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  1. Jun 25, 2022 #201
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    • 1892 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Mabel Cahill beats Elisabeth Moore 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
    • 1903 NY Yanks & Chicago White Sox end deadlocked game at 6-6 in 18

    • 1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
    • 1904 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: May Sutton beats defending champion Elisabeth Moore 6-1, 6-2 for her first of 3 major titles
    • 1909 US Open Men's Golf, Englewood GC: Englishman George Sargent sets a new Open scoring record to win his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
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    1912 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Ted Ray wins wire-to-wire by 4 shots from defending champion Harry Vardon

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    GolferHarry Vardon
    • 1921 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: former local Jock Hutchison (resident in US) wins his only Open Championship by 9 strokes in a 36-hole playoff over amateur Roger Wethered
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    1926 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American amateur Bobby Jones wins the first of his 3 Claret Jugs, 2 strokes clear of runner-up Al Watrous; 5th victory by an American in 6 years

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    GolferBobby Jones
    • 1927 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
    • 1932 US Open Men's Golf, Fresh Meadow CC: Reigning British Open champion Gene Sarazen shoots tournament record final round 66 to beat Bobby Cruikshank and Philip Perkins by 3 strokes
    • 1932 Commencement of India's 1st cricket Test v England at Lord's, London (England initially rattled but go on to win)
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    1934 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2

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    Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
    • 1934 NY Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times
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    1935 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis moves to 20-0 with 6th round KO of former champion Primo Carnera of Italy at Yankee Stadium, NYC

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    Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis
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    BoxerPrimo Carnera
    • 1947 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
    • 1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

    • 1952 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Big Spring CC: Jim Turnesa wins 1-up over Chick Harbert in the Wednesday final
    • 1957 2nd Rugby League World Cup: New Zealand beats Great Britain 29-21
    • 1960 South Africa beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg
    • 1961 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
    • 1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
    • 1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (San Francisco Giants)
    • 1969 American Pancho González (41) beats Puerto Rican Charlie Pasarell (25) in 5 hour and 12 minute, 112-game marathon at Wimbledon
    • 1976 Texas Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
    • 1977 8th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 13-12
    • 1978 FIFA World Cup Final, El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time
    • 1983 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: India upsets West Indies by 43 runs to win first title; Mohinder Amarnath 3/12 off 7 overs, Player of the Match
    • 1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
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    1986 MLB Philadelphia Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release

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    Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
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    1988 MLB player Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game

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    MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
    • 1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
    • 1988 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Ruud Gullet & Marco van Basten score as the Netherlands beats Soviet Union, 2-0
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    1991 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, beating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the 1st round

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    Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
    • 1993 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
    • 1994 FIFA World Cup: 1,500th goal in Cup'd history scored by Caceres of Argentina
    • 1994 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
    • 1997 NHL approves franchises in Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minnesota-St Paul
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    1997 NBA Draft: Wake Forest power forward Tim Duncan first pick by San Antonio Spurs

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    NBA Power ForwardTim Duncan
    • 1999 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat New York Knicks, 78-77 in Game 5 for first title in franchise history; MVP: Tim Duncan
    • 2000 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Juli Inkster goes back-to-back; beats Stefania Croce of Italy on second hole of a sudden-death playoff
    • 2000 WLAF World Bowl 8, Waldstadion, Frankfurt: Rhein Fire beats Scottish Claymores, 13-10
    • 2009 NBA Draft: Oklahoma power forward Blake Griffin first pick by Los Angeles Clippers
    • 2010 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) left wing Taylor Hall first pick by Edmonton Oilers
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    2014 Luis Suárez is charged with biting at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

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    Football PlayerLuis Suárez
    • 2015 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns first pick by Minnesota Timberwolves
    • 2018 Oakland pitcher Edwin Jackson takes the mound in a 5-4 win at Detroit; A's are his 13th MLB club, tying Octavio Dotel's record
    • 2019 NHL Draft: Barrie Colts (OHL) defenceman Aaron Ekblad first pick by Florida Panthers
    • 2020 Liverpool FC clinches first EPL soccer title in 30 years with 7 games to spare as Chelsea beats second-placed Manchester City, 2-1 at Stamford Bridge
    • 2021 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola ties Tom Seaver's 51-year old MLB league record of 10 consecutive strike outs, in 2-1 loss to the Mets in New York
     
  2. Jun 26, 2022 #202
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    • 1899 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: R.F. Doherty wins 3rd straight Wimbledon singles championship; beats Arthur Gore 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
    • 1906 Hungarian driver Ferenc Szisz in a Renault AK 90CV wins 1st Grand-Prix motor racing event in Le Mans, France

    • 1910 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Louise Hammond 6-4, 6-2
    • 1911 US Open Men's Golf, Chicago GC: 19-year old John McDermott becomes first American born champion; wins in a playoff with Mike Brady and George Simpson
    • 1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with numbers on jerseys in a game against Chicago WS; first time MLB players identified by numbers corresponding to those on scorecard
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    1925 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: English born American Jim Barnes captures his only Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Ted Ray and Archie Compston

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    Pioneering GolferJim Barnes
    • 1935 Surrey's former England Test cricket batsman Andy Sandham scores his 100th first class century (103) v Hampshire at Basingstoke
    • 1937 Test cricket debut of all-time great English batsman Len Hutton v New Zealand in 1st Tests at Lord's; scores 0 & 1
    • 1938 Cincinnati Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader
    • 1944 Yanks, Dodgers & Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 & Giants-0
    • 1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
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    1954 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4

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    Marathon RunnerJim Peters
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    1955 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Maple Bluff CC: Patty Berg wins her 5th WO title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs and Fay Croker; first WO played at stroke play

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    Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
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    1959 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

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    Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson
    • 1960 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Beverly CC: Joyce Ziske wins on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Barbara Romack
    • 1962 Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
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    1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Baltimore Orioles beat Washington Senators 12-2

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    Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
    • 1972 Australian swing bowler Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 & 8-53) on Test cricket debut in 2nd Test vs England at Lord's
    • 1976 Washington Senators player Toby Harrah plays an entire doubleheader at shortstop without a single chance in the field
    • 1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
    • 1991 NBA Draft: UNLV power forward Larry Johnson first pick by Charlotte Hornets
    • 1992 UEFA European Championship Final, Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden: In a huge upset Denmark beats Germany, 2-0
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    1993 NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs

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    MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray
    • 1993 NHL Draft: Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) center Alexandre Daigle first pick by Ottawa Senators
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    1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader

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    MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett
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    Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew
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    1994 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: 1992 champion Dave Stockton wins by 6 strokes from Jim Albus

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    Golfer and Two-Time PGA ChampionDave Stockton
    • 1996 NBA Draft: Georgetown guard Allen Iverson first pick by Philadelphia 76ers
    • 1999 NHL Draft: Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) center Patrik Stefan first pick by Atlanta Thrashers
    • 2002 NBA Draft: Shanghai Sharks (China) center Yao Ming first pick by Houston Rockets
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    2003 NBA Draft: St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio) small forward LeBron James first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers
    • 2005 US Open Women's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Birdie Kim holes out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her lone LPGA title, 2 strokes ahead of teenage amateurs Brittany Lang & Morgan Pressel
    • 2008 NBA Draft: Memphis point guard Derrick Rose first pick by Chicago Bulls
    • 2011 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Locust Hill CC: Yani Tseng of Taiwan scores her 4th major title win by 10 strokes over Morgan Pressel
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    2014 Luis Suárez is expelled from the 2014 FIFA World Cup following his biting incident

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    Football PlayerLuis Suárez
    • 2014 NBA Draft: Kansas small forward Andrew Wiggins first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers
    • 2015 NHL Draft: Erie Otters (OHL) center Connor McDavid #1 pick by the Edmonton Oilers
    • 2016 Copa América Final, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Defending champions Chile defeat Argentina, 4-2 on penalty kicks; 0–0 after extra time
    • 2017 America's Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand defeat Oracle Team USA 7-1 in Bermuda, Peter Burling (26) youngest ever helmsman
    • 2021 Largest-ever pile up in the Tour de France caused by a spectator with a sign during Stage 1. Spectator later hunted down and arrested.
     
  3. Jun 27, 2022 #203
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    • 1864 Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia: Colonel Sherman makes unsuccessful frontal attack on Confederate defensive lin
    • 1890 Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin "Nunc" Wallace in 18 rounds in London, England

    • 1891 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Mabel Cahill beats defending champion Ellen Roosevelt 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
    • 1894 American Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] sets out from Boston to become first woman to bicycle around the world (completes journey September 1895)
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    1898 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Louisa Martin 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles championship

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    Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper
    • 1898 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion R.F. Doherty beats younger brother Laurence Doherty 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1
    • 1899 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Charlotte Cooper 6-2, 6-3
    • 1902 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Newport, RI: Marion Jones wins her second US singles title; beats Elisabeth Moore 6-1, 1-0 when the defending champion is forced to retire
    • 1903 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Elisabeth Moore beats Marion Jones 7-5, 8-6 for her third of 4 US singles titles
    • 1904 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty wins 3rd consecutive Wimbledon singles crown; beats Frank Riseley for 2nd straight year 6-1, 7-5, 8-6
    • 1908 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Maud Barger-Wallach beats defending champion Evelyn Sears 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 for her lone major title
    • 1909 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman outclasses defending champion Maud Barger-Wallach 6-0, 6-1 for first of 3 straight US singles titles
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    1914 Defending champion Jack Johnson beats fellow American Frank Moran on points in 20 rounds in Paris, France to retain his lineal heavyweight boxing title

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    World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson
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    1924 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: American Walter Hagen wins his 2nd Open Championships, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Ernest Whitcombe

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    GolferWalter Hagen
    • 1931 Ryder Cup Golf, Scioto CC: Walter Hagen captains his 2nd victorious American team; US wins, 9-3
    • 1933 Ryder Cup Golf, Southport & Ainsdale GC: Great Britain wins, 6½-5½; GB's last Cup victory until 1957

    • 1936 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Englishman Alf Padgham wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Jimmy Adams of Scotland
    • 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Bees, 2-2 in 23 innings; called on account of darkness after 5 hours 15 minutes
    • 1939 Brilliant West Indies batsman George Headley scores 107 to follow his 106 in the 1st innings in 1st cricket Test v England at Lord's; England still wins by 8 wickets
    • 1950 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Scioto CC: American Chandler Harper wins his only major title; beats Harry Williams Jr., 4 & 3 in the final
    • 1954 Hungary beats Brazil, 4-2 in the "Battle of Berne" as FIFA World Cup quarter-final descends into an all-out brawl with 3 players sent-off; fighting continues in dressing rooms after final whistle
    • 1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings
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    1959 US Open Women's Golf, Churchill Valley CC: Mickey Wright successfully defends her Open title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs

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    LPGA GolferMickey Wright
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    Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
    • 1962 Dutch soccer clubs Rapid JC and Roda Sports merge to form Roda JC Kerkrade; KNVB Cup winners 1996–97, 1999–2000
    • 1963 Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games
    • 1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
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    1971 US Open Women's Golf, Kahwa GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 7 strokes from Kathy Whitworth

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    LPGA GolferKathy Whitworth
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    1977 Willie McCovey smashes 2 HRs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)

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    Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey
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    1979 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn't)

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
    • 1980 Dodgers' Jerry Reuss no-hits SF Giants 8-0
    • 1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
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    1984 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Michel Platini & Bruno Bellone score as France beats Spain, 2-0

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    FootballerMichel Platini
    • 1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
    • 1986 American tennis player Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing a white, one-piece, lycra body suit in 1st round match against Pam Shriver; wears regular outfit after rain break
    • 1986 Robby Thompson (SF Giants) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
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    1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

    • 1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
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    1990 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract

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    MLB PlayerJosé Canseco
    • 1990 NBA Draft: Syracuse power forward Derrick Coleman first pick by New Jersey Nets
    • 1992 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovskiy of Russia defeats #1 seed Jim Courier 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the 3rd round at Wimbledon
    • 1992 Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathlon
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    1993 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Colbert wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Raymond Floyd

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    Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd
    • 1993 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
    • 1998 NHL Draft: Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) center Vincent Lecavalier first pick by Tampa Bay Lightning
    • 1999 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Juli Inkster shoots final round 65 to win by 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Liselotte Neumann; completes career grand slam
    • 1999 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Hale Irwin wins his 5th of 7 Champions Tour major titles by 7 strokes from Australian Graham Marsh
    • 1999 WLAF World Bowl 7, Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf: Frankfurt Galaxy beats Barcelona Dragons, 38-24
    • 2001 NBA Draft: Glynn Academy center Kwame Brown first pick by Washington Wizards
    • 2010 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Locust Hill CC: American Christie Kerr takes her second major title with a 12 stroke win over Song-Hee Kim of South Korea
    • 2013 NBA Draft: UNLV power forward Anthony Bennett first pick Cleveland Cavaliers
    • 2014 NHL Coyotes franchise changes geographic name from "Phoenix" to "Arizona" after change of ownership
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    2017 Tennis star Serena Williams poses pregnant and nude for the cover of "Vanity Fair"

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
    • 2021 Women's PGA Championship, Atlanta AC: Nelly Korda beats fellow American Lizette Salas by 3 strokes to win her first major title
     
  4. Jun 28, 2022 #204
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    • 1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
    • 1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories

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    1897 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: England's Blanche Bingley-Hillyard wins her 4th title beating Charlotte Cooper 5-7, 7-5, 6-2

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    Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper
    • 1904 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Reigning champion Dorothea Chambers beats Charlotte Cooper 6-0, 6-3
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    1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey

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    Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey
    • 1919 Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees, winning 1st game, 2-0, losing 2nd game, 4-1 (Polo Grounds, NYC)
    • 1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
    • 1924 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
    • 1935 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673
    • 1935 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Alf Perry wins his only major title, by 4 shots from fellow Englishman Alf Padgham
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    1938 Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
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    1939 Joe Louis beats Tony Galento by TKO at 2:29 in round 4 at Yankee Stadium, NYC in his 7th heavyweight boxing title defence

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    Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis
    • 1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
    • 1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
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    1953 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Betsy Rawls wins an 18-hole Sunday playoff by 6 strokes over runner-up Jackie Pung

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    LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls
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    1957 Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team

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    MLB LegendStan Musial
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    MLB LegendWillie Mays
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    Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

    • 1958 American swimmer Nancy Ramey sets world record for 100m butterfly in 1:09.6 in Los Angeles, California
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    1958 US Open Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Mickey Wright wins 1st of 4 Open titles by 5 from Louise Suggs; 1st player to win Open & LPGA in same year

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    LPGA GolferMickey Wright
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    Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
    • 1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
    • 1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Houston to retain his WBA heavyweight boxing title
    • 1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
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    1971 US Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
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    1973 Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected

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    NBA ForwardElgin Baylor
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    NFL LegendJim Brown
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    Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis
    • 1975 Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and playing partners Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns
    • 1975 The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
    • 1980 The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
    • 1987 Boston outfielder Don Baylor sets MLB career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 when plunked by Rick Rhoden in Red Sox, 6-2 win over NY Yankees
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    1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
    • 1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
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    1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm

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    MLB PlayerJosé Canseco
    • 1993 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
    • 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
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    1994 NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges

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    Baseball PitcherDwight Gooden
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    1994 Jonah Lomu becomes the youngest-ever All Black at 19 yrs 45 days playing rugby for New Zealand against France in Christchurch

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    Rugby Union SuperstarJonah Lomu
    • 1994 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers
    • 1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
    • 1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
    • 2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
    • 2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
    • 2006 NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy) power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors
    • 2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
    • 2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers
    • 2012 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
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    2013 Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole's final "Sportscentre" broadcast on TSN

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    Sports AnchorJay Onrait
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    Sports AnchorDan O'Toole
    • 2015 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
     
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    • 1895 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Juliette Atkinson beats defending champion Helen Hellwig 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
    • 1897 Chicago Colts establish MLB record for most runs scored in a game by one team as they maul Louisville Colonels, 36 - 7 at the West Side Grounds, Chicago

    • 1901 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Elisabeth Moore beats defending champion Myrtle McAteer 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 for her second of 4 US singles titles
    • 1903 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Willie Anderson of Scotland first to win the Open twice; beats countryman David Brown by 2 strokes in an 18-hole playoff
    • 1906 US Open Men's Golf, Onwentsia GC: Scotsman Alex Smith wins first of his 2 Open titles, 7 strokes ahead of runner-up and younger brother Willie Smith
    • 1910 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-British final, Dorothea Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-2, 6-2 for her 4th of 7 Wimbledon singles titles
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    1933 Italian boxer Primo Carnera KOs American defending champion Jack Sharkey in round 6 at Madison Square Garden, NYC to become third European to win the lineal world heavyweight title

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    BoxerPrimo Carnera
    • 1934 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St. George's GC: Henry Cotton of England wins wire-to-wire by 5 shots from South African Sid Brews
    • 1935 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Sunset Ridge CC: Opal Hill scores an easy, 9 & 7 win over Mrs. S.L. Reinhart to claim her first of 2 consecutive major titles
    • 1947 US Open Women's Golf, Starmount Forest CC: American Betty Jameson wins her only US crown, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Polly Riley and Sally Sessions, both amateurs
    • 1947 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game winning streak
    • 1950 Striker Joe Gaetjens heads US to an upset, 1-0 win over England in a FIFA World Cup group match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Americans next win over England: 1994
    • 1950 West Indies dismiss England for 274 to win 2nd cricket Test at Lord's by 326 runs thanks to rookie spinners Sonny Ramadhin (6/86) & Alf Valentine (3/79)
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    1952 US Open Women's Golf, Bala GC: 1949 champion Louise Suggs wins, 7 strokes ahead of runners-up Marlene Bauer and Betty Jameson

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    Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
    • 1956 American Charles Dumas records first high jump over 7' (2.13m) during US Olympic Trials at Los Angeles, California
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    1957 US Open Women's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Betsy Rawls wins when apparent champion, Jackie Pung at 298 (+6) is disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard kept by playing partner Betty Jameson

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    LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

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    1958 FIFA World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Vavá & Pelé each score 2 goals as Brazil beats Sweden, 5-2

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    Brazilian Football LegendPele
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    1961 SF outfielder Willie Mays becomes the 4th player in MLB history with 3 or more home runs twice in one season with a 10th inning blast in Giants 8-7 win over the Phillies in Philadelphia

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    MLB LegendWillie Mays
    • 1962 Frank Howard hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
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    1969 US Open Women's Golf, Scenic Hills CC: Donna Caponi wins first of 4 major titles; beat Peggy Wilson by 1 stroke

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    LPGA GolferDonna Caponi
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    1969 On 'Billy Williams Day' at Wrigley Field, Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive MLB games played (896) as Chicago sweeps St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1 and 12-1

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    MLB LegendStan Musial
    • 1975 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St. George's CC: JoAnne Carner wins in a playoff with Carol Mann
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    1977 Future Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR as his Pittsburgh Pirates rout the St Louis Cardinals, 9-1 at Busch Stadium

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    Baseball Left fielder / First basemanWillie Stargell
    • 1980 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina wins inaugural event by 4 strokes ahead of amateur William C. Campbell; his Champions Tour debut
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    1983 40 year old Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. wins his 5,000th race with a victory in the last race at Belmont; 4th jockey to achieve milestone

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    JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.
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    1984 Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990

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    Baseball PitcherOrel Hershiser
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    1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski

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    MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
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    MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski
    • 1986 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Argentina beats West Germany, 3-2 in front of 114,600
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    1986 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1986 Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues

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    MLB Player and ManagerSparky Anderson
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    1986 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Dale Douglass wins by 1 stroke ahead of Gary Player for his lone Champions Tour major title

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    GolferGary Player
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    1987 Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams

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    Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDave Winfield
    • 1990 NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game winning streak
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    1990 A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherFernando Valenzuela
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    1991 With a world ranking of 591, Englishman Nick Brown upsets 10th-seeded (and 2001 champion) Goran Ivanišević 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in the 2nd round at Wimbledon

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    Tennis PlayerGoran Ivanišević
    • 1992 A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season
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    1992 NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers

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    NHL StarEric Lindros
    • 1994 NBA Draft: Purdue small forward Glenn Robinson first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
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    1995 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz

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    Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman
    • 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders)
    • 1997 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Graham Marsh of Australia wins by 1 stroke ahead of South African John Bland
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2003 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Bruce Lietzke wins by 2 strokes from Tom Watson

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    GolferTom Watson
    • 2008 UEFA European Championship Final, Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria: Fernando Torres scores as Spain beats Germany, 1-0
    • 2008 US Open Women's Golf, Interlachen CC: 19-year-old South Korean Inbee Park wins the first of her 7 major titles by 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Helen Alfredsson
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2014 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Fox Chapel GC: Bernhard Langer of Germany beats Jeff Sluman with birdie on 2nd playoff hole; first of Langer's 3 straight Players' titles

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    Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer
     
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    • 1897 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Harold Mahony 6-4 6-4 6-3 for the first of 4 titles
    • 1899 Spin bowler Jack Hearne takes England cricket's first Test hat-trick vs Australia in drawn 3rd Test at Headingley; dismisses champion middle order trio Clem Hill, Syd Gregory and Monty Noble

    • 1902 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty wins his first Wimbledon singles title beating defending champion Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
    • 1903 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats Ethel Larcombe 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, the first of 7 titles
    • 1903 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats Frank Riseley 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 for his second consecutive title
    [​IMG]Sports History

    1908 At 41 years, 3 months future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young becomes oldest player to record a third career no-hitter as Boston Red Sox beat NY Highlanders, 8-0

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    MLB PitcherCy Young
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    1908 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper Sterry wins her 5th and final Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Agnes Morton

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    Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper
    • 1908 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore takes his 2nd of 3 Wimbledon titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4
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    1909 Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to a no decision in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title

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    World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson
    • 1910 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: New Zealander Anthony Wilding beats Arthur Gore 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 for his 1st of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1911 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's Golf Club: Harry Vardon wins his 5th Championship by 10 shots in a playoff with 1907 champion Arnaud Massy of France

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    GolferHarry Vardon
    • 1916 US Open Men's Golf, Minikahda GC: Amateur Chick Evans leads wire-to-wire to set new Open scoring record and win his only Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Jock Hutchison
    [​IMG]US Golf Open
    1929 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot CC: Bobby Jones wins his third US Open title in a 36-hole playoff, dominating Al Espinosa by 23 strokes on the West Course

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    GolferBobby Jones
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1930 Australian cricket maestro Don Bradman sets up a 7 wicket victory with a patient 254 in 2nd Test v England at Lord's; 'The Don' hits 25 fours off 376 balls

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
    • 1933 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: June Beebe beats Jane Weiller, 3 & 2 for golf's only major title
    • 1934 Detroit radio executive George Richards pays $7,952.08 to buy NFL's Portsmouth Spartans; moves team to Detroit and rebrands it to 'Lions'

    • 1948 Cleveland Indians' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0
    • 1962 US Open Women's Golf, Dunes Golf & Beach Club: Murle Lindstrom wins her first LPGA Tour victory, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Ruth Jessen and Jo Ann Prentice
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    1962 LA Dodgers' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax no-hits New York Mets, 5-0; first of 4 career no-hitters thrown by Koufax

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    Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax
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    1965 NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle grants ownership of the Atlanta Falcons to Rankin Smith Sr., Executive VP of Life Insurance Company of Georgia; Rankin pays then-record $8.5 million

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    NFL CommissionerPete Rozelle
    • 1966 England spin bowler Derek Underwood goes wicketless in his Test cricket debut v West Indies at Nottingham; captures 297 wickets in illustrious 86 Test career
    • 1967 Philadelphia Phillies utility man Cookie Rojas pitches a scoreless 9th inning in 12-3 loss to SF Giants; Rojas had now played all 9 positions since arriving in MLB in 1963
    • 1970 Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens as the visiting Atlanta Braves beat Reds, 8-2; demolished 2002
    • 1974 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Candiac GC: Carole Jo Skala wins by 3 from JoAnn Carner
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    1975 Muhammad Ali retains world heavyweight boxing crown by beating Englishman Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in a re-match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
    • 1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
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    1978 Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs

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    Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey
    • 1978 Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Larry Doby becomes only the second African-American manager in MLB with the Chicago White Sox
    • 1979 Davona Dale wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
    • 1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting; legend of the Jersey Devil, a creature that allegedly inhabited the Pine Barrens of South Jersey
    • 1985 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Edgewood Tahore GC: Miller Barber wins by 4 strokes from Roberto De Vincenzo for back-to-back Senior Open titles
    • 1987 Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden sets a new men's high jump world record 2.42m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) in Stockholm, Sweden
    • 1988 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Florida
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    1991 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Meg Mallon wins her first major title by 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto

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    LPGA GolferMeg Mallon
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    LPGA GolferPat Bradley
    • 1992 1st pay bathrooms in US open: 25 cents (NYC)
    • 1993 NBA Draft: Michigan center Chris Webber first pick by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State)

    • 1994 Giants outfielder Darren Lewis errors after record 392 flawless games
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    1994 Pre-trial hearings open in LA against O.J. Simpson

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    NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson
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    1994 US Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life

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    Figure SkaterTonya Harding
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    1995 Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits

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    MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray
    • 1996 UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Oliver Bierhoff scores his second goal in extra time as Germany beat Czech Republic, 2-1
    • 1999 NBA Draft: Duke power forward Elton Brand first pick by Chicago Bulls
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    2002 FIFA World Cup Final, International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan: Ronaldo scores twice as Brazil beats Germany, 2-0 to win record 5th title; first World Cup held in Asia

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    Football StarRonaldo
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    2002 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Caves Valley GC: Don Pooley wins by 1 stroke in a playoff with Tom Watson

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    GolferTom Watson
    • 2013 US Open Women's Golf, Sebonack GC: Inbee Park of South Korea wins her second US title, 4 strokes ahead of compatriot I.K. Kim
    • 2013 NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nathan MacKinnon #1 pick by Colorado Avalanche
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    2013 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Fox Chapel GC: Kenny Perry wins first of 4 Champions Tour titles by 2 strokes from Fred Couples and Duffy Waldorf

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    Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples
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    2018 FIFA World Cup: Kylian Mbappé (19) becomes only 2nd teenager (Pelé 1st 1958) to score twice in a world cup match as France eliminate Argentina 4-3 in Kazan

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    FootballerKylian Mbappé
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    2019 Brooklyn Nets load up on elite NBA talent on first day of free agency; sign Kevin Durant from Golden State, Kyrie Irving from Boston and DeAndre Jordan from NY Knicks

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    NBA PlayerKyrie Irving
    • 2019 US Open Senior Men's Golf, Warren GC: Steve Stricker wins his second Champions Tour major of the year by 6 strokes from David Toms and Jerry Kelly
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    2020 FC Barcelona's Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi scores his 700th career goal - a cheeky Panenka penalty - in a 2-2 draw against Atlético Madrid

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    Football StarLionel Messi
    • 2021 American Abhimanyu Mishra becomes the youngest chess grandmaster ever at 12 years and 4 months, surpassing Sergey Karjakin
     
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    • 1859 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
    • 1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood

    • 1901 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats defending 4-time champion R.F. Doherty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 for his 1st of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
    • 1903 Tour de France: Inaugural race begins in Montgeron, a south-eastern suburb of Paris
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    1904 III Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in St Louis, the first held in the United States

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    Poster promoting the 1904 Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis
    • 1904 Willie Anderson becomes the first 2-time Western Open golf champion, beating fellow Scot Alex Smith by 4 strokes at Michigan's Kent CC
    • 1910 Chicago's White Sox Park (later Comiskey Park) opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox, 2-0
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    1916 Pittsburgh shortstop Honus Wagner, at 42 and 4 months, connects at Cincinnati to become the oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR; Pirates beat Reds, 2-1

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    MLB ShortshopHonus Wagner
    • 1917 Reds' Fred Toney pitches 2 complete games in doubleheader victories over Pirates, allows 3 hits each game, fewest allowed by any pitcher winning 2 MLB games in one day
    • 1917 In contravention of state law, Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn; owner and manager arrested but escape with a fine; Robins edge Philadelphia, 3-2
    • 1919 SVV Scheveningen soccer club is established in the Dutch seaside town
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    1920 Washington Senators pitching legend Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox 1-0 at Fenway Park, the only no-hitter of his illustrious career

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    MLB PitcherWalter Johnson
    • 1920 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Cinque Ports GC: Scotsman George Duncan erases 13 stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his only major title; first Open played since WWII
    • 1920 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: French superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to complete a sweep after taking the women's & mixed doubles titles
    • 1920 St Louis Cardinals become tenants of their AL rival St Louis Browns, as they abandon Robison Field midway through the MLB season and return to Sportsman's Park
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    1921 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France beats doubles specialist Elizabeth Ryan 6-2, 6-0 for her 3rd straight Wimbledon singles title

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    Tennis PlayerElizabeth Ryan

    • 1931 Cleveland Municipal Stadium (MLB: Indians, NFL: Browns, 78,189 capacity) opens; demolished 1996
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    1932 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats fellow American Helen Jacobs 6-3, 6-1 for her 5th of 8 titles

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    Tennis PlayerHelen Wills Moody
    • 1938 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats England's Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 for the 3rd leg of his Grand Slam
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1941 NY outfielder Joe DiMaggio, on way to a record 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game MLB hit streak in a 9-2 win over Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium

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    Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
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    1945 First MLB superstar to return from WW II, Hank Greenberg homers in his 1st game (Detroit beats Philadelphia A's 9-5)

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    Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg
    • 1947 Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA), holds its inaugural college player draft
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    1948 Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 128 in 141 mins with 15 fours in a tour match vs Surry

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
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    1948 Brooklyn's future Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella debuts with 3 hits in a 6-4 loss to the rival NY Giants

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    MLB CatcherRoy Campanella
    • 1949 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Ted Schroeder beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon singles title
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    1951 Cleveland Indians veteran hurler Bob Feller pitches his 3rd career no-hitter beating Detroit Tigers, 2-1

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller
    • 1952 The first NASCAR Grand National event is run outside of the US with Buddy Shuman winning the 200-lap race at Stamford Park, Ontario, Canada
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    1955 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen of Denmark 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 for his only Wimbledon success

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    Tennis Player and Five-Time Major ChampionTony Trabert
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    Tennis PlayerKurt Nielsen
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    1956 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Wakonda CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 4 strokes from Louise Suggs; second of her 3 major titles

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    Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1960 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Neale Fraser wins is first and only Wimbledon singles title; beats Rod Laver 6-4, 3-6, 9-7, 7-5

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    Tennis PlayerRod Laver
    [​IMG]US Women's Golf Open
    1961 US Open Women's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Mickey Wright wins her 3rd Open by 6 strokes, despite a 2nd round 8-over par 80

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    LPGA GolferMickey Wright
    • 1966 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Spaniard Manuel Santana wins last of 4 major titles beating American Dennis Ralston 6-4, 11-9, 6-4
    • 1967 Bobby Unser wins both races at Mosport, Ontario, Canada, the first Champ Car races ever run outside the United States
    • 1968 Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 scoreless innings (3rd most live era) ends on wild pitch but earns 8-1 win v LA Dodgers
    • 1970 Dutch soccer club FC Utrecht is established (KNVB Cup 1985, 2003-04)
    • 1973 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61

    • 1973 Australian Bruce Crampton becomes the 5th golfer (but first non-American) to win more than $1m when 4th in the Western Open
    • 1974 NFL players go on strike for 41 days challenging the "Rozelle Rule" but had to wait until 1977 for new collective bargaining agreement
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    1977 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favourite Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

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    Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionVirginia Wade
    • 1977 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany
    [​IMG]World Record
    1980 British runner Steve Ovett breaks countryman Sebastian Coe's world record for the mile in 3:48.8 in Oslo, Norway

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    1500m RunnerSebastian Coe
    • 1982 PEC Zwolle '82 soccer club renamed when purchased by Dutch businessman Marten Eibrink
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    1982 Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.

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    MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
    [​IMG]US Senior Golf Open
    1984 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Miller Barber wins by 2 strokes from Arnold Palmer for his second Senior Open title

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    GolferArnold Palmer
    • 1987 New York City radio station WFAN-AM commences first 24 hour all sports radio format
    [​IMG]US Senior Golf Open
    1990 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Ridgewood CC: Lee Trevino wins by 2 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his first Champions Tour major title

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    GolferJack Nicklaus
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    1990 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Westmount GC: Cathy Johnston wins by 2 strokes from Patty Sheehan for her only LPGA Tour win

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    LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan
    • 1995 All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement made with the players - no games lost
    • 1996 Canadian NHL franchise Winnipeg Jets officially moves to Arizona, renamed the Phoenix Coyotes
    • 1996 In a tour match v India, Hampshire's Kevan James becomes the only 1st class cricketer to take 4 wickets in 4 balls - and then score a century (103)
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    1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely & withholds $20m purse for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
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    BoxerEvander Holyfield
    • 1998 NBA commences a player lockout after no agreement with players about salary issues - lasts 204 days with the season shortened by 50 games
    • 2001 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Salem CC: Bruce Fleischer wins his lone major title by 1 stroke from Gil Morgan and Isao Aoki of Japan
    • 2005 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers is suspended for 20 games and fined $50k for shoving a cameraman - sentence later overturned
    • 2007 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles: American Christie Kerr wins by 2 strokes from Lorena Ochoa & Angela Park
    • 2011 NBA owners begin the second player lockout in 12 years, shortening the season by 16 games before a salary agreement was reached
    • 2012 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine: Spain crush Italy, 4-0 to retain their title
    • 2012 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Fox Chapel GC: Joe Daley wins his lone career major title by 2 strokes from Tom Lehman
    [​IMG]Agreement of Interest
    2018 NBA super star LeBron James agrees to a 4-year $154m deal with the LA Lakers, moving from Cleveland Cavaliers

    • 2018 PGA Women's Championship, Kemper Lakes GC: Park Sung-hyun of South Korea wins in a playoff with Nasa Hataoka & Ryu So-yeon
    • 2018 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Broadmoor GC: David Toms wins by 1 stroke from Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Jerry Kelly and Tim Petrovic
     
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    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis

    1902 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Muriel Robb wins her only major title with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper

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    Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

    • 1903 National League MLB batting champion Ed Delahanty, disappears after being removed intoxicated from a train by force; found dead at bottom of Niagara Falls 2 weeks later
    • 1903 Pitcher Jack Doscher, debuts for the Chicago Cubs, the first son of a major leaguer to play MLB, father Herm 1882-92
    • 1906 Yanks win by forfeit for the 1st time
    • 1907 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Evelyn Sears beats fellow American Carrie Neely 6-3, 6-2 for her lone major singles title
    • 1909 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dora Boothby earns her only Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 win over Agnes Morton
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    1911 Detroit Tigers legend Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game in 14-6 rout of Cleveland. Streak ends next game

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    MLB LegendTy Cobb
    • 1921 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bill Tilden beats South African Brian Norton 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5 for the third of 10 Grand Slam singles titles
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    1921 In boxing's first million dollar gate ($1.7m), world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey KOs Frenchman Georges Carpentier in round 4 of his 3rd title defence; crowd 91,000 at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey
    • 1926 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frenchman Jean Borotra wins his second Wimbledon singles title 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 over American Howard Kinsey
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    1927 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Spaniard Lilí Álvarez 6-2, 6-4 for her first of 8 Wimbledon titles

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    Tennis PlayerHelen Wills Moody
    • 1927 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final Henri Cochet wins first of 2 Wimbledon singles crowns; beats Jean Borotra 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
    • 1930 Chicago outfielder Carl Reynolds becomes only the 2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings in 15-4 White Sox victory at Yankee Stadium
    • 1932 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Ellsworth Vines beats hometown favourite Bunny Austin 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 for his only Wimbledon title
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    1932 American golfer Walter Hagen wins his 5th and last Western Open in Cleveland, 16 years after he won his first

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    GolferWalter Hagen
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    1933 NY Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell works 18 innings of shutout ball without a walk to beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0

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    Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell

    • 1935 Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in NYC, New York
    • 1937 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats Germany's Gottfried von Cramm 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 for first of back-to-back titles
    • 1938 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0 in 4th final between the pair (Wills Moody won all 4)
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    1941 Joe DiMaggio hits a 3-run homer off Boston's Dick Newsome to pass Willie Keeler's MLB record 44 game hitting streak

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    Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
    • 1948 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Bob Falkenburg beats John Bromwich of Australia 7-5, 0-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 for his only Grand Slam singles title
    • 1948 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: England's Henry Cotton wins by 5 strokes from Irishman Fred Daly for his third Open victory
    • 1949 "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
    • 1949 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 10-8, 1-6, 10-8 for the second of 3 straight Wimbledon titles
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1950 Cleveland Indians' pitcher Bob Feller wins his 200th MLB game, 5-3 v Detroit Tigers

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1951 Bill Veeck buys St Louis Browns from Bill & Charlie DeWitt; after 1953 season sells franchise to Clarence Miles, team moves to Baltimore (Orioles)

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    MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck
    • 1951 Worcestershire cricket wicket-keeper Hugo Yarnold makes a record 6 stumpings in an innings in a 1st-class match vs Scotland at Dundee
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1954 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Czech Jaroslav Drobný beats Ken Rosewall of Australia 13-11, 4-6, 6-2, 9-7 for his only Wimbledon singles title

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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall
    • 1954 England cricket batsman Denis Compton scores career best 278 in 287 mins in 2nd Test win over Pakistan at Nottingham
    [​IMG]US Women's Golf Open
    1955 US Open Women's Golf, Wichita GC: Uruguayan Fay Crocker beats Louise Suggs & Mary Lena Faulk by 4 to become the tournament's first overseas winner

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    Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
    • 1955 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Beverly Fleitz 7-5, 8-6 for her 4th Wimbledon singles title
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1960 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil beats South African Sandra Reynolds 8–6, 6–0

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    Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1961 Amidst 5 NY Yankee homers v Washington, Roger Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 for the season

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    Baseball PlayerRoger Maris
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1963 SF Giants legend Willie Mays breaks up classic Juan Marichal vs Warren Spahn pitching dual, homering in 16th inning off Spahn for 1-0 win vs Milwaukee Braves

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    MLB LegendWillie Mays
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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1965 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson scores second consecutive title win over fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

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    Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1966 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Billie Jean King beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 for the first of her 12 Grand Slam singles titles

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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
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    Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno

    • 1966 West Indian cricket batsman Basil Butcher scores career best 209 not out to guide tourists to a 139-run 3rd Test win over England at Trent Bridge
    • 1967 US Open Women's Golf, The Homestead: Catherine Lacoste wins by 2 strokes from Susie Maxwell & Beth Stone (youngest [22], 1st amateur winner)
    • 1969 Ireland cricketers dismiss West Indies for just 25 (Dougie Goodwin 5 for 6, Alec O'Riordan 4 for 18) to set up a huge upset in Londonderry
    • 1971 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Evonne Goolagong beats Margaret Court 6-4, 6-1 for the first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles
    • 1972 US Open Women's Golf, Winged Foot GC: American Susie Maxwell Berning wins by 1 from Judy Rankin, Kathy Ahern & Pam Barnett
    • 1972 American pole vaulter Bob Seagren breaks world record for the 4th and final time with 5.63m in Eugene, Oregon
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1976 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 6-3, 4-6, 8-6 for second of 3 Wimbledon singles titles



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    1977 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg beats American Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 for the second of 5 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles



    [​IMG]Sports History
    1978 MLB pitcher Ron Guidry beats Detroit 3-2 for a NY Yankee record 13-0 start to the season


    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1983 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger 6-0, 6-3 for the 4th of 9 Wimbledon singles titles


    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1986 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens (14-0) suffers his 1st loss (4-2 v Toronto), one win short of AL record for consecutive wins to start season


    • 1987 KC Royals outfielder Jim Eisenreich hits 1st HR since 1982, in MLB comeback process, retired 1984 (Tourette syndrome)
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1988 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 for the 3rd leg of her Golden Slam


    1989 US Open Senior Men's Golf, Laurel Valley GC: Orville Moody wins by 2 from Frank Beard, 20 years after his US Open triumph in 1969
    [​IMG]Golf Major
    1989 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Tammie Green wins her only LPGA major title with a 1 shot victory over fellow Americans Pat Bradley & Betsy King
    • 1989 American jockey Steve Cauthen wins Irish Derby on Old Vic to become the first rider in history to sweep the world's 4 major Derbies (Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish)
    • 1993 Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri is renamed Kauffman Stadium shortly before the death of MLB Kansas City Royals team owner Ewing Kauffman
    • 1994 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Conchita Martínez of Spain upsets Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her only Grand Slam title
    • 1994 Middlesex cricket seam bowler Richard Johnson takes all 10 Derbyshire wickets for 45 runs at the County Ground in Derby
    [​IMG]US Senior Golf Open
    1995 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Congressional GC: Tom Weiskopf wins by 4 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his only Champions Tour major victory

    • 1995 LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All Star game when he is named in the NL squad
    • 2000 UEFA European Championship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy
    • 2000 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Saucon Valley CC: Hale Irwin wins by 3 strokes ahead of Bruce Fleischer for his second US Senior title
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2005 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6, 9-7 for the 3rd of her 5 Wimbledon singles titles


    [​IMG]Sports History
    2006 Michael Schumacher wins US F1 Grand Prix for the 5th time, 1st driver in any series to win 5 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway


    [​IMG]World Record
    2006 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (152) and Upul Tharanga (109) compile world record cricket ODI opening stand of 286 vs England at Headingley


    • 2008 A settlement is reached allowing former NBA franchise the Seattle SuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; new owner Clay Bennett agrees to pay City of Seattle $45 million to wriggle out of last 2 years of KeyArena lease
    • 2010 FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2011 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Czech left hander Petra Kvitová wins her first Grand Slam title beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4


    • 2011 American twin brothers Bob & Mike Bryan earn their record equalling 11th Grand Slam doubles title with a straight sets win over Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecău at Wimbledon
    • 2013 Reds pitcher Homer Bailey no-hits SF Giants 3-0 in Cincinnati, his second no-hitter in 10 months
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2017 Home town underdog Jeff Horn upsets Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines on points in a highly controversial WBO welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia


    • 2017 Women's PGA Championship, Olympia Fields CC: American Danielle Kang scores her first professional win, 1 stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada
    • 2017 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Salem CC: Kenny Perry wins by 2 strokes ahead of Kirk Triplett for his 2nd US Senior title
    [​IMG]The Lewis Chess Pieces
    2019 Newly rediscovered Lewis chess piece sells at auction for £735,000 in London

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    Lewis chess piece of a queen made of walrus ivory in the British Museum
    • 2020 British Darts Organisation’s commercial arm – BDO Enterprises Ltd, goes into liquidation due to lack of sponsorship; oversaw original professional, semi-pro and amateur competitions in Britain
     
  9. Jul 3, 2022 #209
    g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis

    1900 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats rival and fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

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    Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

    • 1900 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Sydney Smith 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title
    • 1901 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper Sterry beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-2 6-2, her 4th of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
    • 1905 American boxer Marvin Hart scores a 12th round KO of Jack Root in Reno, Nevada for the vacant world heavyweight title
    • 1909 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats Josiah Ritchie 6-8, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 for back-to-back titles
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1912 NY Giants pitcher Rube Marquard ties Tim Keefe's 1888 MLB record 19 game win-streak with 2-1 win v Brooklyn Dodgers; has 21 with 2 end-of-season in 1911

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    Major League Baseball PitcherTim Keefe
    • 1913 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: New Zealander Anthony Wilding wins 4th straight Wimbledon title beating American Maurice McLoughlin 8-6, 6-3, 10-8
    • 1920 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bill Tilden, becomes first American male to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Gerald Patterson of Australia 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
    • 1925 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France takes her 6th Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Briton Joan Fry
    • 1926 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Briton Kitty Godfree wins her second Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Spaniard Lilí Álvarez
    • 1931 German boxer Max Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in 15 in Cleveland in his first heavyweight title defence; first major fight broadcast live on national radio
    • 1931 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the first ever all-German final, Cilly Aussem beats Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 6-2, 7-5
    • 1932 After 30 years as manager of the New York Giants, John McGraw retires from baseball (2,583 wins / 1,948 losses NY)
    • 1936 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home favourite Fred Perry beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 for his third straight Wimbledon singles title
    • 1937 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothy Round of England beats Poland's Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 for her second Wimbledon title
    • 1944 Oriole Park, then a minor league baseball stadium burns down in Baltimore; cause, speculated discarded cigarette

    • 1948 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 8-6 for the first of 3-straight Wimbledon singles titles
    [​IMG]PGA Championship
    1951 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakmont GC: Sam Snead beats Walter Burkemo, 7 & 6 for his 3rd PGA C'ship title

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    GolferSam Snead
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1953 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Vic Seixas wins his only Wimbledon singles title with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Dane Kurt Nielsen

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    Tennis PlayerVic Seixas
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    Tennis PlayerKurt Nielsen
    • 1954 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly wins her 3rd consecutive Wimbledon singles title beating fellow American Louise Brough 6-2, 7-5
    [​IMG]US Women's Golf Open
    1954 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by a record 12 strokes from Betty Hicks in her comeback event 14 months after radical colon cancer surgery

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    All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1959 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American-based Peruvian Alex Olmedo wins his only Wimbledon title beating Rod Laver of Australia 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

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    Tennis PlayerRod Laver
    [​IMG]British Golf Open
    1959 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: 23 year old South African Gary Player wins the first of his 9 major titles, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Fred Bullock and Flory Van Donck

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    GolferGary Player
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1964 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle 6-4, 12-10, 4-6, 6-3; Emerson's 1st of 2 straight Wimbledon titles

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    Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1965 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 7-5, her second of 3 Wimbledon singles titles

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    Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno
    • 1966 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: American Sandra Spuzich wins by 1 from Carol Mann for her only LPGA major title
    • 1966 Atlanta Braves Tony Cloninger, 1st NL player and only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a MLB game (17-3 v SF Giants)
    • 1968 Cleveland pitcher Luis Tiant strikes out MLB record 19 Minnesota Twins in 1-0 win; record for 10 inning game; also record 32 Ks in consecutive games
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1970 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Billie Jean King 14-12, 11-9 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title, and 3rd leg of her successful Grand Slam

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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
    • 1970 California Angels pitcher Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
    • 1971 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Newcombe of Australia beats American Stan Smith 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his third and final Wimbledon singles title
    • 1973 Brothers Gaylord (Hall of Fame) and Jim Perry (3-time All Star) face each other for only time in MLB, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, Gaylord charged with loss
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1974 Pitching in MLB-record 13th consecutive game for the LA Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds

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    Baseball PitcherTommy John
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1976 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg beats Ilie Năstase of Romania 6-4, 6-2, 9-7 for the first of 5 straight Wimbledon titles

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    Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg
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    Tennis ChampionIlie Năstase
    • 1977 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: Judy Rankin wins by 3 strokes from Pat Meyers and Sandra Palmer
    • 1980 Biggest MLB crowd in 7 years, 73,096 watch Indians beat NY Yankees, 7-0 at Cleveland Stadium
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1981 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title

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    Tennis LegendChris Evert
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    Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1982 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 for the first of 6-straight Wimbledon singles titles

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    Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
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    Tennis LegendChris Evert
    • 1983 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Hollis Stacy wins by 2 strokes from JoAnn Carner and Alice Miller
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1983 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American John McEnroe wins 5th career Grand Slam title; outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe
    • 1983 Texas Rangers explode for MLB single extra innings record 12 runs in 15th inning of 16-4 win v Oakland
    • 1984 After 22 years, England Test cricket spinner Derek Underwood hits a maiden 1st class century (111) for Kent v Sussex at Hastings
    • 1984 West Indies cricket opener Gordon Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 242 balls in 9-wicket Lord's Test win v England
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1987 Controversial NY Mets MLB star Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates for criticising his play; he is now an ordained minister

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    Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry
    [​IMG]Golf Major
    1988 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Sally Little wins by 1 stroke from Laura Davies of England

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    LPGA GolferLaura Davies
    • 1988 Gene Nelson of the Oakland A's becomes first AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 in 9-8 win over Toronto Blue Jays
    • 1989 Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3,000m steeplechase world record of 8:05.39 in Stockholm, Sweden
    • 1989 Open Mind wins American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies when Nite of Fun is disqualified in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont
    • 1991 Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease for the Cleveland Indians to play MLB at Jacobs Field
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1993 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, German Steffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4

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    Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf
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    Tennis Player & Wimbledon ChampionJana Novotna
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1994 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras successfully defends title against Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 7-6, 7-6, 6-0

    1994 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst Resort: South African Simon Hobday wins by 1 stroke from Graham Marsh of Australia and Jim Albus
    • 1994 FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
    • 1999 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lindsay Davenport beats Steffi Graf 6-4, 7-5 for her only Wimbledon singles title
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2004 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova becomes first Russian player to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    2005 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer makes it 3 straight Wimbledon titles beating American Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6, 6-4
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2006 Detroit Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman officially retires from the NHL, finishing with 692 goals and 1,755 points


    [​IMG]US Women's Golf Open
    2006 US Open Women's Golf, Newport CC: Annika Sörenstam wins her 10th and final major title by 4 strokes in a playoff with Pat Hurst


    [​IMG]Sports History
    2007 America's Cup: Swiss defender Alinghi beats Team New Zealand by 1 second to take the series 5-2 off Valencia, Spain


    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2010 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams successfully defends her crown overpowering Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    2011 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 for his first Wimbledon title

    • 2018 Australian cricket batsman Aaron Finch breaks his own T20 International record smashing 172 from 76 balls vs Zimbabwe in Harare, opening stand with D'Arcy Short (223) also a record
    • 2020 Major League Baseball All-Star Game planned to be hosted on July 14 by the LA Dodgers is cancelled due to government restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • 2020 MLB Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan announces he would review changing the organization's name
     
  10. Jul 4, 2022 #210
    g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    • 1890 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lena Rice becomes the only Irish female to win at Wimbledon beating May Jacks 6-4, 6-1
    • 1891 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley wins first of 3 Wimbledon singles championships; beats Joshua Pim 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, 6-0

    • 1892 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion Wilfred Baddeley beats Joshua Pim 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
    • 1904 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Paul de Borman & William le Maire de Warzée 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over Belgium (ends 5-0)
    [​IMG]Hall of Fame
    1905 Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers Rube Waddell (A's) and Cy Young (Boston) matchup in 20-inning classic; Philadelphia win, 4-2

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    MLB PitcherCy Young
    • 1906 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats Frank Riseley 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his 5th straight Wimbledon singles title
    [​IMG]Boxing Title Fight
    1907 Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in round 1 in Colma, California, his 6th title defence

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    Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionTommy Burns
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1907 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Norman Brookes becomes the first non-Englishman and left-hander to win Wimbledon beating Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerNorman Brookes
    • 1908 New York Giants pitcher George "Hooks" Wiltse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn
    [​IMG]Boxing Title Fight
    1910 "Fight of the Century": Jack Johnson beats James J. Jeffries by TKO in 15 in Reno, Nevada to retain his world heavyweight boxing title

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    World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson
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    Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJames J. Jeffries
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1911 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh halts Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak as Cobb goes 0 for 4 in a 7-3 win over Detroit Tigers at Bennett Park

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    MLB LegendTy Cobb
    • 1912 Jack Johnson beats "Fireman" Jim Flynn by disqualification in 9 in Las Vegas to retain world heavyweight boxing title
    • 1913 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-British final Dorothea Chambers beats Winifred McNair 6-0, 6-4
    • 1914 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers wins her 7th and last Wimbledon singles title beating Ethel Larcombe 7-5, 6-4
    • 1914 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Norman Brookes beats 4-time defending champion Anthony Wilding of New Zealand 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
    [​IMG]Boxing Title Fight
    1919 Jack Dempsey beats champion Jess Willard, retired in 3rd round in Toledo, Ohio for world heavyweight championship

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey

    • 1923 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbons on points over 15 hard fought rounds in Shelby, Montana to retain world heavyweight boxing title
    • 1924 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Kitty McKane of England beats American Helen Wills 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 for her 1st of 2 Wimbledon singles titles
    • 1925 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final René Lacoste beats Jean Borotra 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
    • 1925 A's Lefty Grove beats Yanks Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1930 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Moody wins 4th straight Wimbledon singles beating fellow American Elizabeth Ryan 6-2, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerElizabeth Ryan
    • 1931 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sidney Wood Jr beats fellow American Frank Shields in a walkover - ankle injury
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1932 Don Bradman scores a North American record 260 v Western Ontario in Guelph during Australian cricket team's Goodwill Tour of North America

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
    • 1936 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Helen Jacobs wins her only Wimbledon title beating Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
    • 1938 Phillies complete move to Shribe Park in Philadelphia, lose 10-5 to Boston Bees
    • 1939 Red Sox 3rd baseman Jim Tabor hits record-tying 2 grand slams in one MLB game, 18-12 win v Phillies
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1939 Lou Gehrig is first MLB player to have his number (4) retired on his "Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium, makes iconic "luckiest man" speech

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    Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1947 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Jack Kramer wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating fellow American Tom Brown 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerJack Kramer
    • 1947 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool: Irishman Fred Daly wins his only Open, 1 stroke clear of Reg Horne and Frank Stranahan
    • 1950 Boston Braves slugger Sid Gordon ties MLB season grand slam record (4) with a bases loaded hit vs Phillies
    • 1952 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Frank Sedgman wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating Czech Jaroslav Drobný 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1953 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly wins 3rd leg of her Grand Slam beating fellow American Doris Hart 8-6, 7-5

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    Tennis playerMaureen Connolly
    • 1954 FIFA World Cup Final, Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland: Helmut Rahn scores twice as West Germany beats Hungary, 3-2
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1958 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ashley Cooper wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating Neale Fraser 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11

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    Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionAshley Cooper
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1959 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her first of 3 Wimbledon singles titles beating Darlene Hard 6-4, 6-3

    [​IMG]LPGA Championship
    1960 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Sheraton Hotel CC: Mickey Wright wins by 3 from Louise Suggs


    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1960 Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle hits 3-run homer vs Washington, 18th MLB player to hit 300 HRs

    • 1964 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Brazilian Maria Bueno earns a 3rd Wimbledon singles title with a 6-4, 7-9, 6-3 win over Margaret Smith of Australia
    • 1965 US Open Women's Golf, Atlantic City CC: Carol Mann wins by 2 shots from fellow American Kathy Cornelius
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1969 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Home favourite Ann Jones upsets 3-time defending champion Billie Jean King 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1970 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian thriller, John Newcombe beats Ken Rosewall 5,7 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

    • 1974 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days
    • 1975 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King outclasses Evonne Goolagong 6-0, 6-1 for her 6th Wimbledon singles title
    • 1977 Red Sox end 9-game losing streak by smashing a MLB-record 8 HRs in a 9-6 win vs Toronto at Fenway Park
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1980 Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) fans Reds' Cesar Geronimo to become 4th pitcher to 3,000 MLB strikeouts

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1980 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Chris Evert 6-1, 7-6 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles crown

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1981 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe ends Björn Borg's streak of 5 straight Wimbledon titles with a famous 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory

    [​IMG]Golf Tournament
    1982 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St George's CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Daniel

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1982 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-American classic final, Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 for his second and final Wimbledon title

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1983 NY Yankee pitcher Dave Righetti no-hits the Boston Red Sox, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1984 New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro strikes out Larry Parish (Texas Rangers) to become the 9th player to reach the 3,000 MLB strikeout milestone

    • 1986 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1987 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova earns 8th Wimbledon singles title with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Steffi Graf

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    1988 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles beating Boris Becker 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a rain-affected final

    • 1988 After a poor start to the season Kansas City Royals release Dan Quisenberry (record 5-time AL saves leader)
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1992 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins her 4th of 7 Wimbledon singles titles outclassing Monica Seles 6-2, 6-1


    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1993 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats fellow American Jim Courier 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 for his first of 7 Wimbledon titles

    • 1994 FIFA World Cup: A Bebeto strike saves Brazil from embarrassment, beat USA 1-0 at Stanford
    • 1995 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) play 1st CFL game beating Winnipeg 38-10 but failed experiment only lasts one season
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1998 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Czech Jana Novotná beats Nathalie Tauziat of France 6-4, 7-6 for her first and only Grand Slam singles title

    • 1999 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-American final, Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 for his third straight Wimbledon title
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1999 South Korean defending champion Se Ri Pak wins the most crowded playoff in LPGA history (6) in the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic

    • 2000 Canadian jockey Russell Baze scores his 7,000th career victory aboard This Is the Moment at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, California
    • 2001 In a world record fee for a soccer goalkeeper, Juventus signed Parma's Gianluigi Buffon in a £32.5m deal including midfielder Jonathan Bachini
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2003 LA Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant is arrested in Eagle, Colorado for sexual assault, charges eventually dismissed

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    2004 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins the second of 5 straight Wimbledon singles titles beating American Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-4

    • 2004 UEFA European Championship Final, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal: In a huge upset Greece beats host nation Portugal, 1-0
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    2004 US Open Women's Golf, Orchards GC: Meg Mallon shoots final round 65 (−6) to win her second US title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam of Sweden

    [​IMG]Sports History
    2006 Sri Lanka sets new ODI cricket record score 443-9 in a World Cup win over Netherlands in Amstelveen (Jayasuriya 157, Dilshan 117no)

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2009 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats older sister Venus 7-6, 6-2 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles title

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    2010 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Tomáš Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 for his second Wimbledon title

    • 2015 Super Rugby Final, Westpac Stadium, Wellington: Otago Highlanders beat Wellington Hurricanes 21-14 for their first title
    • 2015 Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago: Chile defeats Argentina, 4-1 penalties to win their first title; 0-0 after extra time
     
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    g8orbill

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    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1986 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Hana Mandlíková 7-6, 6-3 for her 7th Wimbledon singles title

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1987 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pat Cash of Australia scores his only Grand Slam singles success 7-6, 6-2, 7-5 over Ivan Lendl

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1987 A's 1st baseman Mark McGwire becomes first rookie to hit 30 HRs before the MLB All-Star Game as Oakland beats Red Sox, 6-2

    • 1988 Wist Indies cricket paceman Malcolm Marshall takes career best 7-22, beat England by an innings & 156 at Old Trafford
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1989 Barry Bonds homers in Pittsburgh's 6-4 loss vs SF Giants, joining father Bobby Bonds as MLB father-son HR record holders (408)

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1990 Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive tennis Grand Slam singles finals ends, beaten in Wimbledon semi-finals 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 by American Zina Garrison

    • 1991 MLB owners approve Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins as new NL franchises to start play in 1993
    • 1991 American jockey Ray Sibille wins his 3,000th career race, aboard Sporting Surf at Pleasanton, California
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1992 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Andre Agassi wins his first of 8 Grand Slam singles titles beating Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1993 As' outfielder Rickey Henderson leads off both games of Oakland's doubleheader vs Cleveland with homers (first time since 1913)

    • 1996 Angels score 3 top 1st, Oakland A's respond with 13 bottom 1st, highest-scoring 1st inning by 2 teams in MLB history, A's win 16-8
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1997 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: 16 year old Swiss Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotná 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to become the youngest Wimbledon winner in 110 years

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1998 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras retains title; beats Goran Ivanišević 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 for his 5th of 7 Wimbledon singles crowns

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1998 Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens collects his 3,000th career strikeout in 2-1 win vs Tampa Bay (11th to achieve milestone)

    • 1998 NY Yankees beat Baltimore Orioles 1-0 to improve record to 61-20, equalling best 81-game start in MLB history
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2003 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams successfully defends her title beating older sister Venus 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

    • 2003 French driver Sébastien Bourdais wins first-ever night road-course event in Champ Car history on Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport layout
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2008 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams successfully defends her title beating younger sister Serena 7-5, 6-4

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    2009 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick of the US 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 for a record 15th Grand Slam singles title

    • 2012 Harness racing trainer/driver Dave Palone sets a new North American record for wins when he drives Herculotte Hanover to the winner's circle for his 15,181st career victory
    • 2014 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Petra Kvitová outclasses Eugenie Bouchard of Canada 6-3, 6-0 for her 2nd Wimbledon title
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, BC Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada: Carli Lloyd scores a hat-trick as US beats Japan, 5-2

    • 2017 Arsenal FC breaks club transfer record, paying about €53m for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette
    • 2019 Former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral says he paid a $2 million bribe to secure votes for his city to be granted 2016 Olympics
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 1887 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod becomes youngest ever Wimbledon champion (15 years, 285 days); defending champion beats Blanche Bingley 6-2, 6-0
    • 1889 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Lena Rice 4-6, 8-6, 6-4

    • 1907 Tom Reece takes 5 weeks to compile the highest recorded billiards break in a match (499,135) in London, his 'cradle' cannon method is soon banned
    • 1912 V Summer (Modern) Olympic Games officially open Stockholm, Sweden; events conducted prior to the ceremony dating back to 5 May
    • 1920 New York Yankees score MLB record 14 runs in 5th inning of a 17-0 rout of Washington Senators
    • 1923 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France beats Kitty McKane 6-2, 6-2 for her 5th straight Wimbledon singles title
    • 1928 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final René Lacoste beats defending champion Henri Cochet 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
    • 1929 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Henri Cochet beats fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 for his 2nd Wimbledon singles crown
    • 1929 St. Louis Cardinals set MLB run record with 28 runs on 28 hits (28-6 v Phillies)
    • 1931 US Open Golf, Inverness Club, Ohio: Billy Burke wins by 1 stroke from George Von Elm in a second 36-hole playoff; longest playoff in tournament history
    • 1932 Cubs' future All Star shortstop Billy Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli; no charges laid
    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1933 1st MLB All Star Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Babe Ruth hits first All Star home run

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    Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1934 American doubles specialist Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles title as she and Simone Mathieu of France defend their crown 6-3, 6-3 vs Dorothy Andrus & Sylvie Henrotin

    • 1934 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home favourite Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 for the first of 3 straight Wimbledon titles
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    1935 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody wins her 7th of 8 Wimbledon singles titles beating Helen Jacobs 6-3, 3-6, 7-5

    • 1938 6th MLB All Star Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati on 4 AL errors
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1941 New York Yankees team unveils a monument to former captain Lou Gehrig in center field at Yankee Stadium; the future Hall of Famer died the previous month

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    Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
    • 1942 10th MLB All Star Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, NYC, AL runs are homers
    • 1945 Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games
    • 1946 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-American matchup Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough 6-2, 6-4 for her only Wimbledon crown
    • 1949 Cincinnati Reds catcher Walker Cooper goes 6 for 7, (3 HRs, 3 singles, 5 runs scored, 10 RBI) in 23-4 win v Chicago Cubs
    • 1951 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Dick Savitt wins his only Wimbledon title beating Ken McGregor of Australia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
    • 1951 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Englishman Max Faulkner wins by 2 strokes from Antonio Cerdá of Argentina
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    1956 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian matchup Lew Hoad wins his first of 2 Wimbledon singles crowns beating Ken Rosewall 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

    • 1956 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool: Australian Peter Thomson wins by 3 shots from Flory Van Donck of Belgium for his 3rd consecutive Open victory
    • 1956 MLB Commissioner Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honour baseball's outstanding pitcher of the season
    • 1956 Cleveland outfielder Jim Busby hits a second grand slam on consecutive days during Indians 4-2 win v Kansas City A's
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    1957 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Althea Gibson becomes the first black female athlete to win Wimbledon beating Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2

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    1959 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Sheraton Hotel CC: Betsy Rawls wins her second title in the event by 1 stroke from Patty Berg

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1962 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Martin Mulligan 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 for the 3rd leg of his first Grand Slam

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1962 NY Yankees 'M&M boys' Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle hit 2 HRs each in 7-5 win v Twins, Mantle his 4th consecutive homer

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1968 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Judy Tegart 9-7, 7-5 to earn first ever prize money (£750) offered at Wimbledon

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1974 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Jimmy Connors wins his first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles beating Ken Rosewall of Australia 6-1, 6-1, 6-4

    • 1975 Art Wall Jr. at 51 years, 7 months, 10 days becomes the second oldest to win a PGA Tour event, beating Gary McCord by 1 at the Greater Milwaukee Open (oldest Sam Snead)
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1979 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova successfully defends her title beating Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4, 6-4

    [​IMG]Baseball Record
    1980 MLB Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Carlton fans 7 Cardinals to reach 2,836 strikeouts, the most by a left-handed pitcher in MLB history


    • 1983 50th MLB All Star Game, Comiskey Park, Chicago: Angels outfielder Fred Lynn hits first AS grand slam, AL wins 13-3
    • 1984 New Zealand sisters Liz and Rose Signal become the first twins to play in the same cricket Test match, v England at Headingley
    • 1985 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her 6th Wimbledon singles title
    • 1985 Mom's Command wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
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    1986 100th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Germany's Boris Becker successfully defends his title beating Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

    • 1986 Atlanta infielder Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a MLB game during Braves 11-8 loss v Montreal
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1987 Pakistan cricket all-rounder Imran Khan reaches 300th Test wicket milestone, during 3rd Test vs England at Leeds

    [​IMG]Sports History
    1989 Ex-Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt becomes the first retired MLB player to be named to start the All Star game; he elects not to play

    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1991 Wimbledon Women's Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6-4, 3-6, 8-6 for her 3rd Wimbledon crown

    • 1993 England cricket batsman Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test debut, in drawn 3rd Test v Australia at Trent Bridge
    • 1994 CFL American expansion Shreveport Pirates lose game, 40-10 at the Ottawa Rough Riders; fold 1995
    • 1996 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3, 7-5 for her 20th Grand Slam title & 7th Wimbledon crown
    • 1996 In a 2-0 win v Brewers, New York Yankees closer John Wetteland sets MLB record 20 consecutive saves en route to 24
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1997 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cédric Pioline of France 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his 10th Grand Slam title

    [​IMG]Hall of Fame
    1997 Montreal Expos retire Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Andre Dawson's uniform #10

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    MLB StarAndre Dawson
    • 1997 Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh completes twin centuries (108 & 116) in 268 run 3rd Test win v England at Old Trafford
    [​IMG]US Women's Golf Open
    1998 US Open Women's Golf, Blackwolf Run: Se Ri Pak of South Korea wins a 20-hole Monday playoff over American amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn

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    LPGA GolferSe Ri Pak
    • 1998 England cricket spin bowler Robert Croft saves England from defeat with a famous unbeaten 37 in 190 minutes on day 5 of 2nd Test v South Africa at Old Trafford, Manchester
    • 2000 West Ham United FC pays a record £1.8 million for the late Bobby Moore's collection of memorabilia; 79 items including his 1966 World Cup winner's medal
    • 2000 Real estate developer Stan Kroenke announces the acquisition of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and the Pepsi Centre for $450m from the Ascent Entertainment Group
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2002 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats older sister Venus 7-6, 6-3 for her first Wimbledon singles title

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
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    Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    2003 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Australian Mark Philippoussis 7-6, 6-2, 7-6 for his first Grand Slam title

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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
    • 2003 Martina Navratilova claims her 20th all-time Wimbledon title as she and Leander Paes beat Andy Ram & Anastassia Rodionova 6-3, 6-3 in the mixed doubles final
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    2008 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal of Spain ends Roger Federer's 5 year reign at Wimbledon 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7

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    Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal
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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
    • 2013 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bob & Mike Bryan beat Ivan Dogic & Marcelo Melo to be the only doubles pair to hold all 4 major titles and Olympic gold medal at same time
    • 2013 British & Irish Lions Rugby Union team thrash Australia, 41-16 in Sydney for a 2-1 series win, their first against the Wallabies since 1997
    • 2013 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In her last appearance at a major championship, Marion Bartoli of France beats German Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 for her only Grand Slam title
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    2014 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 to regain his world #1 ranking

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    Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr. is stripped of his WBO welterweight boxing title after failing to pay $200k sanctioning fee and vacate his 2 junior middleweight titles

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    BoxerFloyd Mayweather, Jr.
    • 2019 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders win their 10th title with a 19-3 win over Argentina's Jaguares
    • 2019 LA Clippers acquire 2 NBA megastars in one day; Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard from Toronto in free agency, and Paul George from OKC for an unprecedented trade bounty of players and picks
    • 2019 Jorge Masvidal (34-13) sets a UFC record by needing just 5 seconds to KO Ben Askren (19-1, 1 NC) during their welterweight bout at UFC 239 in Las Vegas, Nevada
    [​IMG]Contract of Interest
    2020 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes agrees to the largest contract for an athlete in sports history, inking a 12-year deal that could end up being worth US$503 million

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    NFL QuarterbackPatrick Mahomes
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 1868 Surrey wicket-keeper Ted Pooley completes a then-1st class cricket record 12 dismissals (8 caught, 4 stumped) in a County match against Sussex at The Oval
    • 1887 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Herbert Lawford wins his only Wimbledon title beating Ernest Renshaw 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

    • 1890 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Irishman Willoughby Hamilton wins his only Wimbledon title beating 7-time champion William Renshaw 6-8, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
    • 1892 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard for a 4th time in a Wimbledon final 6-1, 6-1
    • 1900 Boston Beaneaters pitcher Kid Nichols notches his 300th career MLB victory with an 11-4 win over Chicago Orphans
    • 1911 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers becomes first player not to concede a game in a final beating Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0
    [​IMG]Olympic Gold

    1912 American athlete Jim Thorpe wins 4 of 5 events to win the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982

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    Versatile AthleteJim Thorpe
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    1914 Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn offers future baseball legend Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore & Ben Egan for $10k to Connie Mack (Philadelphia A's); refuses pleading lack of finance

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    Baseball LegendConnie Mack
    • 1919 Philadelphia Phillies tie MLB record of 8 steals in an innings (9th) in a 10-5 loss vs NY Giants
    • 1919 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In the first all-Australian final Gerald Patterson beats Norman Brookes 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
    • 1923 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bill Johnston beats fellow American Frank Hunter 6-0, 6-3, 6-1 for his only Wimbledon title
    • 1923 Cleveland Indians set an AL record 27 runs including 13 in the 6th in 27-3 win v Boston Red Sox
    • 1924 American Robert LeGendre sets then long jump world record at 25' 5½" in Paris, France
    • 1928 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Moody wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Lilí Álvarez 6-2, 6-3
    • 1928 American Edward Hamm sets then long jump world record at 25' 11" at Cambridge, Massachusetts
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1932 Australian cricket batsman supreme Don Bradman scores a double century during a Goodwill Tour in Montreal, Canada


    • 1933 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Jack Crawford wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating American Ellsworth Vines 4-6, 11-9, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
    • 1934 Mary Hirsch, daughter of 3-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer Max Hirsch, becomes first woman to be licensed to train thoroughbred horses in the United States
    • 1934 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothy Round Little of England beats American Helen Jacobs 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 for her first Wimbledon singles title
    • 1936 4th MLB All Star Game, Braves Field, Boston: After losing the first 3 AS Games, NL wins 4-3, 4 different Cubs players score the runs
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1937 5th MLB All Star Game, Griffin Stadium, Washington: AL wins 8-3, Lou Gehrig drives in 4 runs with HR & double

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    Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
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    1939 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats fellow American Elwood Cooke 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 for Wimbledon sweep, also won doubles & mixed doubles titles

    • 1939 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: In the last Open played for 7 years, due to WWII, England's Dick Burton wins by 2 strokes from American Johnny Bulla
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1942 Milt all star team (including Bob Feller) loses to AL all stars 5-0

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1948 Cleveland Indians stun MLB by signing 42 year old veteran Negro Leagues pitcher Satchel Paige

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige
    • 1950 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Budge Patty wins his only Wimbledon singles title 6-1, 8-10, 6-2, 6-3 over Australian Frank Sedgman
    • 1950 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: Bobby Locke of South Africa retains title by 2 strokes from Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina
    • 1951 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Doris Hart outclasses fellow American Shirley Fry 6-1, 6-0 for her only Wimbledon singles title
    • 1953 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Birmingham CC: Walter Burkemo wins 2 & 1 from Felize Torza in the Tuesday final; his lone major title
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    1954 British runner Jim Peters, 17 minutes ahead of any rival, collapses on the final stadium lap of the Commonwealth Games marathon in Vancouver

    • 1956 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton of England 6-3, 6-1 for her only Wimbledon singles title
    • 1958 England cricket batsman Arthur Milton scores an unbeaten 104 in his Test debut, drawn 3rd Test v NZ at Headingley
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    1959 26th MLB All Star Game, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh: Willy Mays triples to score Hank Aaron as NL wins 5-4

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    Baseball PlayerHank Aaron
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1961 75th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rod Laver of Australia beats American Chuck McKinley 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for his 1st of 4 Wimbledon singles titles

    • 1962 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Karen Susman beats Věra Suková of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 6-4 for her only Grand Slam singles title
    • 1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 American thoroughbred races

    • 1964 35th MLB All Star Game, Shea Stadium, New York: NL wins 7-4 on the back of Johnny Callison's 3-run 9th inning homer
    • 1967 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Newcombe outclasses Wilhelm Bungert of Germany 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 for his 1st of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
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    1968 US Open Women's Golf, Moselem Springs GC: Susie Maxwell Berning beats Mickey Wright by 3 strokes

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    LPGA GolferMickey Wright
    [​IMG]Hall of Fame
    1971 MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that Negro League players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame to be given full membership in the Museum

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    MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn
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    1972 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King earns her 8th Grand Slam singles title beating Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3

    • 1973 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert 6-0, 7-5 for her 10th career Grand Slam singles title
    • 1973 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Czech Jan Kodeš beats Alex Metreveli of Russia 6-1, 9-8, 6-3 for his 3rd Grand Slam singles success
    • 1974 Milwaukee's Don Money sets MLB record for consecutive errorless games at 3rd base (78) in Brewers 8-5 win v Twins
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    1974 FIFA World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Striker Gerd Müller scores 43rd minute winner as West Germany beats the Netherlands, 2-1

    • 1974 New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
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    1978 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
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    • 1978 NBA approves franchise swap; Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian acquire Boston Celtics, while the Celtics owner Irv Levin gets Braves, later moved to San Diego to become the Clippers
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    1979 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg beats American Roscoe Tanner 6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon title

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    1980 American boxer Larry Holmes scores a 7th round TKO of Scott LeDoux in Bloomington, Minnesota in defence of his WBC heavyweight title

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    WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes
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    1981 England cricket captain Ian Botham resigned after no wins in 12 matches under his reign and a pair in the 2nd Test v Australia at Lord's

    • 1982 English athlete David Moorcroft beats Kenyan Henry Rono's 5000m world record by nearly 5 seconds, 13:00.41 in Oslo, Norway
    • 1984 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 7-6, 6-2 for her 26th Grand Slam title
    [​IMG]The Rise and Fall of Boris Becker
    1985 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Boris Becker beats South African Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 to become the youngest man (17) to win a Wimbledon singles title

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    Golden days: 17-year-old Boris Becker celebrates as Wimbledon men’s singles champion
    • 1986 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow
    • 1990 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th Wimbledon singles title beating American Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1

    • 1990 New Jersey Devils sign star Russian defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov & Sergei Starikov to NHL contracts despite criticism they are taking North American jobs
    • 1991 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In the first ever all-German final Michael Stich beats Boris Becker 6-4, 7-6, 6-4
    • 1992 South Africa beats Cameroon 1-0 in Durban in first FIFA sanctioned match after nearly 20 years international isolation, apartheid
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    1992 After undergoing the traditional five-year waiting procedure, Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl officially becomes a US citizen

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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl
    • 1993 Lenny Dykstra hits bases loaded 2-run double to end Phillies 7, LA Dodgers 6 in 20 innings in Philadelphia
    • 1996 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Richard Krajicek becomes first Dutchman to win a Grand Slam singles title beating American MaliVai Washington 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
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    1996 US Open Senior Golf, Canterbury GC: Dave Stockton wins by 2 strokes from Hale Irwin for his 3rd Champions Tour major title

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    Golfer and Two-Time PGA ChampionDave Stockton
    • 1998 69th MLB All Star Game, Coors Field, Denver: In the highest scoring AS Game in history, AL wins 13-8
    • 2001 Australian cricketer Karen Rolton smashes an unbeaten 209 to set a new world record for highest score in a women's Test in Australia's 9 wicket win v England at Headingley
    [​IMG]Sports History
    2001 In his first appearance at Daytona since the death of father Dale Earnhardt Sr., Dale Jr. wins Pepsi 400 coming from 7th with 9 laps remaining to beat teammate Michael Waltrip

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    Auto RacerDale Earnhardt
    • 2002 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt of Australia wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
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    2002 US Open Women's Golf, Prairie Dunes CC: Juli Inkster wins her second US title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam; Inkster's 7th and final major victory

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    GolferAnnika Sörenstam
    • 2003 Tour de France: After 2nd stage, Australians are in possession of both yellow & green jerseys for the first time, Brad McGee overall leader & Robbie McEwen sprint leader
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    2003 US Open Women's Golf, Pumpkin Ridge GC: Hilary Lunke wins in a playoff with Kelly Robbins & Angela Stanford for her only career LPGA tournament victory

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    LPGA GolferKelly Robbins
    • 2006 Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner becomes first player in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams before the All-Star break when he homers off Baltimore's Kris Benson
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    2007 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lowest ever seeds contest final, Venus Williams (20) beats Marion Bartoli (18) 6-4, 6-1

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    Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
    • 2007 Sprint-Nextel and NASCAR announce NASCAR Nextel Cup Series renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2008
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    2012 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to win her 5th Wimbledon singles crown; 5 hours later teams with sister Venus to win doubles title

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    2013 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Andy Murray beats Novak Đoković 6-4. 7-5. 6-4 to become the first British man to win a Wimbledon singles title since 1936

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    Tennis ChampionAndy Murray
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    Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
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    2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu: Defending champions US win record 4th title beating the Netherlands, 2-0, Megan Rapinoe Player of the Match

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    Soccer StarMegan Rapinoe
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    Soccer PlayerAlex Morgan
    • 2019 Copa América Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro: Home team Brazil win their 9th title, beating Peru, 3-1; first title since 2007
    • 2021 Stanley Cup Final, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL: Defending champions Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens, 1-0 in Game 5; retain title, 4-1
     
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    [​IMG]Boxing Title Fight

    1889 John L. Sullivan successfully defends last officially sanctioned, bare-knuckle world heavyweight prizefighting championship; Jake Kilrain's trainer throws in towel after 75 x 1-minute rounds near Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJohn L. Sullivan

    • 1889 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw wins his 7th Wimbledon singles title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
    • 1898 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Red Donahue no-hits Boston Beaneaters, 5-0 at the Baker Bowl
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    1902 Baltimore manager John McGraw is accused by AL President Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Orioles & Washington Senators; negotiates his release from the Orioles, having already signed with NY Giants

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    Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson
    • 1905 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: May Sutton becomes first American player to win the singles title at Wimbledon; beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-4
    • 1905 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home town favourite Laurence Doherty wins his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title; beats Norman Brookes of Australia 8-6 6-2 6-4
    • 1909 1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1911 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2 ret

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    Tennis PlayerAnthony Wilding
    • 1912 Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
    • 1912 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding makes it 3 straight Wimbledon singles crowns beating Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
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    1922 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: French phenom Suzanne Lenglen wins her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title; beats American based Norwegian Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-2, 6-0

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    Tennis Player and Eight-Time U.S. Open ChampionMolla Mallory
    • 1928 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
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    1933 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Helen Wills Moody successfully defends her title beating local favourite Dorothy Round 6-4, 6-8, 6-3

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    Tennis PlayerHelen Wills Moody
    [​IMG]British Golf Open
    1933 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Denny Shute beats fellow American Craig Wood by 5 strokes in a 36-hole Saturday playoff to win his only Open title

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    GolferDenny Shute
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    GolferCraig Wood
    • 1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
    • 1938 Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout

    • 1938 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC,: Englishman Reg Whitcombe wins his only major title by 2 strokes from Jimmy Adams of Scotland in treacherous, windy conditions
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    1939 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Alice Marble wins her only Wimbledon singles title beating Kay Stammers of England 6-2, 6-0

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    Tennis ChampionAlice Marble
    • 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
    • 1946 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
    • 1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
    • 1949 Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
    • 1950 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 for her third straight Wimbledon singles title
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    1951 Yankee Joe DiMaggio and manager Casey Stengel feud

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    Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
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    Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
    • 1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
    • 1955 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Peter Thomson of Australia wins the 2nd of 3 consecutive Open titles, 2 strokes clear of runner-up John Fallon
    • 1957 Baseball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
    • 1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
    • 1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey
    • 1961 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-British final Angela Mortimer wins her 3rd Grand Slam singles title; beats Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
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    1963 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith wins her first of 3 Wimbledon titles beating Billie Jean Moffitt 6-3, 6-4

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    Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
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    1965 Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game

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    MLB Hall of Fame Infielder and BroadcasterJoe Morgan
    • 1967 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King beats local favourite Anne Jones 6-3, 6-4 for the 2nd of 3 straight Wimbledon singles titles
    • 1970 SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
    • 1973 NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
    • 1974 Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1978 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon singles crown; beats American Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

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    Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg
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    Tennis LegendJimmy Connors
    • 1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
    • 1980 All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cincinnati Reds)
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1982 Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager

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    Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
    • 1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1984 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe defends his crown, thrashing fellow American Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2

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    Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe
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    Tennis LegendJimmy Connors
    • 1985 Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
    • 1990 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
    • 1990 FIFA World Cup Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: 85th minute penalty by Andreas Brehme gives West Germany, 1-0 win over Argentina
    • 1990 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Men's Tennis
    1990 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 for his 2nd Wimbledon singles crown

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    Tennis LegendBoris Becker
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    Tennis PlayerStefan Edberg
    • 1991 Pitts Pirate President Carl Barger becomes 1st President of Florida Marlins
    • 1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
    • 1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
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    1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson

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    NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    1995 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: German superstar Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th Wimbledon title

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    Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf
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    Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario
    • 1995 NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators
    • 1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
    [​IMG]Wimbledon Women's Tennis
    2000 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins her first career Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6

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    Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
    • 2001 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins 3rd career Grand Slam singles title; beats Justine Henin 6-1 3-6 6-0; Henin first Belgian player (male or female) to reach Wimbledon singles final
    • 2006 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Amélie Mauresmo of France wins her 2nd and last Grand Slam singles event; beats Justine Henin-Hardenne 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
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    2007 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer of Switzerland wins the singles title for 5th consecutive year; beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2

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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
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    Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal
    • 2007 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Whistling Straits: Brad Bryant wins by 3 strokes from Ben Crenshaw
    • 2010 During 1st round of the John Deere Classic, Paul Goydos becomes the 4th, and oldest player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59; round included 12 birdies and 6 pars
    • 2012 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins 7th Wimbledon and 17th Grand Slam title; beats Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4
    • 2012 US Open Women's Golf, Blackwolf Run: Na Yeon Choi of South Korea wins her first major championship, 4 strokes ahead of compatriot Amy Yang
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    2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany defeat Brazil by a record 7-1 in the semi-finals to make it to the final; Miroslav Klose of Germany breaks the World Cup goal scoring record with 16 goals

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    Football StarThomas Müller
    • 2015 The NFL's Washington Redskins have their trademark vacated on the grounds it may cause offence to native Americans
    • 2017 British Lions tie 15-15 with New Zealand All Blacks in their 3rd rugby match to tie the series
    • 2018 South Korean golfer Sei Young Ki breaks LPGA 72-hole scoring record with 31 under-par 257, also first to better -30, in winning Thornberry Creek Classic
    • 2021 MLB Padres relief pitcher Daniel Camarena gets his first hit, in his second career at bat - a grand slam - against Washington Nationals' Max Scherzer, in San Diego
     
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    • 1877 First ever Wimbledon tennis championship begins - first official lawn tennis tournament - men's singles only
    • 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

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

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    Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
    • 1932 Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) formed
    • 1932 Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record
    • 1933 Philadelphia-based NFL team Frankford Yellow Jackets sold; rebranded Philadelphia Eagles
    • 1937 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Henry Cotton wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow Englishman Reg Whitcombe
    • 1939 A meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg South Africa, launch the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa
    • 1940 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
    • 1946 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
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    1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless innings for Cleveland in St. Louis

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige
    • 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
    • 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
    • 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
    • 1957 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
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    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

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

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    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 Snr
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    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

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    GolferJack Nicklaus
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    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

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    NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
    • 1968 39th MLB All Star Game, Astrodome, Houston, TX: NL beats AL, 1-0; MVP: Willie Mays, SF Giants, CF
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    1969 Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th

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    Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
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    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

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    Tennis ChampionIlie Năstase
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    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"

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    GolferTom Watson
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    GolferJack Nicklaus
    • 1986 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
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    1988 Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3

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    MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
    [​IMG]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 3rd and last Wimbledon title

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

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    Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf
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    Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
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    1990 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets

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    CricketerRichard Hadlee
    • 1991 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto
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    1991 All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Baltimore Orioles)

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    MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
    • 1991 South Africa re-admitted to Olympics
    • 1994 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
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    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

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    Tennis PlayerPete Sampras
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    Tennis LegendBoris Becker

    • 1996 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
    • 1996 All star MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)
    • 1997 Baseball's triple A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
    • 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
    • 2000 Police fired tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that killed twelve people in Harare, Zimbabwe
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    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

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    Tennis PlayerGoran Ivanišević
    • 2002 73rd All Star Baseball Game: 7-7 tie when both teams ran 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
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    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

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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
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    Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal
    • 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
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    2009 Joe Sakic retires after 21 NHL seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, finishing with 625 goals and 1,641 points

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    NHL LegendJoe Sakic
    • 2011 Super Rugby Final, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane: Queensland Reds beat Canterbury Crusaders 18-13 at home for their first SR title
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    2016 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3, equalling Steffi Graf's 22 Grand Slam singles tiles

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
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    Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf
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    Tennis PlayerAngelique Kerber
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    2017 English international footballer Wayne Rooney announces he will leave Manchester United after 13 years to rejoin his original club, Everton

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    English FootballerWayne Rooney
    • 2017 Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months & 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; equals Eddy Merckx's mark
     
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    g8orbill

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    • 1884 First day of Test Cricket at Old Trafford, Manchester (1st Test, England v Australia) is washed out
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    1920 Cleveland's future Baseball HOF outfielder Tris Speaker has his then record hitting streak of 11 stopped by Tom Zachary; Indians beat Washington Senators, 8-4 at Griffith Stadium

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    Baseball PlayerTris Speaker

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

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    GolferBobby Jones
    • 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates outslug Philadelphia Phillies, 15-9 at the Baker Bowl; 9 HRs hit, 1 in each inning - unique in MLB history
    • 1934 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC
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    1934 NL pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin for MLB All Star game record for consecutive strikeouts; AL still win, 9-7

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    Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell
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    1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game

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    Baseball Hall of Fame Right FielderChuck Klein
    • 1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic
    • 1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
    [​IMG]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

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    GolferBen Hogan
    • 1956 23rd All Star Baseball 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 All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
    [​IMG]British Golf Open
    1964 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, 5 strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus

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    GolferJack Nicklaus
    • 1968 US Major League baseball announces it will split into 2 divisions for 1969

    • 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
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    1975 Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair

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    CricketerGraham Gooch
    [​IMG]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

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    Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros
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    GolferJack Nicklaus
    • 1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
    • 1990 All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
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    1990 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston

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    CricketerRichard Hadlee
    • 1992 John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners
    • 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 second World Cup
    • 2001 72nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Safeco Field, Seattle
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    2002 10th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Venus Williams win

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    Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
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    GolferTiger Woods
    • 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
    • 2007 78th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-4 at AT&T Park, San Francisco
    • 2012 83rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
    • 2016 UEFA European Championship, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Eder scores in extra time as Portugal upset France, 1-0
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    2016 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his 2nd Wimbledon and 3rd Grand Slam title

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    Tennis ChampionAndy Murray
    • 2016 US Open Women's Golf, CordeValle GC: American Brittany Lang wins her first major title by 3 strokes in a 3-hole playoff over Anna Nordqvist of Sweden
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    2018 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2m, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time

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    Football StarCristiano Ronaldo
    • 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
     
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    [​IMG]Sports History

    1900 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport

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    Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

    • 1912 There are 6 medallists in the Stockholm Olympic pole vault; American Harry Babcock takes gold (3.95m); countrymen Frank Nelson and Marc Wright dead-heat for silver; 3-man dead-heat for bronze
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    1914 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox; earns 4-3 win against the Cleveland Naps at Fenway Park

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    Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
    • 1923 Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M
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    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 3rd Test vs England at Leeds; goes on to 334

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
    • 1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
    • 1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
    • 1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
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    1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game

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    Baseball PlayerTed Williams
    • 1952 British Golf Men's Open, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: 3 titles in 4 years for Bobby Locke of South Africa beating Australian Peter Thomson by a stroke
    • 1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
    • 1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
    • 1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA
    • 1967 All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cincinnati Reds)
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    1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles

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    MLB ManagerEarl Weaver
    • 1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to reach the milestone

    • 1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
    • 1976 1st US football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American)
    • 1976 US Open Women's Golf, Rolling Green GC: JoAnne Carner wins in a playoff with Sandra Palmer
    • 1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
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    1978 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers) collects his second award

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    Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1K (2:12.18)

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    1500m RunnerSebastian Coe
    • 1982 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Portland GC: Miller Barber wins by 4 strokes from Dan Sykes & Gene Littler; his first of 3 Senior Open titles
    • 1982 FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany, 3-1 in front of 90,000
    • 1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
    • 1984 All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos) awarded for 2nd time
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    1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep)

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    MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
    • 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000m in world record 30:13.74
    • 1987 Orioles' Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
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    1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor

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    Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1989 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)

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    NFL Running Back and Baseball OutfielderBo 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 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
    [​IMG]US Senior Golf Open
    1993 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus wins by 1 stroke ahead of Tom Weiskopf for his second US Senior title

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    GolferJack Nicklaus
    • 1993 Mike Smith aboard Sky Beauty wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies

    • 1995 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
    • 1995 All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
    • 1999 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Des Moines G & CC: Dave Eichelberger wins by 3 strokes ahead of Ed Dougherty for his lone major title
    • 2000 71st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-3 at Turner Field, Atlanta
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    2004 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Legends on the Niagara GC: Meg Mallon wins by 4 strokes from Beth Daniel

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    LPGA GolferMeg Mallon
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    LPGA GolferBeth Daniel
    • 2004 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain
    • 2006 77th All Star Baseball 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
    • 2010 US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Paula Creamer wins her first major championship, 4 shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen
    • 2011 US Open Women's Golf, The Boardmoor: Ryu So-yeon wins her first major in a playoff with fellow South Korean Hee Hung Seo

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    2012 Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers

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    Basketball PlayerSteve Nash
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
    • 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
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    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

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    Football StarLionel Messi
     
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    • 1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course
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    1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game

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    MLB PitcherCy Young

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    1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs

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    Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
    • 1921 Indians (9) & Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles
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    1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)

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    Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi
    • 1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth half way to his MLB record of 60 home runs; smacks #30 of Joe Shaute in 9th inning in New York's 7-0 win over Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field
    • 1928 1st televised tennis match
    [​IMG]US 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

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    GolferBobby Jones
    [​IMG]Sports History
    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

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    Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
    • 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 All Star Baseball 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
    • 1951 NY Yankees pitcher Allie Reynolds throws no-hitter in Cleveland against the Indians, his former team, in a 1-0 win
    • 1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded
    • 1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
    • 1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during Yankee-Red Sox game
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    1964 US Open Women's Golf, San Diego CC: Mickey Wright wins her 4th Open in a playoff with Ruth Jessen

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    LPGA GolferMickey Wright
    • 1966 37th All-Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 inninngs, at Busch Memorial Stadium, St Louis
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    1966 Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson voted MLB All Star game MVP

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    Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson
    • 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
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    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

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    GolferJack Nicklaus
    [​IMG]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

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    GolferTom Watson
    [​IMG]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

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

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    GolferArnold Palmer
    • 1987 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
    [​IMG]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

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    GolferGary Player
    • 1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
    • 1988 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
    • 1988 All star MVP: Terry Steinbach (Oakland A's)
    • 1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her
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    1989 NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)

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    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 All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
    • 1994 All star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)
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    1996 Kirby Puckett, MLB centerfielder, retires after 12 seasons from Minnesota Twins, due to loss of vision in one eye

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

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

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    Football Player and ManagerZinedine Zidane
    • 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
    • 2005 76th All Star Baseball 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 All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix
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    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

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    Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
    • 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
     
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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)
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    1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4)

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    Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi
    • 1930 1st-ever football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay
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    1934 Babe Ruth hits 700th career home run against Detroit

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

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    GolferByron Nelson
    • 1941 Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of umpire Ray Snyder
    • 1943 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
    • 1948 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
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    1950 Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams' elbow

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    Baseball PlayerTed Williams

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

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    GolferArnold Palmer
    • 1963 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Early Wynn, wins his 300th and last MLB game at 43
    • 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
    • 1965 36th MLB All Star Game, Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota: NL wins, 6-5; MVP: Juan Marichal, SF Giants, P
    [​IMG]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

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    GolferGary Player
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    GolferJack Nicklaus
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1971 42nd MLB All Star Game, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI: AL beats NL, 6-4; MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, OF

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    Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
    • 1972 LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
    • 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 All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
    • 1976 All star MVP: George Foster (Cincinnati Reds)
    • 1976 Last day of Test Cricket for English all-rounder Brian Close, aged 45
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    1979 Calif's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th

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    MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
    • 1980 US Open Women's Golf, Richland CC: Amy Alcott scores convincing 9 stroke win over runner-up Hollis Stacy
    • 1982 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
    • 1982 All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cincinnati Reds)
    • 1984 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
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    1985 New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms

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    Baseball PlayerRoger Maris
    • 1988 Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan

    • 1991 Bob Milacki & 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0
    • 1993 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
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    1993 All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)

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    MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett
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    1994 Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan

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    Figure SkaterNancy Kerrigan
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    Figure SkaterTonya Harding
    [​IMG]Murder of Interest
    1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing

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    NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson
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    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

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    Golfer and Two-Time PGA ChampionDave Stockton
    [​IMG]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

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    LPGA GolferNancy Lopez
    • 1999 70th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Fenway Park, Boston
    • 2001 International Olympic Committee votes to award Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
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    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

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    GolferTom Watson
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    GolferTom Kite
    • 2004 75th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
    • 2010 81st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Angel Stadium, Anaheim
    • 2012 Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
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    2014 FIFA World Cup Final, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Mario Götze scores an extra time winner as Germany beats Argentina, 1-0

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    Football StarThomas Müller
    [​IMG]Football Awards
    2014 FIFA World Cup Awards: Lionel Messi (golden ball), James Rodriguez (golden boot) and Manuel Neuer (Golden gloves)

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    Football StarLionel Messi
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
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    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

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
    • 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 v Lancaster Barnstormers
    • 2021 91st MLB All Star Game, Coors Field, Denver, CO: AL beats NL, 5-2 for their eighth consecutive victory
     
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    • 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
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    1934 NY Times erroneously declares Babe Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time

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    Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
    • 1934 Philadelphia Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beating Cincinnati 18-0
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    1946 Cleveland's Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR, but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs

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    Baseball PlayerTed Williams
    • 1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimir Černík defect while playing in a tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland; Drobny accepts Egyptian citizenship
    • 1951 1st 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 All Star Baseball 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
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    1963 50th Tour de France: French cyclist Jacques Anquetil wins his 3rd consecutive general classification event; first rider to win Tour 4 times

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    Road CyclistJacques Anquetil
    • 1964 MLB Baltimore Oriole Bob Johnson's 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter
    • 1964 51st Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France wins 4th consecutive Tour and is first to claim 5 titles
    • 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

    • 1967 Houston Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR, off SF Giant Juan Marichal
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    1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick

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

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    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
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1974 Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by umpire from 2 games in 1 day

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    Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
    • 1978 Umpire Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls
    • 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)
    [​IMG]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

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    LPGA GolferJane Geddes
    • 1987 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1987 All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)

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    MLB OutfielderTim Raines
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1987 Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson

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    Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place

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    MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt
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    Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
    [​IMG]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

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    LPGA GolferMeg Mallon
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    LPGA GolferPat Bradley
    • 1992 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD
    [​IMG]Sports History
    1992 All star MVP: Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners)

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    Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.
    • 1995 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
    [​IMG]Golf Tournament
    1996 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Raymond Floyd wins first of 2 event titles by 2 strokes from Hale Irwin

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    Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd
    • 1996 New York Yankees closer John Wetteland sets MLB record 24 consecutive saves
    • 1996 NY Yanks sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time
    • 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 All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Busch Stadium, St Louis
    [​IMG]ESPY Awards
    2010 18th ESPY Awards: Drew Brees, Lindsey Vonn win

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    NFL QuarterbackDrew Brees
    • 2013 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Omaha CC: Kenny Perry wins by 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Funk
    • 2015 86th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-3 at Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis PlayerSerena Williams
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    Tennis PlayerAngelique Kerber
    [​IMG]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

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    Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
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    Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
    • 2019 Cricket World Cup, Lord's: England beats New Zealand on count back after scores tied at 241 after 50 overs and 15 in Super Over; Player of Series: NZ captain Kane Williamson
    • 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
    [​IMG]Sports History
    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)

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    Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton
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    Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost
     
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