TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2025

JULY 26

• 1914 Philippe Thys of Belgium wins 12th Tour de France
• 1928 Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC, in only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title
• 1928 New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th inning, defeating Tigers 12-1 in Detroit

• 1931 Antonin Magne of France wins 25th Tour de France

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Henri Cochet defeats Fred Perry 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3 to give France a 3-2 win over Great Britain and fifth consecutive title


Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry

Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet

• 1931 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Midlothian CC: June Beebe defeats Mrs. Melvin Jones, 3 & 2, for golf's only major title

DiMaggio Hitting Streak Ends
1933 Joe DiMaggio ends 61-game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits three consecutive home runs
• 1947 46th Men's French Championships: Jozsef Asboth defeats Eric Sturgess 8-6, 7-5, 6-4

French Women's Championship
1947 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-American final, Patricia Todd wins her only major singles title defeating Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-4


Tennis PlayerDoris Hart
Babe Ruth Story
1948 "Babe Ruth Story" premieres; Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Durocher Returns
1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as manager of the New York Giants


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

• 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is the first to switch-hit home runs twice in a game

Sports History
1952 Baseball player Mickey Mantle hits his first grand slam for the New York Yankees


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1953 Tour de France: Louison Bobet of France wins first of 3 consecutive Tour general classification events
• 1955 Last day as Test cricket umpire for Frank Chester

PGA Championship
1955 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Meadowbrook CC: Doug Ford scores a 4 & 3 win over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final; first of 2 majors (Masters 1957)


GolferCary Middlecoff

• 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career home run number 200

Baseball History
1959 Chicago White Sox's Larry Doby plays his final MLB game and retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLarry Doby
Baseball Record
1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets home run record of 31 by a pitcher


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1967 Minnesota Twins defeat the Yankees 3-2 in 18 innings

Baseball Record
1970 Reds catcher Johnny Bench, playing for the day in the outfield, goes 4-for-5 with seven RBIs, including three consecutive home runs off St. Louis Cardinals' Steve Carlton in a 12-5 win at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati


MLB CatcherJohnny Bench

Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run

US Women's Golf Open
1981 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Pat Bradley shoots final round 66 (−6) to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel; second of Bradley's 6 major titles

Sports History
1984 Bowie Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of 1984 due to cocaine conviction


Major League Baseball pitcher Vida Blue
Baseball History
1984 Montreal Expos infielder Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with hit #3,502


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1987 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
• 1987 Pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter, outfielder Billy Williams, and third baseman Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

Baseball Record
1988 Mike Schmidt sets an NL record by appearing in 2,155 games at third base as the Phillies and NY Mets end the game at 2:13 am


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1990 US defeats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
• 1991 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
• 1991 Expos' Mark Gardner no-hits Dodgers for 9 innings but loses in 10th

Baseball Record
1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for the 23rd consecutive season


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
Tour de France
1992 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain defends his title by 4 minutes and 35 seconds from Italian Claudio Chiappucci; Laurent Jalabert points winner

US Women's Golf Open
1992 US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Patty Sheehan wins an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74


LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan
US Senior Golf Open
1998 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Riviera CC: Hale Irwin wins by one stroke ahead of Vicente Fernández of Argentina


GolferHale Irwin

• 2009 96th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain

Senior Open Championship
2009 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk


GolferFred Funk
Sports History
2014 Brian Ortega makes his UFC debut against Mike De La Torre on UFC on Fox 12


Mixed Martial ArtistBrian Ortega
Tour de France
2015 102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain


Road CyclistChris Froome
Senior Open Championship
2015 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Marco Dawson wins by 1 shot from Bernhard Langer of Germany


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

• 2019 Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records a T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in a 93-run win against England at Chelmsford; Southern Stars clinch Women's Ashes

Juventus Wins 9th Straight Serie A
2020 Italian football giants Juventus win their ninth straight Serie A title with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschi in a 2-0 win over Sampdoria


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo
Adam Peaty Wins Gold
2021 Dominant British breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty successfully defends his 100 m title at the Tokyo Olympics, defeating Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands and Italian Nicolò Martinenghi


SwimmerAdam Peaty

• 2021 Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz becomes the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics in the 55 kg class at the Tokyo Games
• 2024 XXXIII Summer Olympic Games officially open along the River Seine and at Jardins du Trocadéro, in front of the Eiffel Tower, Paris

 

JULY 27

• 1913 11th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon, England: Maurice McLoughlin beats Charles Dixon 8-6, 6-3, 6-2 to give US an unassailable 3-1 lead over the British Isles; US wins, 3-2


Tennis PlayerMaurice McLoughlin

• 1914 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade
• 1919 Firmin Lambot of Belgium wins 13th Tour de France
• 1920 14th Tour de France: Belgian rider Philippe Thys becomes first to win the race 3 times
• 1920 American defender Resolute beats Thomas Lipton's British challenger Shamrock IV 3-2 in the 14th America's Cup
• 1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games close at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Paris, France

Mel Ott Hits 1st HR
1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his first league home run (inside the park)


Baseball Player and ManagerMel Ott

• 1928 Kent cricket leg-spinner Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July
• 1930 24th Tour de France: French cyclist André Leducq scores first of two Tour victories (1932)

International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: The home team wins its fourth straight title as Jean Borotra beats American George Lott 5-7, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6 for an unassailable 3-1 lead; ends 4-1


Tennis PlayerJean Borotra

• 1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
• 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: GB 4 title streak ends as American Frank Parker beats Charles Hare 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 for an unbeatable 3-1 lead; ends 4-1
• 1945 Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees
• 1946 45th Women's French Championships: Margaret Osborne defeats Pauline Betz 1-6, 8-6, 7-5
• 1946 Boston Red Sox's Rudy York hits two grand slams in one game and gets 10 RBIs

French Men's Open
1946 French Championships Men's Tennis: Marcel Bernard defeats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3


Ice Hockey and Tennis StarJaroslav Drobný
Yogi Berra Begins Streak
1947 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra starts a record 148-game errorless streak


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra
Bradman's Last Test Century
1948 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1952 Swedish race walker John Mikaelsson wins back-to-back gold medals in the 10,ooo m event at the Helsinki Olympics, having won the corresponding race in London in 1948
• 1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons, "Chief" Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, Bill Klem, and Tom Connolly are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1954 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Keller GC: Chick Herbert scores a 4 & 3 win over defending champion Walter Burkemo in the Tuesday final
• 1956 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's first innings in the fourth Test at Manchester; best return ever in Test cricket; bettered in the 2nd innings with 10-53
• 1959 Baseball's new Continental League is formally announced by attorney William Shea; teams in Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota; New York City; and Toronto, Ontario are confirmed, with three more to be named later
• 1959 William Shea announces plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961
• 1967 Helmond Sport football team founded in Helmond, Netherlands

LPGA Championship
1969 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Concord GC: Betsy Rawls wins her second LPGA C'ship, 4 strokes ahead of runners-up Carol Mann and Susie Maxwell Berning


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

GolferCarol Mann

• 1970 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game

Baseball Hall of Fame
1970 Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York


MLB CommissionerFord Frick

• 1973 40th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Miami 14, All-Stars 3 (54,103 attendees)
• 1973 Walter Blum becomes the sixth jockey to ride 4,000 winners
• 1974 Kanhai and Jameson add 465 runs for the second wicket in a county cricket match between Warwickshire and Gloucestershire
• 1978 Cleveland Indians' Duane Kuiper becomes the third player in MLB history to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game at Yankee Stadium

Baseball Record
1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, also winning his first game as a Kansas City Royal


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

Baseball PitcherGaylord Perry
Baseball History
1984 Montreal Expos first baseman Pete Rose collects his record 3,503rd career single, passing Ty Cobb with a hit off former Phillies teammate Steve Carlton at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1984 West Indies cricket opening batsman Gordon Greenidge smashes 223 in an innings and 64-run win over England in the fourth Test at Manchester; West Indies lead the series 4-0

10,000m Record Set
1985 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway becomes the first woman to run 10,000 m in under 31 minutes, setting the world record at 30:59.42 in Oslo, Norway


Long Distance RunnerIngrid Kristiansen

• 1986 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA defeats Czechoslovakia in Prague, Czechoslovakia (3-0)

Canadian Women's Open
1986 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Board of Trade CC: Pat Bradley wins in a playoff against Ayako Okamoto of Japan


LPGA GolferPat Bradley
Tour de France
1986 Greg LeMond of USA wins 73rd Tour de France


CyclistGreg LeMond
Baseball History
1988 Baseball star Tommy John commits a record three errors on one play as the Yankees rout the Brewers 16-3


Baseball PitcherTommy John
Baseball History
1989 Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy becomes the 10th player to achieve six RBIs in an inning (6th)


Baseball OutfielderDale Murphy
Cricket History
1990 Graham Gooch scores 333 against India at Lord's


CricketerGraham Gooch

• 1990 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 minutes in county cricket, setting a world record
• 1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Republican National Convention
• 1992 Japanese swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki wins the 200 m breaststroke in Barcelona to become the youngest to win an Olympic gold medal at 14 years and 6 days old
• 1993 Detroit infielder Travis Fryman hits for the cycle, but the Tigers lose 12-7 to the NY Yankees
• 1993 NBC TV is awarded coverage of the 1996 Olympics for $456 million
• 1993 New York Met Anthony Young wins, ending his losing streak at 27 games
• 1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, killing one and injuring 110
• 1996 Brazilian pair Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires win inaugural women's beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics
• 1996 David Sales makes 210 on first class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs

Senior Open Championship
1997 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on second playoff hole against countryman John Bland


GolferGary Player

• 1997 Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
• 1997 Jan Ullrich of Germany wins 84th Tour de France

Tour de France
2003 90th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)


CyclistLance Armstrong
Senior Open Championship
2003 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Tom Watson wins in a playoff against Carl Mason of England


GolferTom Watson

• 2008 95th Tour de France won by Carlos Sastre of Spain
• 2008 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: Bruce Vaughan birdies first extra playoff hole to beat fellow American John Cook by a stroke

London Olympics Opening Ceremony
2012 Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympic Games in London with some help from 007

Senior Open Championship
2014 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second Open Senior title by 13 strokes from Colin Montgomerie of Scotland

• 2014 Vincenzo Nibali of Italy wins 101st Tour de France
• 2019 American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins three gold medals in one day at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea: 50 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, and mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (WR 3:19.40)
• 2019 MLB Phillies revive the reviled 1979 all-burgundy alternate uniforms as part of a "retro night" promotion in a 15-7 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia [1]

Simone Biles Withdraws
2021 American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles withdraws from the women's team final at the Tokyo Games citing need to focus on her mental health; also misses individual finals

2021 Fiji retains the Olympic Rugby Sevens title with a 27-12 win over New Zealand in Tokyo, Japan, achieving only the second gold in the country's Olympic history

• 2021 Ítalo Ferreira of Brazil and American Carissa Moore claim inaugural men's and women's surfing gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games
• 2021 Triathlete Flora Duffy wins first Olympic gold medal for Bermuda in the women's event at the Tokyo Games

Sports History
2024 Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus retains her 400 m freestyle crown at the Paris Olympics in 3:57.49, defeating Canada's Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky of the US

Olympic Gold
2024 Australian swimmer Emma McKeon wins her career sixth gold and 14th Olympic medal over three Games as part of the victorious 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team in Paris

 

JULY 28

• 1906 Yankees turn a triple play and defeat Cleveland 6-4
• 1912 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium
• 1928 IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 1929 24th Davis Cup: France defeats USA in Paris (3-2)
• 1929 Chicago Cardinals become first NFL team to train out of state (Michigan)

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins three straight titles as Henri Cochet defeats American George Lott 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory


Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet

• 1929 Maurice De Waele of Belgium winds 23rd Tour de France
• 1931 MLB Chicago White Sox score 11 in the 8th to beat the Yankees 14-12 in New York
• 1933 NFL divides into two five-team divisions
• 1935 29th Tour de France won by Romain Maes of Belgium

International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 4 straight titles for GB as Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory


Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry
Bradman Scores 202
1938 Don Bradman scores 202 for Australia against Somerset in 225 minutes with 32 fours


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits three home runs to defeat White Sox 10-9
• 1956 43rd Tour de France won by Roger Walkowiak of France
• 1957 MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Landis strikes out five times in a loss to the Orioles in Baltimore
• 1972 39th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Dallas 20, All-Stars 7 (54,162 attendees)
• 1976 White Sox pitchers John Odom (5 innings) and Francisco Barrios (4 innings) no-hit the A's

Ian Botham Debut
1977 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian first innings in a seven-wicket third Test win at Trent Bridge


CricketerIan Botham

• 1978 At Old Timer's Game, it is announced that Martin will again manage the Yankees

Dave Kingman
1979 Dave Kingman becomes the sixth player to have a second three-home-run game


Baseball PlayerDave Kingman

• 1984 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles

Canadian Women's Open
1985 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Pat Bradley wins by one from Jane Geddes


LPGA GolferPat Bradley

LPGA GolferJane Geddes
Baseball Hall of Fame
1985 Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan, and Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York


Baseball PlayerEnos Slaughter

Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock

Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm
Ángel Cordero Jr
1987 Ángel Cordero Jr becomes fourth jockey to win 6,000 races


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.
US Women's Golf Open
1987 US Open Women's Golf, Plainfield CC: England's Laura Davies wins the first of her four major titles in an 18-hole Tuesday playoff over runners-up Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner


LPGA GolferLaura Davies

GolferJoAnne Carner
Baseball Record
1989 Braves' Dale Murphy hits two three-run home runs in an inning, becoming the 14th man to hit two home runs in an inning and ties the record of six RBIs in an inning


Baseball OutfielderDale Murphy

• 1989 Cardinals' Vince Coleman is caught stealing, ending his record streak at 50
• 1991 Buffalo Bills defeat Philadelphia Eagles 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley

Baseball Record
1991 Dennis Martínez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history


MLB PitcherDennis Martínez
Federation Cup
1991 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Nottingham, England: Spain wins first title with 2-1 victory over US; Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinch final 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Gigi Fernández and Zina Garrison-Jackson


Tennis PlayerZina Garrison

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario

Tennis PlayerConchita Martínez
Tour de France
1991 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin defeats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3 minutes and 36 seconds for the first of five consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is points winner


CyclistMiguel Induráin
US Senior Golf Open
1991 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to defeat Chi Chi Rodriguez by four strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff

1992 Groundbreaking of Florida Marlins' 7,500-seat spring training stadium
Baseball Record
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.

• 1994 Baseball players decide to strike on August 12, 1994
• 1994 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history against the California Angels

Modell Begin Move Talks
1995 Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move the NFL team Cleveland Browns to Baltimore


BusinessmanArt Modell

• 1996 Americans Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly is first to win gold in indoor and beach events

Senior Open Championship
1996 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Defending champion Brian Barnes of Scotland wins by three strokes from Bob Charles and David Oakley


GolferBob Charles
Baseball History
1996 NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run


Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry
NHL Trade
1997 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20 million over 3 years

Tour de France
2002 89th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)

2002 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Noboru Sugai of Japan wins by two shots from John irwin of Canada

• 2012 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400 m individual medley (4:28.43) to take the gold medal at the London Olympics

Baseball History
2015 Pedro Martínez's number 45 is retired by the Boston Red Sox

Tour de France
2019 106th Tour de France: 22-year-old Egan Bernal becomes first Colombian and Latin American winner; Points champion: Peter Sagan of Slovakia

Senior Open Championship
2019 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham, and St Annes GC: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his fourth Senior Open by two strokes from Paul Broadhurst

2019 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by two strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo

• 2021 19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games
• 2021 Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus claims an Olympic double by winning the women's 200 m freestyle in an Olympic record time of 1:53.50 in Tokyo; 2 days earlier, she defeated American superstar Katie Ledecky in the 400 m freestyle
• 2021 Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi wins the women's individual medley double with a victory in the 200 m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; 3 days earlier, she won the 400 m individual medley gold medal

 

JULY 29

• 1751 First international world title prizefight: Jack Stack of England defeats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 minutes in England
• 1874 Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
• 1899 Southern California Golf Association forms

• 1906 4th Tour de France won by René Pottier of France
• 1908 St. Louis Browns' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia A's in a 5-4 win against his previous team at Sportsman's Park II, St. Louis
• 1911 Boston Red Sox's Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0

Wagner's Grand Slam HR

1915 Pirate Honus Wagner, at 41, hits a grand slam home run


MLB ShortshopHonus Wagner
Cleveland's 125th Anniversary
1921 Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, aged 54, pitches two innings


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1924 Paul Runyan wins PGA the golf championship
• 1928 23rd Davis Cup: France defeats USA in Paris (4-1)
• 1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in the first two innings to defeat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field, setting a record with 24 singles in one game

International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team retains title as Henri Cochet defeats American Bill Tilden 9-7, 8-6, 6-4 for a 3-1 lead; ends 4-1


Tennis PlayerBill Tilden

Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet

• 1934 28th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France

PGA Men's Championship
1934 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins the first of his two PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes


GolferCraig Wood

• 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 3rd straight GB title as Pat Hughes & Raymond Tuckey beat Americans Wilmer Allison & John Van Ryn 6-2, 1-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
• 1938 Olympic National Park is established in Washington state, featuring the longest undeveloped coastline in America
• 1940 SV Urk Dutch soccer team forms
• 1944 MLB Cincinnati Reds' Frank McCormick hits a home run off New York Giants' Ace Adams in both games of a doubleheader

XIV Summer Olympics
1948 King George VI opens the XIV Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London


King of the United KingdomGeorge VI

• 1950 Pee Wee Reese hits the 3,000th home run for the Dodgers
• 1951 38th Tour de France won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
• 1956 US Open Women's Golf, Northland CC: Kathy Cornelius wins her only major title by 7 strokes in an 18-hole playoff against amateur Barbara McIntire

Patterson TKOs Jackson
1957 Floyd Patterson TKO's Tommy Jackson in the 10th round for the heavyweight boxing title


Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

• 1961 Philadelphia Phillies lose 4-3 to the SF Giants at Connie Mack Stadium, the first of an MLB record 23 consecutive defeats
• 1965 Major League record 26 strikeouts: Phillies (16), Pirates (10)
• 1968 Cincinnati Reds' George Culver no-hits Phillies 6-1

Baseball Record
1974 MLB St. Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock steals his 700th base


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock
Yankees Announce Shake Up
1978 On Old Timer's Day, the NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as the NY Yankees manager in 1980, and Bob Lemon will become the GM


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Canadian Women's Open
1979 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St. George's CC: Amy Alcott wins by three strokes from Nancy Lopez for her first major title


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez

GolferAmy Alcott

• 1981 Anti-apartheid protesters against the Springbok rugby tour are confronted by police, who use batons to stop them from marching to the South African consulate in New Zealand

Baseball Record
1983 MLB San Diego Padres first baseman Steve Garvey ends his National League record of 1,207 consecutive games streak


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey

• 1984 American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter win the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the Los Angeles Olympics
• 1984 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George's CC: Juli Inkster wins by one stroke over Ayako Okamoto of Japan
• 1986 New York jury rules National Football League violated antitrust laws and awards United States Football League $1 in damages
• 1988 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
• 1988 Rick Sutcliffe steals home, becoming the first pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to do so
• 1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets a high jump record at 8.046 ft (2.45 m) in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Phillies Retire #32
1989 Philadelphia Phillies retire #32 in honor of pitcher Steve Carlton


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1989 Vince Coleman's record streak stops at 50 consecutive stolen bases
• 1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sammy Sosa
• 1990 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
• 1990 Boston Red Sox set a Major League record with 12 doubles in a game

Federation Cup
1990 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Norcross, Georgia: US retains title with 2-1 victory over Soviet Union; Gigi Fernández and Zina Garrison-Jackson clinch final with 6-4, 6-3 win against Larisa Neiland & Natasha Zvereva


Tennis PlayerZina Garrison
LPGA Championship
1990 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by one stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones


LPGA GolferBeth Daniel

• 1991 First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets defeat Cubs 6-0)

Fans Heckle Canseco
1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1992 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims a world record in the 200 m breaststroke (2:10.16) at the World Championships in Perth, Australia, breaking his own record set in August 1991
• 1992 Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek of Poland defeats Hungarian Attila Mizsér by 113 points (5,559 points) to win the pentathlon gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics; Poland also wins the team gold
• 1992 Yevgeni Sadovyi of the Unified Team swims a world record in the 400 m freestyle in 3:45.00 to complete the 200-400 m freestyle double at the Barcelona Olympics
• 1993 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning is arrested for marijuana possession
• 1995 Carolina Panthers defeat Jacksonville Jaguars in their first NFL exhibition game 20-14

Monica Seles Returns
1995 Monica Seles defeats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis after she was stabbed in an on-court attack in 1993


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles
Tommy Lasorda Retires
1996 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda retires, with a record of 1599-1439, four National League Pennants, and two World Series championships.


Baseball Pitcher and Manager Tommy Lasorda
No Winner Tour de France
2001 88th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)

Senior Open Championship
2001 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Australian Ian Stanley wins in a playoff with Bob Charles of New Zealand


Golfer Bob Charles

• 2001 Copa América Final, Estadio El Campín, Bogotá: Defender Iván Córdoba scores the winner as the home team Colombia edges Mexico 1-0

Marco van Basten
2004 Marco van Basten is named the manager of the Netherlands national soccer team

2007 94th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain
Senior Open Championship
2007 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his 3rd Open Senior title by 1 shot from Mark O'Meara and Stewart Ginn


GolferTom Watson

Golfer Mark O'Meara
Senior Open Championship
2012 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Fred Couples wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Gary Hallberg


Golfer and Masters Champion Fred Couples
Senior Open Championship
2013 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: American Mark Wiebe wins in a playoff against Bernhard Langer of Germany

• 2014 Chicago Cubs player John Baker scores in the bottom of the 16th for a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field in the longest game (6 hours, 27 minutes) in Cubs history

Ortega vs Moicano
2017 Brian Ortega wins Fight of the Night against Renato Moicano at UFC 214

2018 British Senior Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by one shot against defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany
Baseball Hall of Fame
2018 Chipper Jones, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, and Jack Morris are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Jack Morris
Tour de France
2018 Tour de France: Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman and only the third Briton to win the Tour, defeating Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 1 minute and 51 seconds; Peter Sagan wins green points jersey

2021 Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins the inaugural women's C-1 slalom gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a time of 109.96 seconds
Emma McKeon
2021 Australian swimmer Emma McKeon wins the women's 100 m freestyle gold medal in an Olympic record of 51.96 at the Tokyo Olympics; her eighth career Olympic medal

2021 Croatian rowing brothers Martin and Valent Sinković team to win coxless pair gold at the Tokyo Olympics, the pair's second Olympic gold after winning double sculls in 2016
Sunisa Lee
2021 Following Simone Biles' withdrawal, teammate Sunisa Lee becomes first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport, winning women's artistic individual all-around gymnastics gold in Tokyo

2021 Russian backstroke swimmer Evgeny Rylov wraps up the 100/200 m double with an Olympic record of 1:53.27 in the longer event at the Tokyo Olympic Games

• 2021 South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker sets a new women's 200 m breaststroke world record in 2:18.95 at the Tokyo Olympics, defeating the American pair of Lilly King and Annie Lazor
• 2024 British cyclist Tom Pidcock successfully defends his Olympic mountain bike cross country gold medal at the Paris Games with a time of 1:26:22
• 2024 Michael Jung of Germany wins his third Olympic individual eventing gold medal on Chipmunk FRH at the Paris equestrian venue at the Château de Versailles

 

JULY 30

• 1844 First US yacht club, New York Yacht Club, is organized by John Cox Stevens and eight friends aboard the Gimcrack
• 1874 Boston and Philadelphia are the first baseball teams to play outside the US in the British Isles

Dempsey vs. Fulljames

1884 Nonpareil Jack Dempsey fights George Fulljames in what is possibly the first middleweight fight with boxing gloves


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey

• 1905 Louis Trousselier of France wins the third Tour de France
• 1908 Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris
• 1909 John Heydler becomes president of baseball's National League
• 1911 9th Tour de France won by Gustave Garrigou of France
• 1930 First FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay: Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 in the inaugural event
• 1932 X Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, California

International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Fred Perry beats André Merlin 4-6, 8-6, 6-2, 7-5 to give Great Britain a 3-2 victory over France, ending France's six-title winning streak


Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry

• 1937 Phillies' Dolph Camilli plays first base and registers no putouts
• 1939 Tour de France: Sylvère Maes of Belgium wins his 3rd title from Frenchman René Vietto
• 1947 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ewell Blackwell's record-breaking 16-game winning streak ends with a 5-4 loss to the New York Giants

Zátopek Sets 10,000 Record
1948 Czech distance running legend Emil Zátopek wins the 10,000 m at the London Olympics with an Olympic record of 29:59.6


Distance RunnerEmil Zátopek
Ty Cobb Testifies
1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players


MLB LegendTy Cobb
Ford Frick Waiver Rule
1952 Ford Frick sets a waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in the same league get the right to bid


MLB CommissionerFord Frick

• 1954 Bob Kennedy hits the first grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles
• 1955 42nd Tour de France: French cyclist Louison Bobet claims last of his 3 straight general classification victories

Willie McCovey Debuts
1959 In his MLB debut, SF Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 in a 7-2 win over Philadelphia Phillies at Seal Stadium


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1960 First AFL preseason game: Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo 28-7
• 1962 33rd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels)
• 1965 MLB Milwaukee Brewers manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants
• 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Striker Geoff Hurst scores a hat trick as England beats West Germany 4-2 after extra time
• 1968 Washington shortstop Ron Hansen makes the eighth unassisted triple play in MLB history and the first in 41 years as the Senators lose 10-1 to the Cleveland Indians
• 1969 Astros Denis Menke and Jim Wynn hit grand slams in the ninth inning against the Mets
• 1971 38th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 24, All-Stars 17 (52,289 attendees)
• 1973 Texas Rangers' Jim Bibby no-hits first-place Oakland 6-0

Jenner Wins Decathlon
1976 Future TV personality ("Keeping Up with the Kardashians") and transgender figure, Bruce Jenner (now Caitlin Jenner), sets a world record with 8,618 points to win decathlon gold at the Montreal Olympics


Decathlete and Television PersonalityCaitlyn Jenner

• 1976 Japan defeats Russia for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball
• 1978 Expos crush Braves 19-0, collecting 28 hits and tying the National League record with eight home runs
• 1980 American swimmers Mary T. Meagher (2.06.37) and Craig Beardsley (1.58.21) set 200 m butterfly world records at the US National Swimming Championships at Irvine, California
• 1980 Houston Astros pitcher J. R. Richard suffers a stroke and collapses while playing a game of catch before an Astros game, ending his career
• 1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seating
• 1983 Weightlifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg
• 1988 Cincinnati Reds pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month
• 1988 MLB Pitcher John Franco saves a record 13th game during the month of July

Steinbrenner Resigns
1990 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent to resign as principal owner of the NY Yankees


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

Lawyer and MLB CommissionerFay Vincent
Cricket History
1990 Graham Gooch scores 123 against India, following his first innings of 333


CricketerGraham Gooch

• 1991 Red Sox player Carlos Quintana becomes the 11th player to achieve six RBIs in an inning (3rd)
• 1992 Yael Arad becomes Israel's first Olympic medalist when she wins silver in the women's 61 kg judo in Barcelona; 20th anniversary of the Munich massacre and 500th anniversary of the Alhambra Decree
• 1995 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Brian Barnes of Scotland wins in a playoff against American Bob Murphy
• 1995 Dominic Cork takes a hat-trick in England's Test cricket win against West Indies at Old Trafford

Baseball Hall of Fame
1995 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter baseball's Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerRichie Ashburn

MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1996 Tommy Lasorda retires as LA Dodgers' manager
• 2000 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Irishman Christy O'Connor Jr. successfully defends his title by 2 shots from John Bland of South Africa
• 2006 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Loren Roberts wins in a playoff against Eduardo Romero of Argentina
• 2006 Bruce Sutter, relief pitcher for the Cubs, Cardinals, and Braves, is inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
• 2012 General Motors (Chevrolet) signs a record-breaking 7-year, $559 million sponsorship deal with EPL club Manchester United

Senior Open Championship
2017 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his third Open Senior title by three shots against Corey Pavin


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

GolferCorey Pavin

• 2023 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl GC: Alex Čejka of Germany wins his third seniors major title in a playoff against Irishman Pádraig Harrington
• 2023 Évian Championship Women's Golf, Évian Resort GC: Céline Boutier of France wins her first major title by 6 strokes over Canada's defending champion Brooke Henderson