstates Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (effective 3/1/93)


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

• 1993 New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 27th consecutive game
• 1993 Vince Coleman injures three when he throws a cherry bomb at Dodger fans

Federation Cup
1994 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport


Tennis PlayerLindsay Davenport

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Tour de France
1994 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 4th consecutive Tour, 5' 39" ahead of Piotr Ugrumov; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner


CyclistMiguel Induráin

• 1994 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Patty Sheehan wins her second title in 3 years, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tammie Green; 5th of her 6 major titles

Tour de France
2005 92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive victory but disqualified in 2012 for doping


CyclistLance Armstrong
Senior Open Championship
2005 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Ireland's Des Smyth


GolferTom Watson

• 2011 98th Tour de France won by Cadel Evans of Australia; first and only Australian to win the event
• 2011 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Walton Heath: Russ Cochran wins by two shots from fellow American Mark Calcavecchia
• 2011 Copa América Final, River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires: Diego Forlán scores twice as Uruguay defeats Paraguay 3–0 to earn its 15th title
• 2016 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Englishman Paul Broadhurst wins by two strokes from American Scott McCarron

Tour de France
2016 Chris Froome of Great Britain wins 103rd Tour de France


Road CyclistChris Froome
Milák Breaks Phelps' Record
2019 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák breaks Michael Phelps' 10-year-old 200m butterfly world record at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, swimming 1:50.73, 0.78s faster than Phelps


SwimmerMichael Phelps

• 2022 109th Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark wins overall and mountains sections; Team Jumbo–Visma claims treble with Belgian rider Wout van Aert taking the points section
• 2022 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Gleneagles: Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland finishes at -10 to beat Irishman Pádraig Harrington by 1 stroke

Baseball Hall of Fame
2022 David Ortiz, Gil Hodges, Bud Fowler, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, and Buck O’Neil are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY


Baseball Player and CoachBuck O'Neil

Baseball Designated Hitter and First BasemanDavid Ortiz

MLB First BasemanGil Hodges

• 2022 Évian Championship Women's Golf, Évian Resort GC: Brooke Henderson of Canada edges American rookie Sophia Schubert by one stroke to win her second major title

 

JULY 25

• 1900 Gloucestershire captain Gilbert Jessop hits his second century (139 in 95 minutes) before lunch in the same County Cricket match (104 the previous day); Yorkshire wins by 40 runs

Jeffries KOs Fitzsimmons

1902 Three years after winning the title from English boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, American champion James J. Jeffries repeats the feat with an eighth-round knockout in San Francisco for the heavyweight crown


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJames J. Jeffries

BoxerBob Fitzsimmons

• 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Max Carey scores five runs without a hit, reaching first base on an error and four walks as the Bucs defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-2

W. G. Grace Retires
1914 Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park


CricketerW. G. Grace

• 1937 31st Tour de France won by Roger Lapébie of France
• 1939 New York Yankees starting pitcher Atley Donald sets American League rookie record for consecutive wins; defeats St. Louis Browns 5-1 for his 12th consecutive victory
• 1940 American John Sigmund begins what will be the longest solo swim of all time, swimming for 89 hours and 46 minutes from St. Louis to Caruthersville, Missouri, in the Mississippi River, covering 292 miles
• 1941 41-year-old pitcher Lefty Grove wins his 300th and final MLB career game as the Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians 10-6 at Fenway Park in Boston
• 1948 35th Tour de France: Italian cyclist Gino Bartali wins both general and mountain classifications for the second time (1938)

Musial Aids St Louis Victory
1949 St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle, defeating Brooklyn 14-1


MLB LegendStan Musial
Baseball History
1956 Pittsburgh Pirates' Roberto Clemente hits MLB's first and only walk-off inside-the-park grand slam for a 9-8 win over visiting Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field


Baseball PlayerRoberto Clemente

• 1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick for England against West Indies at Headingley

Baseball Record
1961 New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39, and 40 off four Chicago White Sox pitchers in a doubleheader sweep at Yankee Stadium, NYC


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

• 1964 Australian cricket captain and opening batsman Bob Simpson scores 311 against England in the drawn fourth Test in Manchester

MLB All-Star Game
1972 43rd MLB All-Star Game, Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, GA: NL defeats AL 4-3; MVP: Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds, 2B


MLB Hall of Fame Infielder and BroadcasterJoe Morgan

• 1976 Annegret Richter runs the 100 m in 11.01

Baseball Record
1978 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds sets a National League record by hitting in 38 consecutive games


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
Team Manager
1978 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1981 Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby match between the provincial team Waikato and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game [1]
• 1982 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA defeats Germany in Santa Clara, USA (3-0)

Tour de France
1982 Bernard Hinault of France wins 69th Tour de France


Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault
US Women's Golf Open
1982 US Open Women's Golf, Del Paso CC: Janet Anderson shoots final round 68 (−4) to claim her only LPGA Tour win, six strokes ahead of Beth Daniel, Donna White, JoAnne Carner and Sandra Haynie


LPGA GolferBeth Daniel

GolferJoAnne Carner

GolferSandra Haynie
US Senior Golf Open
1983 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Billy Casper wins with birdie on first extra hole after an 18-hole playoff with Rod Funseth


GolferBilly Casper

• 1985 English middle-distance runner Steve Cram runs a world record in the 1 mile (3:46.32) at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway

Baseball History
1990 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett
Sports History
1990 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres MLB game


Comedienne and ActressRoseanne Barr

• 1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long is treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learns he tested positive for steroid use
• 1991 Seattle's Jay Buhner hits a 479-foot home run in Yankee Stadium
• 1992 25th Olympic Games open in Barcelona, Spain

Federation Cup
1993 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain wins second title with a 3-0 win over Australia; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Nicole Provis


Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Tour de France
1993 Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it three straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is points winner


CyclistMiguel Induráin

• 1993 US Open Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Lauri Merten fires a final round 68 (−4) to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson

NFL History
1997 QB Brett Favre re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50 million for 7 years


NFL QuarterbackBrett Favre
Tour de France
1999 86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins the first of seven consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for doping


CyclistLance Armstrong

• 1999 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Irishman Christy O'Connor Jr wins by 3 strokes from John Bland of South Africa
• 2004 91st Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)

Senior Open Championship
2004 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush: Pete Oakley wins by one stroke from fellow American Tom Kite and Eduardo Romero of Argentina


GolferTom Kite

GolferEduardo Romero

• 2004 Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional, Lima: Brazil defeats Argentina, 4-2 on penalties, 2-2 after extra time

Contract of Interest
2007 Patrick Kane signs a three-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks


Ice Hockey PlayerPatrick Kane

• 2010 Andy Schleck of Luxembourg wins 97th Tour de France

Senior Open Championship
2010 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins by one stroke from American Corey Pavin


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

GolferCorey Pavin

• 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics begin (Opening ceremony 27th)
• 2015 UCI BMX Supercross series: Niek Kimmann and Stefany Hernandez win the world title
• 2016 England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson becomes the first quick to take 50 wickets against all other seven major Test cricket-playing nations during the second Test against Pakistan in Manchester

Pakistani General Election
2018 Party of former cricketer Imran Khan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), wins the most votes but not a majority in Pakistan's general election, which is marred by violence and a bomb that kills 31 people


Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan
Olympic Games
2021 Australia wins women's 4 x 100 m relay for third straight Olympics as Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, and Cate Campbell set a new world record of 3:29.69 in Tokyo


SwimmerEmma McKeon

• 2021 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: Welshman Stephen Dodd wins his first major title with a one-stroke victory over Miguel Ángel Jiménez of Spain
• 2021 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Australian Minjee Lee recovers from seven shots behind to defeat South Korea’s Lee6 Jeongeun in a playoff for her first major title
• 2021 Japanese judokas Uta Abe (women's 52 kg) and her brother Hifumi (men's 66 kg) make history as the first siblings to win Olympic gold medals in different events on the same day at the Tokyo Games
• 2021 Japanese skateboarder Yuto Horigome wins the sport's inaugural Olympic gold medal in the men's street section at the Tokyo Games
• 2021 USA's men's basketball team sees its 25-game Olympic winning streak end, defeated 83-76 by France in a first-round match in Tokyo
• 2024 SD Padres pitcher Dylan Cease no-hits Washington Nationals 3-0 at Nationals Park, Washington, DC

 

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