Today's events in sports history

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• 1815 1st flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill
• 1876 Baseball's first official no-hitter: George Bradley of the St Louis Brown Stockings no-hits the Hartford Dark Blues, 2-0

• 1879 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Hartley beats Vere St. Leger Goold 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• 1880 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Reigning champion John Hartley beats Herbert Lawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
• 1884 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 4 consecutive Wimbledon titles for William Renshaw; beats Herbert Lawford 6-0, 6-4, 9-7

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

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


Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

• 1901 NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0
• 1902 Indian born England Test batsman K S Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch for Sussex v Surrey in a county cricket match at Hastings; finishes unbeaten on 234

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


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


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


GolferBobby Jones

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

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


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


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


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


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


GolferJack Nicklaus

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

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


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


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1975 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
• 1975 All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) & John Matlock (NY Mets)
• 1978 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus completes 3rd career grand slam; wins by 2 strokes from Ben Crenshaw & Ray Floyd
• 1979 US Open Women's Golf, Brooklawn CC: Jerilyn Britz wins her first LPGA Tour event (and only major), 2 shots ahead of runners-up Debbie Massey and Sandra Palmer

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


MLB CatcherJohnny Bench

MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

• 1984 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US title by 1 stroke from Rosie Jones
• 1986 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston

Sports History
1986 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)


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


LPGA GolferBetsy King

LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan

• 1991 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
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• 1994 NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
• 1996 After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd
• 1999 The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field held in Seattle, Washington
• 2000 World record Rugby attendance of 108,874 see New Zealand beat Australia, 39-35 in Tri Nations match at Stadium Australia, Sydney; 5 tries each with Andrew Mehrtens' goal kicking (6) the difference
• 2001 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Allen Doyle wins his 2nd Champions Tour major with par on first extra hole of a playoff with Doug Tewell
• 2003 74th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-6 at U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago

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


NHL CoachMike Babcock

• 2007 Copa América Final, Maracaibo, Venezuela: Defending champions Brazil win their 8th title with a 3-0 win over Argentina

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


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

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

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


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
Sports History
2018 Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao stops WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in 7 in Kuala Lumpur for his first knockout in 9 years and 60th career victory


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


Football Player and CoachDidier Deschamps
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2018 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 4th Wimbledon title beating South African Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6


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


GolferVijay Singh

• 2019 Tampa Bay catcher Travis d'Arnaud becomes first player in MLB history to hit 3 homers while catching and batting leadoff in the Rays' 5-4 win over the NY Yankees

 

July 16

• 1883 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw wins third straight Wimbledon title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• 1888 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Ernest Renshaw wins his lone major title; beats defending champion Herbert Lawford 6-3, 7-5, 6-0

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

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


GolferSam Snead
Sports History
1941 Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

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

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


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

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

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


NovelistJ. D. Salinger

• 1955 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina clinches his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd to fellow Mercedes driver Sterling Moss in the British Grand Prix at Aintree
• 1956 Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
• 1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer [1]
• 1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"

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


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil
LPGA Championship
1967 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Whitworth wins by 1 stroke from Shirley Englehorn


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


Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew
Election of Interest
1975 Major League Baseball owners re-elect Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to a 7-year term


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

• 1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn
• 1985 All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres)

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


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly
Sports History
1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100m in 9.78 sec


Olympic Sprinter and Long jumperCarl Lewis

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

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


LPGA GolferBetsy King

LPGA GolferNancy Lopez

• 1993 SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consecutive errorless games
• 1994 Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
• 1994 Shreveport Pirates lose first CFL home game, 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana

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


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


LPGA GolferMeg Mallon

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


Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd

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


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

• 2006 14th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sörenstam win
• 2006 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Bobby Wadkins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Jim Thorpe
• 2008 79th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Yankee Stadium, New York
• 2013 84th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-0 at Citi Field, New York

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2017 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilić 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for a record 8th Wimbledon men's title


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

• 2017 US Open Women's Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin

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


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

 

July 17

• 1882 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion William Renshaw beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• 1885 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Maud Watson defeats Blanche Bingley 6–1, 7–5

• 1886 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley defeats 2-time defending champion Maud Watson 6–3, 6-3
• 1893 Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
• 1893 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Joshua Pim wins his first of 2 straight Wimbledon titles beating defending champion Wilfred Baddeley 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
• 1894 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Edith Austin 6-1 6-1 for her 3rd of 6 Wimbledon singles titles
• 1894 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Joshua Pim retains his title beating 2-time champion Wilfred Baddeley 10-8, 6-2, 8-6
• 1900 NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas
• 1902 Orioles forfeit to St Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
• 1918 Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings
• 1919 Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play

Baseball Record
1922 Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year


MLB LegendTy Cobb

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

Baseball Record
1925 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits


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


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

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

Sports History
1934 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland


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


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


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


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

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

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


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

• 1960 47th Tour de France won by Gastone Nencini of Italy
• 1963 Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden

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


NBA Forward and MLB PlayerDave DeBusschere

• 1974 Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)
• 1976 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal: 25 African teams (later rising to 33 nations) boycott the games due to New Zealand playing rugby in apartheid South Africa

Sports History
1978 NY Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

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

Sports History
1979 David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston


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


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


GolferTom Watson

• 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)

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


NFL LegendDeion Sanders

• 1990 Minnesota Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
• 1993 Graeme Obree breaks the world hour cycling record, riding 51.596km on Old Faithful at the Hamar velodrome in Norway [1]

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


GolferNick Price

• 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Brazil beats Italy 3-2 on penalties; 0-0 after extra time

British Golf Open
2005 British Open Golf, St. Andrews: Tiger Woods wins his 10th major title wire-to-wire by 5 shots from Scotsman Colin Montgomerie


GolferTiger Woods
ESPY Awards
2005 13th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sörenstam win


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

GolferAnnika Sörenstam

• 2005 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Glen Arbour GC: South Korean Meena Lee wins by 1 from Australian Katherine Hull

British Golf Open
2011 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland claims his only major title; wins by 3 strokes from American pair Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.


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


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


Basketball PlayerLeBron James

Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

• 2016 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon GC: Sweden's Henrik Stenson becomes first Scandinavian man to win a major title; shoots final round 63 for record 20-under par 264; wins by 3 from Phil Mickelson
• 2018 Bloomberg estimates NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league's 32 teams, $255m each
• 2018 Australian basketball center Liz Cambage scores 53 points as the Dallas Wings beat the NY Liberty 104-87 to set new WNBA single game scoring record
• 2018 89th MLB All Star Game, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.: AL beats NL 8-6, the teams combining for a record 10 home runs accounting for 13 of the 14 total runs

 

July 18

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

• 1893 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-8, 6-1, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive and 5th overall Wimbledon singles title
• 1896 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills: American-based Scot James Foulis wins by 3 strokes ahead of Englishman Horace Rawlins
• 1896 George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
• 1896 Indian born K S Ranjitsinhji completes an unbeaten 154 on Test cricket debut for England in 2nd Test against Australia at Old Trafford
• 1912 Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings
• 1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
• 1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs

Baseball Record

1921 Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs and becomes the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1921 Babe Ruth smacks a home run a MLB record 575 feet in New York Yankees' 10-1 win over the Tigers at Detroit's Navin Field
• 1926 20th Tour de France won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium

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


MLB LegendTy Cobb

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

Boxing Title Fight
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion


World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe

• 1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
• 1959 William 'Bill' Wright becomes the 1st African American to win a major golf tournament (U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships)
• 1959 46th Tour de France won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain
• 1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and NY franchises

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


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


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


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


Road CyclistEddy Merckx

• 1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
• 1976 Nadia Comăneci (14) becomes the first gymnast in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 score (doing so 7 times) at Montreal Games
• 1976 63rd Tour de France won by Lucien Van Impe of Belgium

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


GolferTom Watson

GolferNick Price

• 1986 MLB Kansas City Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor

Baseball Record
1987 NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly
British Golf Open
1988 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his 3rd Open title by 2 shots from Nick Price of Zimbabwe


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

GolferNick Price

• 1991 Florida Marlins' logo unveiled

Meeting of Interest
1991 Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants


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


GolferGreg Norman

Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo

• 1994 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
• 1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
• 1994 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
• 1999 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Scotsman Paul Lawrie wins his only major title by 3 strokes in 4-hole aggregate playoff with Jean van de Velde & Justin Leonard; recovers from 10 shots behind after 3rd round for biggest comeback in major championship history; van de Velde famously triple-bogies last hole
• 1999 New York Yankees' David Cone becomes 15th pitcher to throw a perfect game (6-0 vs Montreal)

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


GolferErnie Els
ESPY Awards
2004 12th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Diana Taurasi win


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

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


Pianist, Songwriter and ComposerBilly Joel

Country Music Singer and SongwriterGarth Brooks

Musician and BeatlePaul McCartney

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

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


Professional GolferJordan Spieth

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

 

July 19

• 1877 1st Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
• 1884 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maud Watson becomes inaugural female champion by beating her sister Lillian Watson 6–8, 6–3, 6–3

• 1900 Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion
• 1903 1st Tour de France: French rider Maurice Garin wins inaugural event
• 1908 Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978
• 1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians' 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox

Sports History

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


MLB PitcherCy Young

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

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


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


Swimmer and ActorJohnny Weissmuller

• 1925 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy
• 1930 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Acacia CC: Lucia Mida beats June Beebe 6 & 5 to win the inaugural event and first women's major championship ever played
• 1933 1st time in MLB 2 brothers on opposite teams hit homers in same game - Rick Ferrell (Red Sox) and Wes Ferrell (Cleveland Indians)

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


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller

• 1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague
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• 1950 NY Yankees sign their 1st Black players, Elston Howard and Frank Baines
• 1952 XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland
• 1952 39th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
• 1958 45th Tour de France won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg

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


GolferJack Nicklaus

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


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


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1974 Cleveland Indians pitcher Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
• 1975 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single & RBI are nullified because tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit; Minnesota Twins win, 2-1
• 1977 48th MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P
• 1978 New York Yankees start historic 14 game comeback with 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN
• 1980 XXII Summer Olympic Games open in Moscow, Russia; led by United States, 66 nations boycott event because of Soviet-Afghan war

British Golf Open
1981 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Bill Rogers wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer of Germany


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

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

Sports History
1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn
Boxing Title Fight
1986 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title


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


Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo

• 1989 NFL owners vote unanimously to form World League of American Football - operated 1991-2007

Sports History
1989 Cleveland Indians Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game


MLB OutfielderJoe Carter
Sports History
1990 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

Sports History
1990 Dave Righetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee


MLB Pitcher and CoachDave Righetti
Sports History
1991 Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game


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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1991 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
• 1992 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1)
• 1992 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Englishman Nick Faldo wins his 3rd Open title, by 1 stroke from American John Cook

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


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Sports History
1993 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham


CricketerIan Botham

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

British Golf Open
2009 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Stewart Cink wins his only major championship by 6 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with 5-time champion Tom Watson


GolferTom Watson
ESPY Awards
2009 17th ESPY Awards: Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin wins


SwimmerMichael Phelps

• 2018 Brazilian soccer international goalkeeper Alisson transfers from Roma to Liverpool for a world record shot blocker's fee of £66.8m

Sports History
2020 World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher's record of wins at a single circuit (French GP)


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton

 

July 20

• 1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18)
• 1896 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Harold Mahony beats 3-time champion Wilfred Baddeley 6-2, 6-8, 5-7, 8-6, 6-3

• 1906 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 2-0 at Robison Field, St. Louis
• 1911 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
• 1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game
• 1916 NY Giants trade future Baseball HOF pitcher Christy Mathewson to Cincinnati Reds
• 1920 Dutch soccer club Sportclub Heerenveen is formed; initially known as Athleta; KNVB Cup Champions 2008–09
• 1923 Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2
• 1924 18th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy

Meeting of Interest

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


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1938 IOC awards Helsinki, Finland 1940 Summer Olympic Games after Tokyo, Japan withdraws (Second Sino-Japanese War)
• 1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
• 1942 Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy taking 8-8; West Indian cricket domestic first class record
• 1944 Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs
• 1947 Tour de France: French rider Jean Robic takes lead on final stage to win overall classification; Pierre Brambilla of Italy mountains champion
• 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)

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


Tennis playerMaureen Connolly
Baseball Record
1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs


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


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil

• 1958 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Llanerch CC: Dow Finsterwald wins 1st PGA C'ship held in current stroke play format; wins by 2 from Billy Casper

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


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning
US Women's Golf Open
1963 US Open Women's Golf, Kenwood CC: Mary Mills wins her first of 3 major titles by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Louise Suggs and Sandra Haynie


LPGA GolferMary Mills

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

• 1965 NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam

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


Road CyclistEddy Merckx

• 1970 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
• 1973 Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with NY Yankees, 12-2, & 7-0

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


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez

• 1975 62nd Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France

Baseball Record
1976 Hank Aaron hits 755th and last home run off Angels Dick Drago


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


GolferTom Watson

• 1980 67th Tour de France won by Joop Zoetemelk of Netherlands
• 1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m

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


GolferGreg Norman
Sports History
1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant


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


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1997 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Justin Leonard recovers from 5 strokes back after 3 rounds; wins by 3 from Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik
• 2000 The leaders of Salt Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering

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


GolferVijay Singh

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

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


GolferTiger Woods

• 2014 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins wire-to-wire by 2 from Sergio Garcia & Rickie Fowler
• 2015 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman & Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa

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


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

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

 

July 21

• 1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's
• 1888 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

1896 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Charlotte Cooper beats Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 6-3


Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

• 1921 Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
• 1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4
• 1945 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
• 1956 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins

Sports History
1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)


Tennis PlayerAlthea Gibson

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

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


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


GolferArnold Palmer

• 1968 55th Tour de France won by Jan Janssen of Netherlands
• 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
• 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers release and end career of knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm

Sports History
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

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

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


Road CyclistJacques Anquetil

Road CyclistEddy Merckx
Sports History
1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1975 NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays

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


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

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


GolferPayne Stewart

• 1985 72nd Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France

Boxing Title Fight
1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

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

Hall of Fame
1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck

Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew

• 1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)

Sports History
1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent


CricketerBrian Lara

• 1995 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
• 1996 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier

Sports History
1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1996 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark
• 1997 NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault

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


Golfer and PGA ChampionSteve Elkington

GolferErnie Els
Sports History
2002 With a record 6 races remaining, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his 5th F1 World Drivers Championship with victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours; 3rd straight title win


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

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

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


GolferPhil Mickelson
Sports History
2013 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain


Road CyclistChris Froome

 

July 22

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

• 1912 V Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in Stockholm, Sweden

US Golf Open

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


Pioneering GolferJim Barnes

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


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

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

Sports History
1925 NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League)


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

• 1926 Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves
• 1936 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johnny Moore hits 3 straight home runs in a 16-4 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• 1955 Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3 to complete a team record 11-game winning streak; longest win-streak since 1892

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


GolferGary Player

• 1962 Chicago White Sox outfielder Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) as WS defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3 at Fenway Park

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


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionSonny Liston

Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

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

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


Road CyclistEddy Merckx

• 1973 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Susie Maxwell Berning wins by 5 from Gloria Ehret & Shelley Hamlin for her third national title
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• 1973 60th Tour de France won by Luis Ocana of Spain
• 1979 66th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
• 1983 MLB California Angels outfielder Brian Downing's error ends his record streak at 244 games

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


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

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


Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova

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

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


Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo

GolferPayne Stewart
Golf Tournament
1990 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson


GolferPhil Mickelson

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

Sports History
1993 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly

• 1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired

Murder of Interest
1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson
Sports History
1997 Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches


MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

• 2001 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: David Duval wins his only major title by 3 shots from Niclas Fasth of Sweden
• 2007 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Irishman Pádraig Harrington beats Sergio García of Spain by 1 in a 4-hole aggregate playoff to claim his first major championship; first Irishman to win the Open in 60 years

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


GolferErnie Els

• 2012 99th Tour de France won by Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain
• 2012 Hashim Amla smashes 311 not out in South Africa's inning and 12 run 1st Test win over England at The Oval; first South African to score a triple-century in Test cricket

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


NHL CoachMike Babcock

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

 

July 23

• 1827 1st US swimming school opens (Boston, Massachusetts)
• 1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms

• 1868 All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as The All England Croquet Club; 1877 name changed to The All England Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club
• 1902 Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (Eerste Divisie winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)

Sports History

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


Tennis PlayerNorman Brookes

• 1921 Edward Gourdin of US sets long jump record at 25' 2 3/4"
• 1922 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium

Sports History
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1931 France announces it can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA Olympics
• 1933 27th Tour de France won by Georges Speicher of France

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


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1938 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test
• 1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
• 1949 Test Cricket debut of England's Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
• 1955 NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs

Hall of Fame
1956 Joe Cronin & Hank Greenberg inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg

Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin

US Women's Golf Open
1960 US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls
Baseball Record
1964 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch he sees from Twins' Jim Kaat, adds a 2nd HR later, also off of Kaat (in Minnesota)


Baseball PlayerBert Campaneris

• 1965 Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park
• 1966 John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
• 1967 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France

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


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts

Sports History
1974 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey

• 1975 LA Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
• 1976 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)

Baseball Record
1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

• 1978 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Indianapolis: Hollis Stacy successfully defends title by 1 stroke from Sally Little and JoAnne Carner

Sports History
1978 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1978 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their 5th straight game
• 1978 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France

Baseball Record
1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett
Sports History
1984 KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save


MLB PlayerDan Quisenberry

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

British Golf Open
1989 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Mark Calcavecchia wins his only major title in first ever 4-hole aggregate playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady


GolferGreg Norman

Golfer and PGA ChampionWayne Grady

• 1989 76th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
• 1990 Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
• 1991 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5

Sports History
1993 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley


Cricket BatsmanDavid Boon

• 1993 Chris Boardman cycles a world record 1 hour distance of 52.27 km
• 1993 NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st

Sports History
1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly

• 1994 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
• 1994 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American Tom Wargo wins by 2 strokes from Bob Charles and Doug Dalziel

British Golf Open
1995 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his 2nd major title by 4 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy


Golfer and Two-Time Major ChampionJohn Daly
Sports History
1995 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 5th consecutive Tour, 4' 35" ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner


CyclistMiguel Induráin

• 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them

British Golf Open
2000 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by 8 shots to win his first Open title; becomes youngest player at 24 to win all 4 major titles


GolferTiger Woods

GolferErnie Els
US Women's Golf Open
2000 US Open Women's Golf, Merit Club: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon; third of Webb's 7 major titles


LPGA GolferMeg Mallon

GolferKarrie Webb
Sports History
2000 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

• 2006 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Tiger Woods wins his 2nd consecutive Open Championship title and 3rd overall; holds off fellow American Chris DiMarco by 2 strokes
• 2006 93rd Tour de France won by Oscar Pereiro of Spain
• 2009 Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating Tampa Bay Rays 5-0

Sports History
2017 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win


Road CyclistChris Froome

• 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup: England beat India by 9 runs in the final at Lords in London

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


Professional GolferJordan Spieth

• 2019 Nike's Jordan Brand signs 2019 NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to richest multiyear sponsorship deal for a rookie in history; estimated 7 years for $75 million
• 2021 XXXII Summer Olympic Games officially open at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
• 2021 MLB Cleveland Indians announce team will be re-named the Guardians, after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located near their playing field

 

July 24

• 1860 Olympics beat St. George, 25-17 at St. Georges Cricket Grounds, Philadelphia in first baseball game played in enclosed field
• 1893 For only time in history of US Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago

Sports History

1902 Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England


CricketerVictor Trumper

• 1904 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France
• 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward & Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
• 1908 American Johnny Hayes wins London Olympic marathon in Games record 2:55:18.4 after Dorando Pietri of Italy disqualified for receiving assistance before the finish line
• 1909 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1-0 victory at Washington Park, Brooklyn
• 1921 15th Tour de France won by Leon Scieur of Belgium

World Record
1931 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

• 1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash
• 1949 Indian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5
• 1949 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
• 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
• 1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium
• 1956 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Blue Hill CC: Masters champion Jack Burke Jr. wins his second major championship of the season, 3 & 2 over Ted Kroll

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


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

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

Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris
Sports History
1965 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel

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

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


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1970 International Lawn Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule
• 1973 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, Kansas City
• 1973 All Star MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants)

US Women's Golf Open
1977 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez
Sports History
1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1977 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France
• 1978 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games

Sports History
1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Sports History
1979 Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

• 1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switzerland (2-1)

Sports History
1983 Pine Tar Game: George Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett

• 1983 70th Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France

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


LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan

• 1988 US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
• 1988 75th Tour de France won by Pedro Delgado of Spain

Sports History
1992 Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner (eff 3/1/93)


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

• 1993 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
• 1993 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
• 1994 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
• 1994 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Patty Sheehan wins her second title in 3 years, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tammie Green; 5th of her 6 major titles

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


CyclistMiguel Induráin

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

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


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong
Golf Tournament
2005 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Ireland's Des Smyth


GolferTom Watson

• 2011 98th Tour de France won by Cadel Evans of Australia; first and only Australian to win the event
• 2011 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Walton Heath: Russ Cochran wins by 2 shots from fellow American Mark Calcavecchia
• 2011 Copa América Final, River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires: Diego Forlán scores twice as Uruguay beats Paraguay, 3–0 to earn their 15th title

Sports History
2016 103rd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain


Road CyclistChris Froome

• 2016 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Englishman Paul Broadhurst wins by 2 strokes from American Scott McCarron

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


SwimmerMichael Phelps

 

July 25

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

Boxing Title Fight

1902 3 years after winning the title from English boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, American champion James J. Jeffries repeats the dose with an 8th round KO in San Francisco for the heavyweight crown


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJames J. Jeffries

• 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Max Carey scores 5 runs without a hit, reaching first base on an error and 4 walks, as the Bucs beat Philadelphia Phillies, 12-2

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


CricketerW. G. Grace

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

Sports History
1949 St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Bkln 14-1


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick for England v WI at Headingley

Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a doubleheader


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

• 1964 Australian cricket captain and opening batsman Bob Simpson hits 311 v England in the drawn 4th Test in Manchester

Hall of Fame
1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Sports History
1972 43rd MLB All Star Game, Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, GA: NL beats AL, 4-3; MVP: Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds, 2B


MLB Hall of Fame Infielder and BroadcasterJoe Morgan
Sports History
1978 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

Baseball Record
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1981 Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby test between New Zealand's All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game
• 1982 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0)

US Women's Golf Open
1982 US Open Women's Golf, Del Paso CC: Janet Anderson shoots final round 68 (−4) to claim her only LPGA Tour win, 6 strokes ahead of Beth Daniel, Donna White, JoAnne Carner and Sandra Haynie


LPGA GolferBeth Daniel

• 1982 69th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
• 1983 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Billy Casper wins with birdie on first extra hole after an 18-hole playoff with Rod Funseth

Sports History
1990 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle


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


Comedienne and ActressRoseanne Barr

• 1991 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
• 1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use
• 1992 25th Olympic Games open in Barcelona, Spain
• 1993 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
• 1993 US Open Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Lauri Merten fires a final round 68 (−4) to win her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson

Sports History
1993 Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it 3 straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner


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


Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario

• 1997 QB Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs

Sports History
1999 86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins 1st of 7 consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for drug cheating


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

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

Sports History
2004 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush: Pete Oakley wins by 1 stroke from fellow American Tom Kite and Eduardo Romero of Argentina


GolferTom Kite

GolferEduardo Romero

• 2004 Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional, Lima: Brazil beats Argentina, 4-2 on penalties; 2-2 after extra time
• 2010 97th Tour de France won by Andy Schleck of Luxembourg

Golf Tournament
2010 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins by 1 stroke from American Corey Pavin


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

• 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics begin (Opening ceremony 27th)
• 2015 UCI BMX Supercross series: Niek Kimmann & Stefany Hernandez win the world title
• 2016 England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson becomes first quick to take 50 wickets against all other 7 major Test cricket-playing nations during 2nd Test against Pakistan in Manchester

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


Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan

• 2021 USA's men's basketball team see their 25-game Olympic winning streak end; beaten 83-76 by France in first round match in Tokyo
• 2021 Australia wins women's 4 x 100m relay for third straight Olympics as Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell set new WR 3:29.69 in Tokyo
• 2021 Japanese judokas Uta Abe (women's 52kg) and brother Hifumi (men's 66kg) make history as first siblings to win Olympic gold medals in different events on same day at the Tokyo Games
• 2021 Japanese skateboarder Yuto Horigome wins the sport's inaugural Olympic gold medal in the men's street section at the Tokyo Games
• 2021 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Australian Minjee Lee recovers from 7 shots behind to beat South Korea’s Lee6 Jeongeun in a play-off for her first major title
• 2021 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: Welshman Stephen Dodd wins his first major title with a 1 stroke victory over Miguel Ángel Jiménez of Spain

 

July 26

• 1914 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
• 1928 In only his second and final defence of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC

• 1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
• 1931 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Midlothian CC: June Beebe beats Mrs. Melvin Jones, 3 & 2 for golf's only major title
• 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Henri Cochet beats Fred Perry 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3 to give France 3-2 win over Great Britain and 5th straight title
• 1931 25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France

Baseball Record

1933 Joe DiMaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
• 1947 46th Men's French Championships: Jozsef Asboth beats Eric Sturgess (8-6, 7-5, 6-4)
• 1947 46th Women's French Championships: Patricia Todd beats Doris Hart (6-3, 3-6, 6-4)

Sports History
1948 "Babe Ruth Story" premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance


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


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

• 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game

Sports History
1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1953 Tour de France: Louison Bobet of France wins first of 3 consecutive Tour general classification events
• 1955 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Meadowbrook CC: Doug Ford scores a 4 & 3 win over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final; first of 2 majors (Masters 1957)
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• 1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
• 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
• 1959 Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game; retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan

Baseball Record
1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18

Baseball Record
1970 Reds catcher Johnny Bench, playing for the day in the outfield, goes 4 for 5 with 7 RBIs including 3 consecutive HRs off St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton in 12-5 win at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati


MLB CatcherJohnny Bench

Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run

US Women's Golf Open
1981 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Pat Bradley shoots final round 66 (−6) to finish 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel; second of Bradley's 6 major titles


LPGA GolferPat Bradley

LPGA GolferBeth Daniel
Sports History
1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,502nd single


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

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


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

• 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1987 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland

Baseball Record
1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

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

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


LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan
Baseball Record
1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons


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


CyclistMiguel Induráin

• 1998 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Riviera CC: Hale Irwin wins by 1 stroke ahead of Vicente Fernández of Argentina
• 2009 96th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain
• 2009 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk

Sports History
2015 102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain


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


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

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

Sports History
2020 Italian football giants Juventus wins its 9th straight Serie A title with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschiin in a 2-0 win over Sampdoria


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

• 2021 Dominant British breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty successfully defends his 100m title at the Tokyo Olympics beating Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands and Italian Nicolò Martinenghi
• 2021 Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz makes history becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics in the 55kg class at the Tokyo Games

 

July 27

• 1913 11th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
• 1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon, England: Maurice McLoughlin beats Charles Dixon 8-6, 6-3, 6-2 to give US an unassailable 3-1 lead over the British Isles; US wins, 3-2

• 1914 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade
• 1919 13th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium
• 1920 Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
• 1920 14th Tour de France: Belgian rider Philippe Thys becomes first to win the race 3 times
• 1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games close in Paris, France
• 1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
• 1928 Kent cricket leg-spinner Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July
• 1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins 4th straight title as Jean Borotra beats American George Lott 5-7, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6 for unassailable 3-1 lead; ends 4-1
• 1930 24th Tour de France: French cyclist André Leducq scores first of 2 Tour victories (1932)

• 1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
• 1945 Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees
• 1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
• 1946 French Championships Men's Tennis: Marcel Bernard beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• 1946 45th Women's French Championships: Margaret Osborne beats Pauline Betz (1-6, 8-6, 7-5)

Sports History

1947 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra starts a record 148 game errorless streak


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


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1952 Swedish race walker John Mikaelsson makes it back-to-back gold medals in the 10k event at the Helsinki Olympics, having won the corresponding race in London in 1948
• 1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons "Chief" Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, Bill Klem and Tom Connolly inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1954 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Keller GC: Chick Herbert scores a 4 & 3 win over defending champion Walter Burkemo in the Tuesday final
• 1956 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings in 4th Test at Manchester; best return ever in Test cricket; bettered in 2nd innings 10-53
• 1959 William Shea announces plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961
• 1967 Helmond Sport soccer team forms

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


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

• 1970 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game
• 1970 L Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines enter Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1973 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103)
• 1973 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
• 1978 Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks)

Baseball Record
1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, also winning his 1st game as a Kansas City Royal


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Sports History
1984 Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,503rd career single (vs Philadelphia)


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1984 West Indies cricket opening batsman Gordon Greenidge smashes 223 in innings & 64 run win over England in 4th Test at Manchester; Windies lead series, 4-0
• 1985 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway becomes first woman to run 10,000m in under 31 minutes; takes world record down to 30:59.42 in Oslo, Norway

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


LPGA GolferPat Bradley

• 1986 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)
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• 1986 73rd Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA

Sports History
1988 Baseball star Tommy John commits record 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3


Baseball PitcherTommy John
Sports History
1990 Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's


CricketerGraham Gooch

• 1990 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
• 1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Republican National Convention
• 1992 Japanese swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki wins the 200m breaststroke in Barcelona to become the youngest to win an Olympic gold medal at 14 years-6 days
• 1993 Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees
• 1993 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
• 1993 NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games
• 1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
• 1996 David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs
• 1996 Brazilian pair Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires win inaugural women's beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics
• 1997 Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
• 1997 84th Tour de France won by Jan Ullrich of Germany

Sports History
1997 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on 2nd playoff hole against countryman John Bland


GolferGary Player
Sports History
1999 Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a "900"


SkateboarderTony Hawk
Sports History
2003 90th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong
Golf Tournament
2003 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Tom Watson wins in a playoff with Carl Mason of England


GolferTom Watson

• 2008 95th Tour de France won by Carlos Sastre of Spain

Olympic Games
2012 Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)


Queen of the United KingdomElizabeth II

• 2014 101st Tour de France won by Vincenzo Nibali of Italy

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


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

• 2019 American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 3 gold medals in one day at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea; 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly and mixed 4×100m freestyle relay (WR 3:19.40)

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


GymnastSimone Biles

• 2021 Triathlete Flora Duffy claims historic first ever Olympic gold medal for Bermuda in the women's event at the Tokyo Games
• 2021 Fiji retains Olympic Rugby Sevens title with 27-12 win over New Zealand in Tokyo; only second gold in the country's Olympic history
• 2021 Ítalo Ferreira of Brazil and American Carissa Moore claim inaugural men's and women's surfing gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games

 

July 28

• 1906 Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
• 1912 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium

• 1928 IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Michigan)
• 1929 24th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
• 1929 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium
• 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins 3 straight titles as Henri Cochet beats American George Lott 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory
• 1931 White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12
• 1933 NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions
• 1935 29th Tour de France won by Romain Maes of Belgium
• 1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 4 straight titles for GB as Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory

Sports History

1938 Don Bradman scores 202 Australia v Somerset, 225 mins, 32 fours


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
• 1956 43rd Tour de France won by Roger Walkowiak of France
• 1957 White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game
• 1972 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
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• 1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's

Sports History
1977 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge


CricketerIan Botham

• 1978 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
• 1979 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game
• 1984 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles

Golf Major
1985 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Pat Bradley wins by 1 from Jane Geddes


LPGA GolferPat Bradley

LPGA GolferJane Geddes

• 1985 Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan, & Hoyt Wilhelm inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

US Women's Golf Open
1987 US Open Women's Golf, Plainfield CC: England's Laura Davies won the first of her 4 major titles in an 18-hole Tuesday playoff over runners-up Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner


LPGA GolferLaura Davies
Sports History
1987 Ángel Cordero Jr.becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.

• 1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
• 1989 Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50

US Senior Golf Open
1991 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by 4 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1991 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
• 1991 Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley

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


MLB PitcherDennis Martínez
Sports History
1991 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3' 36" for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner


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


Tennis PlayerZina Garrison

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario

Tennis PlayerConchita Martínez

• 1992 Groundbreaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium

Baseball Record
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.

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

Sports History
1996 NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR


Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry

• 1996 Americans Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly first to win gold in both indoor and beach events
• 1996 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Defending champion Brian Barnes of Scotland wins by 3 strokes from Bob Charles and David Oakley

Sports History
1997 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs


NHL LegendMark Messier
Sports History
2002 89th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

• 2012 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley (4:28.43) to take the gold medal at the London Olympics
• 2019 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by 2 strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
• 2019 106th Tour de France: 22 year old Egan Bernal becomes first ever Colombian and Latin American winner; Points champion: Peter Sagan of Slovakia

Sports History
2019 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his 4th Senior Open by 2 strokes from Paul Broadhurst


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

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

 

July 29

• 1751 1st international world title prize fight: Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 mins in England
• 1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court

• 1899 Southern California Golf Association forms
• 1906 4th Tour de France won by René Pottier of France
• 1908 St Louis Browns' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia A's in 5-4 win against his previous team at Sportsman's Park II, St. Louis
• 1911 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0

Sports History

1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR


MLB ShortshopHonus Wagner
Sports History
1921 Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1924 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship
• 1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game
• 1928 23rd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (4-1)
• 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team retains title as Henri Cochet beats American Bill Tilden 9-7, 8-6, 6-4 for 3-1 lead; ends 4-1

PGA Championship
1934 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins first of his 2 PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes


GolferCraig Wood

• 1934 28th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France
• 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 3rd straight GB title as Pat Hughes & Raymond Tuckey beat Americans Wilmer Allison & John Van Ryn 6-2, 1-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
• 1938 Olympic National Park established in Washington state, longest undeveloped coastline in America
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• 1940 SV. Urk Dutch soccer team forms

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


King of the United KingdomGeorge VI

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

Boxing Title Fight
1957 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

• 1961 Philadelphia Phillies lose, 4-3 to SF Giants at Connie Mack Stadium; 1st of MLB record 23 straight defeats
• 1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10)
• 1968 Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
• 1974 MLB St Louis Cardinals Lou Brock steals his 700th base

Sports History
1978 On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Golf Tournament
1979 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St. George's CC: Amy Alcott wins by 3 from Nancy Lopez for her first major title


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez

• 1981 Anti-apartheid protesters against the Springbok rugby tour are confronted by police who use batons to stop them marching to South Africa’s Consul in New Zealand

Baseball Record
1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey

• 1984 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George's CC: Juli Inkster wins by 1 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
• 1984 American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter take out the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the LA Olympics
• 1986 NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages
• 1988 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
• 1988 Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home
• 1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan

Sports History
1989 MLB Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases
• 1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher & Sam Sosa
• 1990 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
• 1990 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats USSR in Atlanta Georgia (2-1)

LPGA Championship
1990 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by 1 stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones


LPGA GolferBeth Daniel

• 1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game

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


Tennis PlayerZina Garrison

• 1991 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0)

Sports History
1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1992 Yevgeni Sadovyi of the Unified Team swims world 400m record (3:45.00) to wrap up 200-400m freestyle double at the Barcelona Olympics
• 1992 Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek of Poland (5,559 points) beats Hungarian Attila Mizsér by 113 points to win the Pentathlon gold at the Barcelona Olympics; Poland also wins teams gold
• 1993 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession

Sports History
1995 Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles

Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1995 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14

Sports History
1996 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda retires, with a record of 1599-1439, 4 National League Pennants, and 2 World Series championships.


Baseball Pitcher and ManagerTommy Lasorda
Sports History
2001 88th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

• 2001 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Australian Ian Stanley wins in a playoff with Bob Charles of New Zealand
• 2001 Copa América Final, Estadio El Campín, Bogotá: Defender Iván Córdoba scores winner as home team Columbia edge Mexico, 1-0
• 2007 94th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain

Golf Tournament
2007 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his 3rd Open Senior title by 1 shot from Mark O'Meara and Stewart Ginn


GolferTom Watson
Golf Tournament
2012 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Fred Couples wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Gary Hallberg


Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples
Golf Tournament
2013 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: American Mark Wiebe wins in a playoff with Bernhard Langer of Germany


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

• 2014 Chicago Cubs player John Baker scores the win against the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field in the longest game in Cubs history
• 2018 Tour de France: Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman and only 3rd Briton to win the Tour; beats Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 1' 51"; Peter Sagan wins green points jersey
• 2018 British Senior Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 1 shot from defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany
• 2018 Chipper Jones, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Jack Morris are inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
• 2021 South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker sets new women's 200m breaststroke WR 2:18.95 at the Tokyo Olympics beating the American pair of Lilly King and Annie Lazor
• 2021 Australian swimmer Emma McKeon wins the blue riband 100m freestyle gold medal in OR 51.96 at the Tokyo Olympics; her 8th career Olympic medal
• 2021 Russian backstroke swimmer Evgeny Rylov wraps up the 100/200m double with OR 1:53.27 in the longer event at the Tokyo Olympic Games
• 2021 Australian canoeist Jessicas Fox with 109.96s wins inaugural women's C-1 slalom gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Olympic Gold
2021 Following Simone Biles' withdrawal, teammate Sunisa Lee becomes first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport when she wins women's artistic individual all-around gymnastics gold in Tokyo


GymnastSimone Biles

• 2021 Croatian rowing brothers Martin and Valent Sinković team to win coxless pair gold at the Tokyo Olympics; pair's second Olympic gold after winning double sculls in 2016

 

July 30

• 1844 1st US yacht club - NY Yacht Club organized by John Cox Stevens and 8 friends aboard the Gimcrack
• 1874 1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles

• 1884 Nonpareil Dempsey [John Edward Kelly] fights George Fulljames, possibly the 1st middleweight fight with boxing gloves
• 1905 3rd Tour de France won by Louis Trousselier of France
• 1908 Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris
• 1909 John Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
• 1911 9th Tour de France won by Gustave Garrigou of France
• 1930 1st FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay: Uruguay beats Argentina, 4-2 in the inaugural event
• 1932 X Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, USA
• 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Fred Perry beats André Merlin 4-6, 8-6, 6-2, 7-5 to give Great Britain a 3-2 victory over France; ends French 6 title win streak
• 1937 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base and registers no put outs

• 1939 Tour de France: Sylvère Maes of Belgium wins his 3rd title from Frenchman René Vietto
• 1947 Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Ewell Blackwell record-breaking 16 game winning streak ends, losing to NY Giants 5-4
• 1948 Czech distance running legend Emil Zátopek wins the 10,000m at the London Olympics in 29:59.6, an Olympic record

Sports History

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


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1954 Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles
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• 1955 42nd Tour de France: French cyclist Louison Bobet claims last of his 3 straight general classification victories

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


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1960 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)
• 1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago, MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels)
• 1965 Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants
• 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Striker Geoff Hurst scores a hat trick as England beats West Germany, 4-2 after extra time
• 1968 Washington shortstop Ron Hansen makes 8th unassisted triple-play in MLB history and first in 41 years as Senators lose, 10-1 to Cleveland Indians
• 1969 Astros Denis Menke and Jim Wynn hit grandslams in 9th inn vs Mets
• 1971 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)
• 1973 Texas Rangers Jim Bibby no-hits 1st-place Oakland, 6-0
• 1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball
• 1976 Future TV personality ('Keeping Up with the Kardashians') and transgender figure, Bruce Jenner (now Caitlin Jenner) sets WR 8,618 points to win decathlon gold at Montreal Olympics
• 1978 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs
• 1980 Houston Astros pitcher J. R. Richard suffers a stroke and collapses while playing a game of catch before an Astros game, ending his career
• 1980 American swimmers Mary T Meagher (2.06.37) and Craig Beardsley (1.58.21) both set 200m butterfly world records at the US National Swimming Championships at Irvine, California
• 1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
• 1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg
• 1988 Cincinnati Reds pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month

Sports History
1990 Graham Gooch scores 123 v India to follow up 1st innings 333


CricketerGraham Gooch
Sports History
1990 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of NY Yankees


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

• 1991 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
• 1992 Yael Arad becomes Israel's first ever Olympic medalist when she wins silver in the women's 61kg judo in Barcelona; 20th anniversary of Munich massacre and 500th anniversary of Alhambra Decree
• 1995 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v WI
• 1995 Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford

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


Baseball PlayerRichie Ashburn

MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1995 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Brian Barnes of Scotland wins in a playoff with American Bob Murphy
• 1996 Tommy Lasoda retires as LA Dodger manager
• 2006 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Loren Roberts wins in a playoff with Eduardo Romero of Argentina
• 2012 General Motors (Chevrolet) sign a record breaking 7 year $559 million sponsorship deal with EPL club Manchester United

Golf Tournament
2017 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his 3rd Open Senior title by 3 shots from Corey Pavin


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

 

July 31

• 1910 Tour de France: Octave Lapize of France wins by just 4 points from Team Alcyon teammate François Faber of Luxembourg
• 1928 Halina Konopacka of Poland hurls discus world record 39.62m to win first gold medal in women's Olympic athletics at the Amsterdam Games; American Lillian Copeland and Ruth Sveberg of Sweden take minor medals

• 1928 In the first women’s Olympic track event, American sprinter Elizabeth Robinson equals her own world record 12.2s to win 100m gold medal in Amsterdam; Canadians Fanny Rosenfeld & Ethel Smith dead-heat (12.3s)

Sports History

1930 NY Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in 8 runs with a grand slam and 2 doubles in a 14-13 win over the rival Boston Red Sox


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins 6th straight title as Jean Borotra beats American Wilmer Allison 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 for unassailable 3-1 lead; ends 3-2
• 1932 Cleveland Indians christen their new home, Municipal Stadium before more than 76,000 fans; lose opener, 1-0 to the Philadelphia A's
• 1932 26th Tour de France: French cyclist André Leducq wins after tallying 6 stage victories; his second Tour triumph (1930)
• 1934 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Fred Perry beats American Frank Shields 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 15-13 to give Great Britain unassailable 3-1 lead to retain title; ends 4-1
• 1936 IOC awards Tokyo, Japan 1940 Summer Olympic Games (later cancelled, Second Sino-Japanese War)

Radio History
1938 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends New York Yankees outfielder Jake Powell after he said on Chicago radio he kept in shape by "cracking" African Americans over the head with his nightstick


1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis

• 1938 32nd Tour de France: Italian cyclist Gino Bartali wins both general and mountain classifications
• 1948 American swimmer Wally Ris wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal at the London Olympics beating teammate Alan Ford by 0.4 seconds
• 1948 American sprinter Harrison Dillard runs an Olympic record 10.3s to beat countryman Barney Ewell for the 100m gold medal at the London Olympics
• 1954 Milwaukee first baseman Joe Adcock becomes only the 3rd player in 20th century to hit 4 HRs in 9-inning game (Lou Gehrig & Gil Hodges) in 15-7 Braves' win over Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field; MLB record 18 total bases
• 1956 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings; match figures 19-90 in 4th Test at Old Trafford; England win by innings & 170 runs
• 1961 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Jerry Barber wins his only major title in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Don January (67-68)
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• 1961 31st MLB All Star Game (2nd), Fenway Park, Boston: First tie in history; called due to rain after 9 innings with the score, 1–1
• 1962 England fast bowler Brian Statham becomes Test cricket's leading wicket-taker with world-record tally of 237 as Australian wicketkeeper Barry Shepherd is caught by Fred Truman for 10 in drawn 4th Test in Adelaide
• 1963 MLB Cleveland Indians ties record of 4 consecutive home runs to beat California Angels, 9-5; Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona and Larry Brown all go deep off Paul Foytack in 6th inning
• 1970 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940)
• 1971 4-time Eredivisie soccer champions Go Ahead from Dutch city of Deventer add 'Eagles' to famous name
• 1972 Chicago infielder Dick Allen becomes only 7th player in MLB history to hit 2 inside-the-park home runs in a game; both off Bert Blyleven in 8-1 White Sox win over Minnesota Twins
• 1973 England cricket batsman Frank Hayes scores unbeaten 106 in Test debut in 1st Test v West Indies at The Oval, London; tourists win by 158 runs
• 1976 East German runner Waldemar Cierpinski beats American Frank Shorter by 50 seconds to win the Olympic Games marathon in 2:09:55 in Montreal

Baseball Record
1978 Cincinnati infielder Pete Rose singles off Phil Niekro to extend his hitting streak to 44 games as Reds edge Atlanta Braves, 3-2; ties Willie Keeler's 81-year-old NL record


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherPhil Niekro

• 1981 Mid-season strike by MLB players ends after 42 days causing cancellation of 713 games; players and owners come to an agreement on free agent compensation

US Women's Golf Open
1983 US Open Women's Golf, Cedar Ridge CC: Australian Jan Stephenson wins her 3rd major title; beats JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by 1 stroke


LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan
Hall of Fame
1983 Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell and Walter Alston inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson

• 1984 US men's gymnastics team score emotional upset win over world champion Chinese team in the combined event to take the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics

Baseball Record
1987 Baltimore first baseman Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Orioles to an 8-4 win over Texas Rangers


MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray
Baseball Record
1988 Oakland DH Jose Canseco smacks 2 home runs off Scott Bankhead in A's 6-2 win over Seattle Mariners; becomes first MLB player to hit 30 HRs in first 3 years


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1988 Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-21 in the American Bowl at London's Wembley Stadium

Hall of Fame
1988 Pittsburgh Pirates 1st baseman/left fielder and 7-time All Star Willie Stargell becomes 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame


Baseball Left fielder / First basemanWillie Stargell

• 1989 MLB Minnesota Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to New York Mets

Sports History
1990 Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan records his 300th career victory, an 11-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; 20th MLB pitcher to reach the milestone


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1992 Three world record swims on final night session at the Barcelona Olympics; Australian Kieren Perkins 1,500m (14:43.4); Tamás Darnyi of Hungary 200m backstroke (1:59.36); China's Yang Wenyi women's 50m freestyle (24.79)
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• 1992 Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi earns her 3rd gold medal of the Barcelona Olympics winning 200m backstroke for the 100-200 double along with 400m I/M gold

Sports History
1993 Toronto Blue Jays obtain future Baseball Hall of Fame OF Rickey Henderson from Oakland in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1994 28th Curtis Cup Women's Golf, The Honors Course: US and GB & Ireland draw, 9-9

Hall of Fame
1994 Baseball Hall of Fame inducts New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

Sportscaster and MLB ShortstopPhil Rizzuto
Baseball Record
1997 A's first baseman Mark McGwire becomes MLB's top home run hitter to be traded in the middle of a season when he moves from Oakland to St. Louis Cardinals (34 home runs and 81 RBI)


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire

• 1997 College Football's all-time winningest coach Eddie Robinson and his Grambling State University program are placed on 2-years' probation for rules violations, including recruiting and academic eligibility
• 2005 US Senior Open Men's Golf, NCR CC: Allen Doyle wins by 1 stroke ahead of Loren Roberts and D. A. Weibring for his 3rd Champions Tour major title
• 2005 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Jeong Jang of South Korea leads wire-to-wire to win her first LPGA event and lone major title, 4 strokes ahead of Sophie Gustafson
• 2007 Boston Celtics obtain former MVP and 10-time All-Star Kevin Garnett in a 7-for-1 deal with Minnesota Timberwolves; then the NBA's biggest ever trade for one player
• 2011 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Olin Browne wins by 3 strokes ahead of Mark O'Meara; 5th player in history to win on Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour
• 2011 British Open Women's Golf, Carnoustie GL: Yani Tseng of Taiwan becomes first to successfully defend the Open as a major championship, 4 strokes ahead of Brittany Lang

Sports History
2012 Germany wins London Olympic equestrian eventing final; daughter of Princess Anne, Zara Phillips part of GB silver medal winning team


Daughter of Princess AnneZara Phillips
Olympic Gold
2012 Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history as part of the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team in London; Phelps' 19th career Olympic medal and 15th overall gold


SwimmerMichael Phelps

• 2016 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: American Jimmy Walker wins his first major by 1 shot from defending champion Jason Day of Australia
• 2016 British Open Women's Golf, Woburn: Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand wins by 3 from Mo Martin & Mirim Lee
• 2017 England cricket spin bowler Moeen Ali takes a hat-trick in 239 run 3rd Test win over South Africa; 100th Test match played at The Oval, London
• 2021 American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins 100m butterfly in WR 49.45 at the Tokyo Olympics; completes 100m freestyle/butterfly double
• 2021 Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown wins gold in 200m backstroke to complete 100/200 double at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Olympic Gold
2021 American swimming superstar Katie Ledecky wins the women's 800m gold for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympics in Tokyo; claims distance 800/1500m double


SwimmerKatie Ledecky

• 2021 First mixed-gender event to feature in Olympic swim program; Great Britain team of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy & Anna Hopkin wins mixed 4×100m medley relay in WR 3:37.58 in Tokyo

 

August 1

• 1906 Brooklyn Superbas MLB pitcher Harry McIntire no-hits Pittsburgh for 10 2/3 innings but loses in 13th, 1-0 on an unearned run
• 1909 Tour de France: François Faber of Luxembourg becomes the first foreigner to win the cycling classic

• 1918 Pittsburgh and Boston Braves play a MLB record 20 scoreless innings before Pirates win, 2-0 in 21
• 1924 Brooklyn pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out a MLB record 7 consecutive batters as the Robins beat Cubs, 4-0

Baseball Record

1928 Babe Ruth hits home run #42 in the Yankees 12-1 win v St. Louis Browns, takes him 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1928 Americans sweep medals at a rainy Olympic pole vault final in Amsterdam with Sabin Carr gold, from William Droegemuller and Charles McGinnis

Baseball Record
1933 NY's future Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell sets MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3 as Giants lose 3-1 v Boston Braves


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell

• 1934 US Amateur Golf Championship format is changed to a 6-day event with no 36-hole stroke-play qualifying, and 36-hole matches for semi-finals and final

Olympic Games
1936 XI Summer Olympic Games are opened by Adolph Hitler in Berlin


Dictator of Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler

• 1941 NY Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez sets MLB record for most walks in a shutout, issuing 11 in 9-0 win v St. Louis Browns
• 1945 NY Giants outfielder Mel Ott hits historic 500th MLB home run off Braves Johnny Hutchings, joins Babe Ruth & Jimmy Foxx as only players to reach milestone
• 1953 Boston Red Sox pitcher Ben Flowers sets then MLB record of 8 consecutive games in relief
• 1954 Tour de France: Louison Bobet of France wins by 15' 49" from Ferdinand Kübler, for the second of his 3 consecutive wins

Baseball Record
1957 Gil Hodges hits his 13th MLB career grand slam, a NL record and the last ever by a Brooklyn Dodgers player


MLB First BasemanGil Hodges

• 1957 Ex MLB outfielder Glen Gorbous throws a regulation baseball a record 136m (445' 10") in a game promotion

Sports History
1961 Australian cricket captain Richie Benaud takes 6 for 70 in England's 2nd innings for a 54 run 4th Test win at Old Trafford


Cricketer and CommentatorRichie Benaud

• 1962 Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0

Davis Cup
1963 Arthur Ashe becomes first African-American tennis player to be named in the US Davis Cup team


Tennis PlayerArthur Ashe

• 1964 Dan 'Big Daddy' Garlits becomes first drag racer to run the 1/4 mile at over 200mph (201.34mph at Island Dragway, New Jersey)
• 1965 Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring to clinch his second F1 World Drivers Championship
• 1969 36th Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: NY Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208)

Baseball Record
1970 Future Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Stargell smacks 3 doubles and 2 homers in a 20-10 Pirates win v Braves at Atlanta Stadium


Baseball Left fielder / First basemanWillie Stargell
Sports History
1971 Richard Petty wins the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Georgia to become the first NASCAR driver to win $1m in career earnings


Auto RacerRichard Petty

• 1972 Nate Colbert hits MLB record tying 5 HRs and record 13 RBI as Padres beat Atlanta 9-0, 11-7 in a doubleheader

Sports History
1973 Struggling ABA club Virginia Squires trades star forward Julius Erving to New York Nets for George Carter and cash


NBA LegendJulius Erving

• 1973 MLB All Star catchers Thurman Munson of the NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox' Carlton Fisk brawl at home plate Fenway Park; Red Sox win, 3-2
• 1976 XXI Summer Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada: Officially close
• 1976 Seattle Seahawks take the field for the first time in pre-season game v SF 49ers at the newly constructed Kingdome in Seattle

Sports History
1976 Reigning world F1 champion Niki Lauda of Austria suffers a near fatal crash during the German Grand Prix at The Nürburgring motorsports complex, Nürburg, Germany


Auto RacerNiki Lauda
Baseball Record
1977 San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th MLB career grand slam


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey
Baseball Record
1978 Atlanta Braves trounce Cincinnati Reds, 16-4 and halt Pete Rose's NL record hitting streak at 44 games


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany becomes the first male to set a high jump world record at the Olympics (2.36m [7' 9"] Moscow)
• 1980 East German runner Waldemar Cierpinski wins his second consecutive Olympic Games marathon in 12:11:03 in Moscow

Sports History
1982 American Greg Louganis becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives in winning 3m springboard gold, World Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador


DiverGreg Louganis

• 1982 East German swimmer Petra Schneider breaks her own 400m medley world record by 0:19 (4:36.10) at the World Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador
• 1982 After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice

Sports History
1983 Despite brave 112no by David Gower, New Zealand wins 2nd Test at Headingley by 5 wickets, first ever NZ Test cricket victory in England


Cricket Batsman and CaptainDavid Gower

• 1985 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning of 9-8 loss v Cubs to set a NL rookie record 74
• 1986 Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven becomes 10th to reach 3,000 MLB strikeout milestone, 2-hits A's, 10-1

Boxing Title Fight
1987 Mike Tyson outpoints Tony Tucker in 12 rounds in a heavyweight boxing unification matchup in Las Vegas; first to own all 3 major belts WBA, WBC and IBF simultaneously


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1989 Australia beats England by 9 wickets in the 4th cricket Test at Old Trafford, taking an unassailable 3-0 series lead to regain the Ashes
• 1992 British athlete Linford Christie (32) becomes the oldest man to win an Olympic 100m gold medal edging Frankie Fredericks in Barcelona
• 1992 American sprinter Gail Devers wins an incredibly close blanket finish in the women's 100m at the Barcelona Olympics, with 5 athletes within 0.06 seconds of Devers (10.82)

Hall of Fame
1993 14-time MLB All Star Reggie Jackson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

• 1993 England wins the women's cricket World Cup for the first time since the inaugural event in 1973 with a 67 run victory over New Zealand at Lord's

Sports History
1994 Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. becomes only the second player after Lou Gehrig to appear in 2,000 consecutive MLB games, in a 1-0 win vs Twins


MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr

Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1996 French sprinter Marie-José Pérec wins the 200m final at the Atlanta Olympics to become only the 2nd athlete to win the 200-400m Olympic double (Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1984)
• 1996 American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200m-400m double
• 1996 Tiffeny Milbrett scores the winner as the US beats China 2-1 at the Atlanta Olympics for the first ever Olympic gold medal in women's soccer
• 1996 Dan O'Brien wins the decathlon gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics to become the first American since Bruce Jenner in 1976 to win the gruelling event
• 1997 6th Athletics World Championships open at Athens, Greece

Golf Major
1999 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Priddis Greens GC: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 2 from Laura Davies of England


LPGA GolferLaura Davies

GolferKarrie Webb
Contract of Interest
2002 In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a 5-year contract extension the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19m signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history


NFL LegendRay Lewis

• 2004 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Bellerive GC: Peter Jacobson wins by 1 shot from 2-time champion Hale Irwin
• 2004 British Open Women's Golf, Sunningdale: England's Karen Stupples wins her lone major title, 5 shots ahead of runner-up Rachel Teske of Australia
• 2010 Australian Stuart Appleby finishes with an 11-under-59 to win the Greenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs, to become only the 5th player and first non-American to break 60 on the PGA Tour

Sports History
2010 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Sahalee CC: Berhard Langer of Germany wins by 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Couples


Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples

• 2010 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: 21 year old Yani Tseng of Taiwan becomes youngest-ever winner of 3 major championships, 1 stroke ahead of Katherine Hull of Australia
• 2012 8 female badminton doubles players are disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics for attempting to manipulate the draw by throwing matches
• 2012 American Nathan Adrian clocks 47.52 in winning the 100m freestyle gold at the London Olympics, his first swim under 48 seconds
• 2012 Great Britain collects its first ever gold medal in women's rowing with Heather Stanning and Helen Glover in the coxless pairs at the London Olympics
• 2012 Bradley Wiggins' win in the London Olympics cycling time trial gives him the most aggregate medals (7) of any British Olympian (4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
• 2014 Indiana Pacers NBA super-star Paul George suffers a gruesome compound fracture of his lower right leg in a Team USA scrimmage
• 2018 Australian Rugby League's 'Immortals' tally moves to 13 as pre-War stars Dally Messenger, Frank Burge & Dave Brown along with latter day giants Norm Provan & Mal Meninga are added
• 2021 Australian swimmer Emma McKeon claims gold in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay for total 7 medals at Tokyo Olympics; equals record set by Russian gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952
• 2021 American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins his 5th gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay
• 2021 Marcell Jacobs becomes first Italian athlete to win the coveted 100m in 9.80 at the Tokyo Olympics
• 2021 Italian Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar avoid a jump-off by agreeing to share the long jump gold medal after tying on 2.37m at the Tokyo Olympic Games
• 2021 Chinese diver Shi Tingmao completes women's 3m springboard/synchronized 3m springboard double at the Tokyo Olympics for second consecutive Games
• 2021 American swimmer Robert Finke wins men's 1,500m gold in 14:39.65 at the Tokyo Olympics, completing long distance double 800/1,500m

 

August 2

• 1864 Saratoga Racecourse, America's oldest Thoroughbred racetrack, opens its inaugural meet with four days of racing
• 1906 Chicago White Sox beat Boston Americans, 3-0 to start AL record 19 game MLB win streak

Hall of Fame

1907 Legendary pitcher Walter Johnson at 19 begins his 21 year Baseball Hall of Fame playing career with Washington with 3-2 loss v Detroit


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1912 US Open Men's Golf, CC of Buffalo: John McDermott successfully defends title by 2 strokes from Tom McNamara
• 1921 After 3 hours deliberation a Chicago jury acquits 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal; next day they are banned from organised baseball for life
• 1924 A's 1st baseman Joe Hauser sets AL record of 14 total bases in a game; 3 HRs and a double as Philadelphia beats Cleveland Indians, 12-4 at Dunn Field
• 1929 Philadelphia 1st baseman Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR in Phillies' 2-0 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
• 1936 Tour de France: Sylvère Maes of Belgium wins his second title from Frenchman Antone Magne
• 1936 A Finnish trifecta in the 10,000m final at the Berlin Olympics; Ilmari Salminen beats teammates Arvo Askola and Volmari Iso-Hollo
• 1936 Americans Cornelius Johnson, Dave Albritton and Delos Thurber sweep the high jump medals at the Berlin Olympics
• 1938 MLB conducts the first test of bright yellow baseballs during Dodgers vs Cardinals doubleheader
• 1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins the 100m in 11.9 at the London Olympics; 1st of unprecedented 3 individual track & field gold medals
• 1948 Danish swimmer Greta Anderson (1:06.3) touches out American Ann Curtis by 0.2 in the women's 100m freestyle at the London Olympics
• 1948 Italians Adolfo Consolini and Giuseppe Tosi go 1-2 in the men's discus final at the London Olympics

Olympic Gold
1952 17 year-old future world champion Floyd Patterson wins the gold medal in the middleweight division at the Helsinki Olympic Games with a 1st round KO of Romanian Vasile Tita


Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

• 1959 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Minneapolis GC: Bob Rosburg wins by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders
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• 1959 Milwaukee Braves outfielder Bill Bruton hits 3 triples in 11-5 win v St. Louis Cardinals; 2 of them bases loaded, first time in 20th Century

Baseball Record
1959 Future Hall of Fame 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1961 St Louis Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in an exhibition game in Toronto, Canada
• 1967 New Orleans Saints play 1st ever pre-season game, lose to LA Rams 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium
• 1968 Ron Hansen (Washington Senators) & Tim Cullen (Chicago White Sox) become the first MLB players to be traded for each other twice in the same season; they had been traded in February in opposite directions

Sports History
1973 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman George Brett gets his 1st MLB hit on debut for the Kansas City Royals in 3-1 win over Chicago White Sox


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett

• 1977 In his comeback Test, England cricket batsman Geoff Boycott is unbeaten on 80 after a 1st innings 107 as England beats Australia by 7 wickets in the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge
• 1979 Washington, D.C. trial attorney Edward Bennett Williams buys MLB's Baltimore Orioles from Jerold Hoffberger for reported $12.3 million
• 1979 MLB New York Mets purchase contract of outfielder José Cardenal from Philadelphia Phillies between games of a double-header between the two teams
• 1980 Cuban super-heavyweight Teofilo Stevenson becomes the 1st fighter to win 3 Olympic gold medals in the same division, scores 4-1 points decision over Pyotr Zayev (Soviet Union) in Moscow

Sports History
1981 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham takes 5 for 11 to end Australia's chase of 151 target, all out 121 for 29 run defeat in 4th Test at Edgbaston


CricketerIan Botham
Baseball Record
1982 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win v Seattle, first to steal 100 twice in modern era


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1984 Jeff Blatnick becomes first American to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Los Angeles Olympics, Blatnick was in remission for Hodgkin’s disease

Sports History
1985 England captain David Gower scores his 5,000th run in Test cricket during the drawn 4th Test v Australia at Old Trafford


Cricket Batsman and CaptainDavid Gower

• 1986 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee beats her own world heptathlon record by 13 points (7,161) in Houston
• 1986 Curtis Cup Women's Golf, Prairie Dunes CC: Great Britain & Ireland beats the US 13-5, the visitors first win on American soil
• 1986 Lee Elder fires a record 11-under par 61 on his way to winning the Senior PGA Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative at Sleepy Hollow CC; mark stands for 11 years

Federation Cup
1987 Federation Cup Tennis Final: Steffi Graf & Claudia Kohde-Kilsch beat Chris Evert & Pam Shriver in the doubles as Germany beats US 2-1 in Vancouver, Canada


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf

Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1987 Cincinnati outfielder Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in one season as he homers in Reds 5-4 win v Giants
• 1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
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• 1990 Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas hits his 10th MLB homer in 6-5 loss v Detroit, fastest to reach that mark, just 77 at bats

Hall of Fame
1992 Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser & Bill McGowan are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver

• 1992 American Jacki Joyner-Kersee becomes first athlete to win consecutive gold medals in the gruelling heptathlon with a 199 point win over Irina Belova (Soviet Union) at the Barcelona Olympics
• 1992 Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus becomes the first gymnast to win 6 gold medals at one Olympics in Barcelona, also first to win 4 gold in one day's competition (pommel, vault, rings & parallel bars)
• 1993 Maryland investors led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos buy the Baltimore Orioles at auction in New York for $173m, nearly $50m more than ever paid for a baseball team

Olympic Gold
1996 The star-studded United States men's basketball team, Dream Team III, beat Yugoslavia 95-69 to win the gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics


NBA CenterHakeem Olajuwon
Golf Major
1998 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Essex GC: Brandie Burton wins by 1 shot from Annika Sörenstam


GolferAnnika Sörenstam

• 1998 Curtis Cup Women's Golf, Minikahda GC: US beats Great Britain & Ireland 10-8
• 1998 Tour de France: Marco Pantani of Italy makes it a Tour & Giro d'Italia double, German Erik Zabel is points winner
• 2003 South African cricket batsman Graeme Smith blazes 259, fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has 5 wickets in each England innings as Proteas win 2nd Test by an innings and 92 at Lord's

World Record
2009 Michael Phelps ends the World Swimming Championships in Rome with his 5th gold medal as part of the US 4x100m medley relay team that recorded the 43rd world record of the controversial meet


SwimmerMichael Phelps

• 2009 US Open Senior Men's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Fred Funk wins by 6 strokes from Joey Sindelar with a tournament record score (-20)

Sports History
2009 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Catriona Matthew wins her lone major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb; first Scot to win the title


GolferKarrie Webb

GolferCatriona Matthew

• 2012 American swimmer Michael Phelps wins an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal in the 200m individual medley in 1:54.27 at the London Olympics
• 2012 American swimmer Rebecca Soni becomes first woman to win the 200m breaststroke twice with a world record 2:19.59 at the London Olympics
• 2014 Super Rugby Final, ANZ Stadium, Sydney: NSW Waratahs win their first SR title in a nail-biting 33-32 home effort against New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders
• 2015 British Open Women's Golf, Turnberry: Inbee Park of South Korea shoots final found 65 (−7) to win her 7th major title, 3 strokes ahead of compatriot Ko Jin-young