JULY 18 1878 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frank Hadow makes his lone Wimbledon appearance, and wins; beats defending champion Spencer Gore 7-5, 6-1, 9-7 1893 Australian Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's Wimbledon Women's Championship 1893 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-8, 6-1, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive and 5th overall Wimbledon singles title Tennis PlayerBlanche Bingley Tennis Player and All-Round AthleteLottie Dod 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 1896 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills: American-based Scot James Foulis wins by 3 strokes ahead of Englishman Horace Rawlins 1912 Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings 1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk 1914 MLB Boston Braves start 'miracle' move from last place to become World Series champs Babe Ruth's becomes All Time HR Leader 1921 Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs with a MLB record 575 feet hit to become the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor Baseball LegendBabe Ruth 1926 20th Tour de France won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium Ty Cobb's 4,000th Hit 1927 Ty Cobb's 4,000th MLB career hit MLB LegendTy Cobb 1930 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland 1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens 1943 Giants and Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6 1947 Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game winning streak 1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in an 11 inning game Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 rounds, becoming at age 37 the then oldest world heavyweight champion, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe Walcott Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles 1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game 1959 46th Tour de France won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain 1959 William 'Bill' Wright becomes the 1st African American to win a major golf tournament (U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships) 1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and NY franchises 1961 Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games Sports History 1962 Minnesota Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning Baseball PlayerHarmon Killebrew Agreement of Interest 1969 Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL NFL QuarterbackJoe Namath Baseball Record 1970 San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits MLB LegendWillie Mays 58th Tour de France 1971 58th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins third straight Tour general classification as well as points and combination categories Road CyclistEddy Merckx 1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins, the 1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play; criminal charges are not pursued, and a $1M settlement is reached with injured Minnesota North Star Henry Boucha 1976 63rd Tour de France won by Lucien Van Impe of Belgium Nadia Comăneci 1976 Nadia Comăneci (14) becomes the first gymnast in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 score (doing so 7 times) at Montreal Games GymnastNadia Comăneci British Golf Open 1982 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Tom Watson wins his 4th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price GolferTom Watson GolferNick Price 1983 Despite being in 1st place tie in NL East, Philadelphia Phillies (43-42) fire manager Pat Corrales, replacing him with GM Paul Owens, eventually getting to World Series (losing to Baltimore) 1986 MLB Kansas City Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor Baseball Record 1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 consecutive games Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly British Golf Open 1988 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his 3rd Open title by 2 shots from Nick Price of Zimbabwe Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros GolferNick Price 1991 Florida Marlins' logo unveiled Meeting of Interest 1991 Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson British Open 1993 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Australian Greg Norman fires final round 64 (–6) to win his 2nd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Englishman Nick Faldo GolferGreg Norman Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo 1994 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights 1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12 1994 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker 1999 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Scotsman Paul Lawrie wins his only major title by 3 strokes in 4-hole aggregate playoff with Jean van de Velde & Justin Leonard; recovers from 10 shots behind after 3rd round for biggest comeback in major championship history; van de Velde famously triple-bogies last hole Baseball Record 1999 New York Yankees' David Cone becomes 15th pitcher to throw a perfect game (6-0 vs Montreal) Baseball PitcherDavid Cone 2001 Chris Sharma completes the first ascent of the route Realization/Biographie in Ceüse, France, the world's first consensus 9a+ (5.15a) route ESPY Awards 2004 12th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Diana Taurasi win CyclistLance Armstrong Basketball PlayerDiana Taurasi British Open 2004 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Todd Hamilton wins his only major title, defeating 2002 champion Ernie Els of South Africa by a stroke in a 4-hole playoff GolferErnie Els The Last Play at Shea 2008 Billy Joel performs last of two concerts dubbed "The Last Play at Shea"; the final concert event before demolition of the 1964 baseball stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, NYC; featured guests include Roger Daltrey, Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney Pianist, Songwriter and ComposerBilly Joel Country Singer-SongwriterGarth Brooks Musician and BeatlePaul McCartney 2010 "150th Anniversary" British Open Golf, St Andrews: South African Louis Oosthuizen wins his only major title, 7 strokes clear of runner-up Lee Westwood of England Sports History 2018 Kawhi Leonard is traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl, and a protected 2019 first-round draft pick Basketball ForwardKawhi Leonard 2021 108th Tour de France: Defending champion Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia becomes youngest rider to win the Tour twice; also claims Mountains and Youth classifications; Mark Cavendish wins points title British Open 2021 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Collin Morikawa becomes first male in history to win his debut at 2 separate major events [2020 PGA C'ship]; beats Jordan Spieth by 2 strokes Professional GolferJordan Spieth
JULY 19 1877 1st Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 1884 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maud Watson becomes inaugural female champion by beating her sister Lillian Watson 6–8, 6–3, 6–3 1900 Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion 1903 1st Tour de France: French rider Maurice Garin wins inaugural event 1908 Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978 1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians' 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox Cy Young Wins 500th Game 1910 Cy Young wins the 500th game of his Baseball HOF career as the Cleveland Naps beat Washington Senators, 5 - 2, in 11 innings; only pitcher in MLB history to reach milestone MLB PitcherCy Young 1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds 1918 Washington Senators catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for draft deferment; Secretary of War, Newton D Baker rules baseball players not draft exempt but later moves date to 1 September; both leagues end regular season 2 September Ruth Breaks HR Record 1920 Babe Ruth hits his 30th home run of the 1920 baseball season, breaking his own single-season record. He would attain 54 throughout the season, before breaking that record the next year. Baseball LegendBabe Ruth Weissmuller Breaks 1 Minute Barrier 1922 American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller first to break 1 minute barrier for 100m freestyle; swims 58.6s at Alameda, CA Swimmer and ActorJohnny Weissmuller 1925 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy 1930 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Acacia CC: Lucia Mida beats June Beebe 6 & 5 to win the inaugural event and first women's major championship ever played Rival Brothers Make HR 1933 A first in MLB; 2 brothers on opposite teams hit homers in same game - Rick Ferrell (Red Sox) and Wes Ferrell (Cleveland Indians) Baseball PlayerRick Ferrell Baseball PitcherWes Ferrell Feller Makes Debut 1936 17-year-old Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF pitcher Bob Feller makes his MLB debut in relief in 9-5 loss to Senators at Griffith Stadium, Washington Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller 1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague Yankees Sign 1st Black Players 1950 NY Yankees sign their 1st Black players, Elston Howard and Frank Baines Baseball CatcherElston Howard Tour de France 1952 39th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy CyclistFausto Coppi 1952 XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland 1958 45th Tour de France won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg PGA Championship 1964 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Columbus CC: Bobby Nichols wins his only major title by 3 strokes from 'Big-2' Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer; leads wire-to-wire GolferJack Nicklaus GolferArnold Palmer Tour de France 1970 57th Tour de France: Defending champion Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins general, mountains and combination categories Road CyclistEddy Merckx Baseball Hall of Fame 1973 NY Mets future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays is named to NL All Star team for 24th time (ties Stan Musial) MLB LegendWillie Mays 1974 Cleveland Indians pitcher Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0 1975 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single & RBI are nullified because tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit; Minnesota Twins win, 2-1 48th MLB All Star Game 1977 48th MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherDon Sutton 1978 New York Yankees start historic 14 game comeback with 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN 1980 XXII Summer Olympic Games open in Moscow, Russia; led by United States, 66 nations boycott event because of Soviet-Afghan war Tour de France 1981 68th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault British Golf Open 1981 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Bill Rogers wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer of Germany Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer 1981 South African Springbok rugby team arrives in New Zealand beginning 56 days of 'near civil war' in the country between anti-apartheid protesters and tour supporters [1] Baseball History 1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Old-Timers Baseball Classic: 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 275-foot HR off Warren Spahn, as AL beats NL 7-2; participants included Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, Bert Campaneris, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Don Newcombe, and Early Wynn (RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.) Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn MLB LegendStan Musial Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock 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 Baseball Record 1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 consecutive games Baseball History 1989 Cleveland Indians Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game 1989 NFL owners vote unanimously to form World League of American Football - operated 1991-2007 Baseball History 1990 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion Baseball History 1990 Dave Righetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee Sports History 1991 Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game Sports History 1991 Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington) 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 Botham's Last Day 1993 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham 1996 XXVI Summer Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia British Golf Open 1998 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Mark O'Meara wins his 2nd major championship of the year (Masters) and first Open title by 2 in a 4-hole aggregate playoff with fellow American Brian Watts Golfer Mark O'Meara ESPY Awards 2009 17th ESPY Awards: Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin win British Golf Open 2009 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Stewart Cink wins his only major championship by 6 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with 5-time champion Tom Watson Golfer Tom Watson 2018 Brazilian soccer international goalkeeper Alisson transfers from Roma to Liverpool for a world record shot blocker's fee of £66.8m Hamilton Equals Schumacher record 2020 World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher's record of wins at a single circuit (French GP) 2022 92nd MLB All Star Game, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA: AL beats NL, 3-2 for their ninth straight victory
JULY 20 1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18) Wimbledon Men's Championship 1896 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Harold Mahony beats 3-time champion Wilfred Baddeley 6-2, 6-8, 5-7, 8-6, 6-3 Tennis PlayerWilfred Baddeley 1906 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 2-0 at Robison Field, St. Louis 1911 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0 1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game 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 New York Yankees hit into a triple-play, but beat Philadelphia A's 9-2 1924 18th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy The Babe meets The Don 1932 An injured Babe Ruth entertains the touring Australian cricketers in his private box at Yankee Stadium as his NY Yankees beat 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) Maureen Connolly's Tragic Accident 1954 American tennis champion Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in a horse riding accident ending a brilliant career at just 19 Tennis playerMaureen Connolly Whitey Ford's 6th Straight Strike Out 1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs MLB PitcherWhitey Ford 44th Tour de France 1957 44th Tour de France: French cyclist Jacques Anquetil wins first of 5 general classification titles Road CyclistJacques Anquetil Baseball History 1958 Detroit Tigers future Baseball HOF pitcher Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0 Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning PGA Championship 1958 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Llanerch CC: Dow Finsterwald wins 1st PGA C'ship held in current stroke play format; wins by 2 from Billy Casper GolferBilly Casper US Women's Golf Open 1963 US Open Women's Golf, Kenwood CC: Mary Mills wins her first of 3 major titles by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Louise Suggs and Sandra Haynie LPGA GolferMary Mills Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs GolferSandra Haynie Baseball History 1965 NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam Baseball Pitcher and CoachMel Stottlemyre 1968 First Special Olympics held in Chicago, Illinois for children and adults with intellectual disabilities Tour de France 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 1975 62nd Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France US Women's Golf Open 1975 US Open Women's Golf, Atlantic City CC: Sandra Palmer wins her second major title by 4 strokes from JoAnne Carner, Sandra Post and Nancy Lopez LPGA GolferNancy Lopez GolferJoAnne Carner Baseball Record 1976 Hank Aaron hits 755th and last home run off Angels Dick Drago Baseball PlayerHank Aaron 1980 67th Tour de France won by Joop Zoetemelk of Netherlands British Golf Open 1980 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his 3rd of 5 Open titles, by 4 strokes from fellow American Lee Trevino GolferTom Watson GolferLee Trevino 1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m British Golf Open 1986 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Australian Greg Norman wins his first major championship at even-par, 5 strokes clear of runner-up Gordon J. Brand GolferGreg Norman Sports History 1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly Sports History 1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson O.J. Simpson Offers Reward 1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller 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 British Golf Open 2003 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Ben Curtis becomes first debut winner since Tom Watson in 1975; in his first major appearance at #396 in world rankings beats runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Vijay Singh by 1 stroke GolferVijay Singh ESPY Awards 2008 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win GolferTiger Woods 2008 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Irishman Pádraig Harrington successfully defends his Open title; shoots 4-under par over the final 9 to be 4 strokes clear of runner-up Ian Poulter British Golf Open 2014 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins wire-to-wire by 2 from Sergio Garcia & Rickie Fowler GolferSergio García GolferRory McIlroy 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 Cristiano Ronaldo Scores 50 2020 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first man to score 50 goals in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League with a double in Juventus' 2-1 win over Lazio Football StarCristiano Ronaldo Milwaukee vs Phoenix 2021 NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks beat Phoenix Suns, 105-98 in Game 6 to win first title in 50 years (1971); MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo, 50 points in Game 6 Basketball PlayerGiannis Antetokounmpo
JULY 21 1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's Wimbledon Women's Championship 1888 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3 Tennis PlayerBlanche Bingley Tennis Player and All-Round AthleteLottie Dod Wimbledon Women's Championship 1896 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Charlotte Cooper beats Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 6-3 Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper 1921 MLB Cleveland Indians (9) and New York Yankees (7) combine to hit a record 16 doubles in 17-8 home team win at Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio 1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4 1945 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie 1956 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins Gibson's 1st US Title 1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson) Tennis PlayerAlthea Gibson 1957 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Miami Valley GC: Lionel Hebert wins 2 & 1 from Dow Finsterwald; last time event played under match-play format 1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green) PGA Championship 1963 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from fellow American Dave Ragan GolferJack Nicklaus 1968 55th Tour de France won by Jan Janssen of Netherlands PGA Championship 1968 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pecan Valley GC: Julius Boros (48) becomes oldest winner of a major; wins by 1 from Bob Charles & Arnold Palmer GolferArnold Palmer GolferBob Charles 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0 Sports History 1972 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers release knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, ending his career Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm Sports History 1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta Baseball PlayerHank Aaron Baseball PlayerKen Brett Tour de France 1974 61st Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins 5th Tour that he enters; equals Jacques Anquetil record for Tour victories Road CyclistJacques Anquetil Road CyclistEddy Merckx US Women's Golf Open 1974 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Stone and Carol Mann GolferSandra Haynie GolferCarol Mann Sports History 1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin Sports History 1975 NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Torre British Golf Open 1979 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins by 3 from Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw; Nicklaus runner-up for record 7th time Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros GolferJack Nicklaus GolferBen Crenshaw Tour de France 1985 72nd Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault British Golf Open 1985 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Scotsman Sandy Lyle wins his only Open title by 1 stroke from runner-up Payne Stewart; last time event features double cut (after 36 and 54 holes), introduced in 1968 GolferPayne Stewart Tyson vs Williams 1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson 1991 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood Baseball Hall of Fame 1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York Cricket History 1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent 1995 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings 1996 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark British Golf Open 1996 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier NHL History 1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers 1997 NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault British Golf Open 2002 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Ernie Els of South Africa wins first of 2 Open titles in a playoff from Australians Stuart Appleby & Steve Elkington, and Frenchman Thomas Levet Michael Schumacher's 5th Title 2002 With a record 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 NZ Win Tri Nations Rugby 2007 New Zealand beats Australia, 26-12 at Eden Park, Auckland to win their 3rd consecutive Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter lands 7 penalties for the All Blacks Tour de France 2013 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain British Golf Open 2013 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden 2019 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Playing in torrential rain, Irishman Shane Lowry wins his first major title by 6 strokes from Tommy Fleetwood of England
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 Men's Open 1921 US Open Men's Golf, Columbia CC: Englishman Jim Barnes wins the 3rd of his 4 major titles by 9 strokes ahead of runners-up Walter Hagen and Fred McLeod Pioneering GolferJim Barnes GolferWalter Hagen GolferFred McLeod 1923 17th Tour de France won by Henri Pelissier of France Johnson's Strikeout Milestone 1923 Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson becomes 1st to reach 3,000 career strikeout milestone (en route to 3,508) with 5 K's in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians MLB PitcherWalter Johnson Yankees Buy Durocher 1925 NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League) Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher 1926 Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves 1936 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johnny Moore hits 3 straight home runs in a 16-4 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1955 Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3 to complete a team record 11-game winning streak; longest win-streak since 1892 1962 Chicago White Sox outfielder Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) as WS defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3 at Fenway Park PGA Championship 1962 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Aronimink GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins by 1 stroke from Bob Goalby GolferGary Player Liston KOs Patterson 1963 In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionSonny Liston Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson 1967 Atlanta Braves establish MLB record for number of pitchers called upon in one inning; 5 used in 9th inning of 5-4 defeat to St. Louis Cardinals Tour de France 1972 59th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium takes 4th consecutive general classification title as well as points and combination events Road CyclistEddy Merckx 1973 60th Tour de France won by Luis Ocana of Spain 1973 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Susie Maxwell Berning wins by 5 from Gloria Ehret & Shelley Hamlin for her third national title Tour de France 1979 66th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault 1983 MLB California Angels outfielder Brian Downing's error ends his record streak at 244 games Federation Cup 1984 22nd Federation Cup Women's Tennis, São Paulo, Brazil: Czech pair Hana Mandlíková & Helena Suková beat Australians Elizabeth Sayers & Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-2 for a 2-1 victory Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova 1984 71st Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France British Golf Open 1984 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his 2nd of 3 Open titles by 2 shots from Bernhard Langer & Tom Watson Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer GolferTom Watson Tour de France 1990 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA CyclistGreg LeMond Golf Tournament 1990 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson GolferPhil Mickelson British Golf Open 1990 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo GolferPayne Stewart Don Mattingly 1993 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly O.J. Simpson Pleads 1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson 1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired 1994 MLB pitcher Doc Gooden admitted to enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation Greg Maddux 1997 Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux British Golf Open 2001 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: David Duval wins his only major title by 3 shots from Niclas Fasth of Sweden GolferDavid Duval 2007 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Irishman Pádraig Harrington beats Sergio García of Spain by 1 in a 4-hole aggregate playoff to claim his first major championship; first Irishman to win the Open in 60 years 2012 99th Tour de France won by Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain British Golf Open 2012 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: South African Ernie Els wins his 2nd Claret Jug, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott of Australia GolferErnie Els 2012 Hashim Amla smashes 311 not out in South Africa's inning and 12 run 1st Test win over England at The Oval; first South African to score a triple-century in Test cricket Babcock To Coach Canada 2013 Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists) NHL CoachMike Babcock 2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records 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 PM Khan Meets US President 2019 Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan 45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump
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) International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (later Davis Cup) at Wimbledon: Norman Brookes beats Herbert Roper Barrett 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 to give Australasia a 3-2 win over British Isles 1921 American long jumper Edward Gourdin sets new world record of 7.69m (25 ft 2+3⁄4 in) at Cambridge, Massachusetts 1922 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium Lou Gehrig 1st Grand Slam 1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig 1931 France announces it can't afford to send a team to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics due to the Great Depression. They eventually do manage to send a team. 1933 27th Tour de France won by Georges Speicher of France Bradman Makes 304 1934 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 in drawn 4th Test vs England at Leeds; 430 minutes, 43 x fours, 2 x sixes Cricket LegendDonald Bradman 1938 Australian 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 Cronin and Greenberg Inducted 1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin US Women's Open 1960 US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 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 Baseball 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 Tour de France 1978 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault 1978 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their 5th straight game Baseball History 1978 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200 Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton US Women's Golf Open 1978 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Indianapolis: Hollis Stacy successfully defends title by 1 stroke from Sally Little and JoAnne Carner GolferJoAnne Carner GolferSally Little Baseball Record 1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett Baseball Record 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 Tour de France 1989 76th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA 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 Golfer and PGA ChampionWayne Grady 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 1993 Chris Boardman cycles a world record 1 hour distance of 52.27 km Cricket History 1993 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley 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 Senior Open Championship 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 GolferBob Charles Baseball History 1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits 1994 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC 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 Tour de France 1995 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 5th consecutive Tour, 4' 35" ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them Tour de France 2000 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified) British Golf Open 2000 British Open Men's Golf, 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 2006 93rd Tour de France won by Oscar Pereiro of Spain 2006 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Tiger Woods wins his 2nd consecutive Open Championship title and 3rd overall; holds off fellow American Chris DiMarco by 2 strokes 2009 Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 Tour de France 2017 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win British Golf Open 2017 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Jordan Spieth wins by 3 strokes from countryman Matt Kuchar Professional GolferJordan Spieth 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup: England beat India by 9 runs in the final at Lords in London 2019 Nike's Jordan Brand signs 2019 NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to richest multiyear sponsorship deal for a rookie in history; estimated 7 years for $75 million 2021 MLB Cleveland Indians announce team will be renamed the Guardians, after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located near their playing field 2021 XXXII Summer Olympic Games officially open at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 2023 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: American Brian Harman wins his first major title by 6 shots over Jason Day, Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, and Sepp Straka 2023 Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York
JULY 24 1860 Olympics 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 Trumper's Century 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 International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward & Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0) Tennis PlayerLaurence Doherty Tennis PlayerBeals Wright 1908 American Johnny Hayes wins 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 Nurmi Runs 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 36th Tour de France 1949 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy CyclistFausto Coppi 1949 Indian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5 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 Casey Stengel Resigns 1965 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel 1966 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: American Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong 1967 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Columbine CC: Don January wins his only major title in 18-hole playoff with Don Messengale (69-71) 1967 Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game Hoyt Wilhelm 1968 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game breaking Cy Young's record for pitching appearances MLB PitcherCy Young Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm 1970 International Lawn Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule 1973 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, Kansas City Baseball History 1973 All Star MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants) MLB Outfielder and CoachBobby Bonds 1977 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France Baseball Record 1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881 MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose Baseball HOF InfielderFrankie Frisch US Women's Golf Open 1977 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez LPGA GolferNancy Lopez Billy Martin Resigns 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 1978 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games Baseball History 1979 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski 1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switzerland (2-1) 1983 70th Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France Baseball History 1983 Pine Tar Game: George Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned) MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett 1988 75th Tour de France won by Pedro Delgado of Spain 1988 US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup US Women's Golf Open 1988 US Open Women's Golf, Baltimore CC: Liselotte Neumann of Sweden wins her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan Sports History 1992 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) Federation Cup 1994 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport Tennis PlayerLindsay Davenport Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario Tour de France 1994 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 4th consecutive Tour, 5' 39" ahead of Piotr Ugrumov; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner CyclistMiguel Induráin 1994 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Patty Sheehan wins her second title in 3 years, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tammie Green; 5th of her 6 major titles Tour de France 2005 92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive victory but disqualified in 2012 for doping CyclistLance Armstrong Senior Open Championship 2005 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Ireland's Des Smyth GolferTom Watson 2011 98th Tour de France won by Cadel Evans of Australia; first and only Australian to win the event 2011 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Walton Heath: Russ Cochran wins by 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 Tour de France 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 Milák Breaks Phelps' Record 2019 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák breaks Michael Phelps' 10-year-old 200m butterfly world record at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea; swims 1:50.73, 0.78s faster than Phelps SwimmerMichael Phelps 2022 109th Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark wins overall & mountains sections; Team Jumbo–Visma claims treble with Belgian rider Wout van Aert taking the points section 2022 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Gleneagles: Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland finishes at -10 to beat Irishman Pádraig Harrington by 1 stroke Baseball Hall of Fame 2022 David Ortiz, Gil Hodges, Bud Fowler, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso and Buck O’Neil are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY Baseball Player and CoachBuck O'Neil Baseball Designated Hitter and First BasemanDavid Ortiz MLB First BasemanGil Hodges 2022 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Brooke Henderson of Canada edges American rookie Sophia Schubert by 1 stroke for her second major title
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 Jeffries KOs Fitzsimmons 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 BoxerBob Fitzsimmons 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 W. G. Grace Retires 1914 Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park CricketerW. G. Grace 1937 31st Tour de France won by Roger 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) Musial Aids St Louis Victory 1949 St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Bkln 14-1 MLB LegendStan Musial Baseball History 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates' Roberto Clemente hits MLB's 1st (and only) walk-off inside-the-park grand slam for 9-8 win over visiting Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field Baseball PlayerRoberto Clemente 1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick for England v WI at Headingley Baseball Record 1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium, NYC Baseball PlayerRoger Maris 1961 Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 off of 4 Chicago White Sox pitchers in a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, NYC 1964 Australian cricket captain and opening batsman Bob Simpson hits 311 v England in the drawn 4th Test in Manchester Baseball 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 1976 Annegret Richter runs 100m (11.01) Baseball Record 1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose Team Manger 1978 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin 1981 Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby match between the provincial team Waikato and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game [1] 1982 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0) Tour de France 1982 69th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France Cyclist and 5-Time Tour De France WinnerBernard Hinault US Women's Golf Open 1982 US Open Women's Golf, Del Paso CC: Janet Anderson shoots final round 68 (−4) to claim her only LPGA Tour win, 6 strokes ahead of Beth Daniel, Donna White, JoAnne Carner and Sandra Haynie LPGA GolferBeth Daniel GolferJoAnne Carner GolferSandra Haynie US Senior Golf Open 1983 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Billy Casper wins with birdie on first extra hole after an 18-hole playoff with Rod Funseth GolferBilly Casper Baseball History 1990 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett Sports History 1990 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres MLB game Comedienne and ActressRoseanne Barr 1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use 1991 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium 1992 25th Olympic Games open in Barcelona, Spain 1993 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) 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 Tour de France 1993 Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it 3 straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner CyclistMiguel Induráin 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 NFL History 1997 QB Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs NFL QuarterbackBrett Favre Tour de France 1999 86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins 1st of 7 consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for drug cheating CyclistLance Armstrong 1999 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Irishman Christy O'Connor Jr wins by 3 strokes from John Bland of South Africa 2004 91st Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified) Senior Open Championship 2004 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush: Pete Oakley wins by 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 Contract of Interest 2007 Patrick Kane signs a three-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks Ice Hockey PlayerPatrick Kane 2010 97th Tour de France won by Andy Schleck of Luxembourg Senior Open Championship 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 GolferCorey Pavin 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 Pakistani General Election 2018 Party of former cricketer Imran Khan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), wins the most votes but not a majority in Pakistan's Pakistan general election, which are marred by violence and a bomb that kills 31 people Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan Olympic Games 2021 Australia wins women's 4 x 100m relay for third straight Olympics as Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell set new WR 3:29.69 in Tokyo SwimmerEmma McKeon 2021 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: Welshman Stephen Dodd wins his first major title with a 1 stroke victory over Miguel Ángel Jiménez of Spain 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 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 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
JULY 26 1914 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium 1928 In only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC 1928 New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th inning, beating Tigers 12-1 in Detroit 1931 25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France International Lawn Tennis Challenge 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 Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet 1931 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Midlothian CC: June Beebe beats Mrs. Melvin Jones, 3 & 2 for golf's only major title DiMaggio Hitting Streak Ends 1933 Joe DiMaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs 1947 46th Men's French Championships: Jozsef Asboth beats Eric Sturgess (8-6, 7-5, 6-4) French Women's Championship 1947 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Patricia Todd wins her only major singles title beating Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Tennis PlayerDoris Hart Babe Ruth Story 1948 "Babe Ruth Story" premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance Baseball LegendBabe Ruth Durocher Returns 1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as manager of the New York Giants Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 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 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester PGA Championship 1955 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Meadowbrook CC: Doug Ford scores a 4 & 3 win over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final; first of 2 majors (Masters 1957) GolferCary Middlecoff 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 Baseball History 1959 Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game; retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLarry Doby Baseball Record 1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets 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 Bowie Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of 1984 due to cocaine conviction MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn Major League Baseball pitcherVida Blue Baseball History 1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,502nd single MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose MLB LegendTy Cobb 1987 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland 1987 Catfish Hunter, Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 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 Baseball Record 1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for the 23rd consecutive season MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan Tour de France 1992 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain defends his title by 4' 35" from Italian Claudio Chiappucci; Laurent Jalabert points winner CyclistMiguel Induráin US Women's Golf Open 1992 US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Patty Sheehan wins an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74 LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan US Senior Golf Open 1998 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Riviera CC: Hale Irwin wins by 1 stroke ahead of Vicente Fernández of Argentina GolferHale Irwin 2009 96th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain Senior Open Championship 2009 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk GolferFred Funk Sports History 2014 Brian Ortega makes his UFC debut against Mike De La Torre at UFC on Fox 12 Mixed Martial ArtistBrian Ortega Tour de France 2015 102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain Senior Open Championship 2015 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Marco Dawson wins by 1 shot from Bernhard Langer of Germany 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 Juventus Wins 9th Straight Serie A 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 Adam Peaty Wins Gold 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 International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon, England: Maurice McLoughlin beats Charles Dixon 8-6, 6-3, 6-2 to give US an unassailable 3-1 lead over the British Isles; US wins, 3-2 Tennis PlayerMaurice McLoughlin 1914 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade 1919 13th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium 1920 14th Tour de France: Belgian rider Philippe Thys becomes first to win the race 3 times 1920 American defender Resolute beats Thomas Lipton's British challenger Shamrock IV 3-2 in the 14th America's Cup 1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games close in Paris, France Mel Ott Hits 1st HR 1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park) Baseball Player and ManagerMel Ott 1928 Kent cricket leg-spinner Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July 1930 24th Tour de France: French cyclist André Leducq scores first of 2 Tour victories (1932) International Lawn Tennis Challenge 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 Tennis PlayerJean Borotra 1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1) 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: GB 4 title streak ends as American Frank Parker beats Charles Hare 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 for an unbeatable 3-1 lead; ends 4-1 1945 Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees 1946 45th Women's French Championships: Margaret Osborne beats Pauline Betz (1-6, 8-6, 7-5) 1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs French Men's Open 1946 French Championships Men's Tennis: Marcel Bernard beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 Ice Hockey and Tennis StarJaroslav Drobný Yogi Berra Begins Streak 1947 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra starts a record 148 game errorless streak MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra Bradman's Last Test Century 1948 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404 Cricket LegendDonald Bradman 1952 Swedish race walker John Mikaelsson 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 Baseball's new Continental League is formally announced by attorney William Shea; teams in Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota; New York City; and Toronto, Ontario are confirmed, with three more to be named later 1959 William Shea announces plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961 1967 Helmond Sport football team founded in Helmond, Netherlands LPGA Championship 1969 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Concord GC: Betsy Rawls wins her second LPGA C'ship, 4 strokes ahead of runners-up Carol Mann and Susie Maxwell Berning LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls GolferCarol Mann 1970 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game 1970 Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 1973 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103) 1973 Walter Blum becomes the sixth jockey to ride 4,000 winners 1974 Kanhai and Jameson add 465 runs for the second wicket in a county cricket match between Warwickshire and Gloucestershire 1978 Cleveland Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd in MLB history to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game, at Yankee Stadium Baseball Record 1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, also winning his 1st game as a Kansas City Royal MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton Baseball PitcherGaylord Perry Baseball 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 10,000m Record Set 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 Long Distance RunnerIngrid Kristiansen 1986 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0) Tour de France 1986 73rd Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA CyclistGreg LeMond Canadian Women's Open 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 Baseball History 1988 Baseball star Tommy John commits record 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3 Baseball PitcherTommy John Baseball History 1989 Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) Baseball OutfielderDale Murphy Cricket 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 infielder Travis Fryman hits for cycle but Tigers lose, 12-7 to NY Yankees 1993 NBC TV is awarded coverage of the 1996 Olympics for $456 million 1993 NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games 1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, killing one and injuring 110 1996 Brazilian pair Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires win inaugural women's beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics 1996 David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs 1997 84th Tour de France won by Jan Ullrich of Germany Senior Open Championship 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 1997 Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16 Tour de France 2003 90th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified) CyclistLance Armstrong Senior Open Championship 2003 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Tom Watson wins in a playoff with Carl Mason of England GolferTom Watson 2008 95th Tour de France won by Carlos Sastre of Spain 2008 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: Bruce Vaughan birdies first extra playoff hole to beat fellow American John Cook by a stroke London Olympics Opening Ceremony 2012 Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th 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 Senior Open Championship 2014 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second Open Senior title by 13 strokes from Colin Montgomerie of Scotland Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer GolferColin Montgomerie 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) 2019 MLB Phillies revive reviled 1979 all-burgundy alternate uniforms as part of a "retro night" promotion in 15-7 loss to Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia [1] Simone Biles Withdraws 2021 American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles withdraws from the women's team final at the Tokyo Games citing need to focus on her mental health; also misses individual finals GymnastSimone Biles 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 2021 Triathlete Flora Duffy claims historic first ever Olympic gold medal for Bermuda in the women's event at the Tokyo 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 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium 1929 24th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2) 1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Michigan) International Lawn Tennis Challenge 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 Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet 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 International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 4 straight titles for GB as Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry Bradman Scores 202 1938 Don Bradman scores 202 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 MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Landis strikes out 5 times in a loss to the Orioles in Baltimore 1972 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162) 1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's Ian Botham Debut 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 Dave Kingman 1979 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game Baseball PlayerDave Kingman 1984 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles Canadian Women's Open 1985 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Pat Bradley wins by 1 from Jane Geddes LPGA GolferPat Bradley LPGA GolferJane Geddes Baseball Hall of Fame 1985 Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan, & Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York Baseball PlayerEnos Slaughter Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock Baseball Player and Knuckleball PitcherHoyt Wilhelm Ángel Cordero Jr 1987 Ángel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr. US Women's Golf Open 1987 US Open Women's Golf, Plainfield CC: England's Laura Davies 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 GolferJoAnne Carner Baseball Record 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 Baseball OutfielderDale Murphy 1989 Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50 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 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 Tour de France 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 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 GolferChi-Chi Rodríguez 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 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 Senior Open Championship 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 GolferBob Charles Baseball History 1996 NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR NHL Trade 1997 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs Tour de France 2002 89th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified) 2002 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Noboru Sugai of Japan wins by 2 shots from John irwin of Canada 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 Baseball History 2015 Pedro Martínez's number 45 is retired by the Boston Red Sox Tour de France 2019 106th Tour de France: 22-year-old Egan Bernal becomes first ever Colombian and Latin American winner; Points champion: Peter Sagan of Slovakia Senior Open Championship 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 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 2021 19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games 2021 Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus claims 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
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 Wagner's Grand Slam HR 1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR MLB ShortshopHonus Wagner Cleveland's 125th Anniversary 1921 Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, aged 54, pitches two innings MLB PitcherCy Young 1924 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship 1928 23rd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (4-1) 1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in the first 2 innings to beat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field, setting a record with 24 singles in one game International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team retains title as Henri Cochet beats American Bill Tilden 9-7, 8-6, 6-4 for 3-1 lead; ends 4-1 Tennis PlayerBill Tilden Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet 1934 28th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France PGA Men's Championship 1934 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins the first of his two PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes GolferCraig Wood 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 3rd straight GB title as Pat Hughes & Raymond Tuckey beat Americans Wilmer Allison & John Van Ryn 6-2, 1-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0 1938 Olympic National Park established in Washington state, longest undeveloped coastline in America 1940 SV. Urk Dutch soccer team forms XIV Summer Olympics 1948 King George VI opens the XIV Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London King of the United KingdomGeorge VI 1950 Pee Wee Reese hits the 3,000th home run for the Dodgers 1951 38th Tour de France won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland 1956 US Open Women's Golf, Northland CC: Kathy Cornelius wins her only major title in an 18-hole playoff by 7 strokes over amateur Barbara McIntire Patterson TKOs Jackson 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, first of a 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 Baseball Record 1974 MLB St Louis Cardinals Lou Brock steals his 700th base Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock Yankees Announce Shake Up 1978 On Old Timer's Day, 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 Canadian Women's Open 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 GolferAmy Alcott 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 American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter take out the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the LA Olympics 1984 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George's CC: Juli Inkster wins by 1 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan 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 Phillies Retire #32 1989 Philadelphia Phillies retire #32 in honor of pitcher Steve Carlton 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) 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 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 1991 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0) Fans Heckle Canseco 1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco MLB PlayerJosé Canseco 1992 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.16) at the World Championships in Perth, Australia, breaking his own record set in August 1991 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 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 1993 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession 1995 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14 Monica Seles Returns 1995 Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis after she was stabbed in an on-court attack in 1993 Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova Tommy Lasorda Retires 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 No Winner Tour de France 2001 88th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified) CyclistLance Armstrong Senior Open Championship 2001 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Australian Ian Stanley wins in a playoff with Bob Charles of New Zealand GolferBob Charles 2001 Copa América Final, Estadio El Campín, Bogotá: Defender Iván Córdoba scores winner as home team Columbia edge Mexico, 1-0 Marco van Basten 2004 Marco van Basten is named the manager of the Netherlands national team Soccer StarMarco van Basten 2007 94th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain Senior Open Championship 2007 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his 3rd Open Senior title by 1 shot from Mark O'Meara and Stewart Ginn GolferTom Watson GolferMark O'Meara Senior Open Championship 2012 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Fred Couples wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Gary Hallberg Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples Senior Open Championship 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
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 Jack Dempsey fights George Fulljames in possibly the first 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, California International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Fred Perry beats André Merlin 4-6, 8-6, 6-2, 7-5 to give Great Britain a 3-2 victory over France; ends French 6 title win streak Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry 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 Zátopek Sets 10,000 Record 1948 Czech distance running legend Emil Zátopek wins the 10,000m at the London Olympics in 29:59.6, an Olympic record Distance RunnerEmil Zátopek Ty Cobb Testifies 1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players MLB LegendTy Cobb 1954 Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles 1955 42nd Tour de France: French cyclist Louison Bobet claims last of his 3 straight general classification victories Willie McCovey Debuts 1959 In his MLB debut, SF Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 in a 7-2 win over Philadelphia Phillies at Seal Stadium Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey 1960 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 MLB Milwaukee Brewers manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 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 Jenner Wins Decathlon 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 1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball 1978 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs 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 1980 Houston Astros pitcher J. R. Richard suffers a stroke and collapses while playing a game of catch before an Astros game, ending his career 1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more 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 1988 MLB Pitcher John Franco saves a record 13th game during the month of July Steinbrenner Resigns 1990 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of NY Yankees New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner Cricket History 1990 Graham Gooch scores 123 v India to follow up 1st innings 333 CricketerGraham Gooch 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 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Brian Barnes of Scotland wins in a playoff with American Bob Murphy 1995 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v West Indies at Old Trafford Baseball Hall of Fame 1995 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter baseball's Hall of Fame Baseball PlayerRichie Ashburn MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt 1996 Tommy Lasoda retires as LA Dodger manager 2000 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Irishman Christy O'Connor Jr. successfully defends his title by 2 shots from John Bland of South Africa 2006 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Loren Roberts wins in a playoff with Eduardo Romero of Argentina 2006 Bruce Sutter, relief pitcher for Cubs, Cardinals, and Braves, inducted into MLB Hall of Fame, in Cooperstown, New York 2012 General Motors (Chevrolet) sign a record breaking 7 year $559 million sponsorship deal with EPL club Manchester United Senior Open Championship 2017 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his 3rd Open Senior title by 3 shots from Corey Pavin Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer GolferCorey Pavin 2023 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl GC: Alex Čejka of Germany wins his third seniors major title in a playoff against Irishman Pádraig Harrington 2023 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Céline Boutier of France wins her first major title by 6 strokes from Canada's defending champion Brooke Henderson
JULY 31 1899 Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground Tour de France 1910 Tour de France: Octave Lapize of France wins by just 4 points from Team Alcyon teammate François Faber of Luxembourg CyclistFrançois Faber 1928 Halina Konopacka of Poland hurls a discus world record of 39.62m to win the first gold medal in women's Olympic athletics at the Amsterdam Games 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) Baseball 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 26th Tour de France: French cyclist André Leducq wins after tallying 6 stage victories; his second Tour triumph (1930) 1932 Cleveland Indians christen their new home, Municipal Stadium before more than 76,000 fans; lose opener, 1-0 to the Philadelphia A's International Lawn Tennis Challenge 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 Tennis PlayerJean Borotra International Lawn Tennis Challenge 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 Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry 1936 IOC awards Tokyo, Japan the 1940 Summer Olympic Games. Later canceled due to the Second Sino-Japanese War. 1938 32nd Tour de France: Italian cyclist Gino Bartali wins both general and mountain classifications Jake Powell Suspended 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 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 1948 American swimmer Wally Ris wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal at the London Olympics beating teammate Alan Ford by 0.4 seconds 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 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 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) 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 Pete Rose's Hitting Streak 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 Baseball Hall of Fame 1983 Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell and Walter Alston are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson Baseball ManagerWalter Alston Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherJuan Marichal 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 GolferJoAnne Carner 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 1988 Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-21 in the American Bowl at London's Wembley Stadium 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 Baseball 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 PlayerWillie Stargell 1989 MLB Minnesota Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to New York Mets Baseball 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 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 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) Baseball Trade 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 Baseball Hall of Fame 1994 New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton Sportscaster and MLB ShortstopPhil Rizzuto Baseball Trade 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 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 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 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 Women's British Open 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 GolferYani Tseng US Senior Golf Open 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 GolferMark O'Meara Equestrian Final 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 Phelps Medal Record 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 British Open Women's Golf, Woburn: Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand wins by 3 from Mo Martin & Mirim Lee 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 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 Ledecky's Third 800m 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 Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown wins gold in 200m backstroke to complete 100/200 double at the Tokyo Olympic Games 1st Mixed-Gender Olympic Swim Event 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 SwimmerAdam Peaty Jamaican 100m Sweep 2021 Jamaican sprinters Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson trifecta women's 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics; Thompson Herah retains title SprinterElaine Thompson-Herah SprinterShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
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 Tour de France 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 MLB Brooklyn Robins pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out a MLB record 7 consecutive batters, and 14 overall in 4-0 win over visiting Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field 1928 Americans sweep medals at a rainy Olympic pole vault final in Amsterdam with Sabin Carr gold, from William Droegemuller and Charles McGinnis Babe Ruth Hits HR #42 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 Legend Babe Ruth Scoreless Innings Record Set 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 Pitcher Carl 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 XI Summer Olympic Games 1936 XI Summer Olympic Games are opened by Adolph Hitler in Berlin 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 Ott Hits 500th HR 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 1957 Ex MLB outfielder Glen Gorbous throws a regulation baseball a record 136m (445' 10") in a game promotion 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 Baseman Gil Hodges Cricket 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 Monbouquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at White Sox Park Arthur Ashe 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) Jim Clark 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 PlayerWillie Stargell Richard Petty's Record Earnings 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 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 NBA Trade 1973 Struggling ABA club Virginia Squires trades star forward Julius Erving to New York Nets for George Carter and cash NBA LegendJulius Erving Lauda Crashes 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 1976 Seattle Seahawks take the field for the first time in pre-season game v SF 49ers at the newly constructed Kingdome in Seattle 1976 XXI Summer Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada: Officially close 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 East German runner Waldemar Cierpinski wins his second consecutive Olympic Games marathon in 12:11:03 in Moscow 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) 1982 After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice Greg Louganis 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 Baseball Hall of Fame 1982 Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson Baseball PlayerHank Aaron Cricket 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 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 Tyson vs Tucker 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 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 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) 1992 British athlete Linford Christie (32) becomes the oldest man to win an Olympic 100m gold medal edging Frankie Fredericks in Barcelona Baseball 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 Baseball Record 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 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 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 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 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 1997 6th Athletics World Championships open at Athens, Greece Canadian Women's Open 1999 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Priddis Greens GC: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 2 from Laura Davies of England NFL Largest Signing Bonus 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 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 US Senior Golf Open 2004 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Bellerive GC: Peter Jacobson wins by 1 shot from 2-time champion Hale Irwin GolferHale Irwin 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 Women's British Open 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 GolferYani Tseng US Senior Golf Open 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 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 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) 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 2013 Jason Koumas signs a one-year deal with Tranmere Rovers after a successful trial 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 American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins his 5th gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay 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 Emma McKeon 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 SwimmerEmma McKeon 2021 Chinese diver Shi Tingmao completes women's 3m springboard/synchronized 3m springboard double at the Tokyo Olympics for second consecutive Games 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 Marcell Jacobs becomes first Italian athlete to win the coveted 100m in 9.80 at the Tokyo Olympics
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 Walter Johnson's First Game 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 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 1936 Tour de France: Sylvère Maes of Belgium wins his second title from Frenchman Antone Magne 1938 MLB conducts the first test of bright yellow baseballs during Dodgers vs Cardinals doubleheader 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 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 Italians Adolfo Consolini and Giuseppe Tosi go 1-2 in the men's discus final at the London Olympics Patterson Wins 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 1952 Hungarian boxer László Papp wins his 2nd straight Olympic gold medal Willie McCovey's 1st HR 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 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 1959 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Minneapolis GC: Bob Rosburg wins by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders 1960 Baseball's new Continental League formally disbands without ever having played a game after established MLB promise of expansion including New York City achieved the owners' desired effect; on August 2, 1960, the Continental League formally disbanded. 1961 St Louis Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in an exhibition game in Toronto, Canada 1967 NFL New Orleans Saints play 1st ever pre-season game, lose to Los Angeles Rams 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium in California 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 George Brett Debuts 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 MLB New York Mets purchase contract of outfielder José Cardenal from Philadelphia Phillies between games of a double-header between the two teams 1979 Washington, D.C. trial attorney Edward Bennett Williams buys MLB's Baltimore Orioles from Jerold Hoffberger for reported $12.3 million 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 Cricket 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 Cricket 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 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1986 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee beats her own world heptathlon record by 13 points (7,161) in Houston Track and Field AthleteJackie Joyner-Kersee 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 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 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 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan 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 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 Baseball 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 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 MLB Baltimore Orioles team at auction in New York for $173M, nearly $50M more than ever paid for a baseball team Dream Team III 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 Canadian Women's Open 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 Women's British Open 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 World Records Galore 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 Golf History 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) GolferFred Funk 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 Women's British Open 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 GolferInbee Park
AUGUST 3 1852 America's first intercollegiate sporting event takes place as the Harvard heavyweight rowing crew beats Yale by 2 lengths over 2 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1881 US National Lawn Tennis Association removes "National" from its name 1906 Washington Nationals' Tom Hughes becomes first MLB pitcher to win a 1-0 extra innings game off his own home run in 10th v St. Louis Browns Umpire Starts a Riot 1909 MLB umpire Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting in the face of A's second baseman Eddie Collins who had questioned a call; Hurst is banned for life Baseball LegendEddie Collins 1914 NY Yankees catcher Les Nunamaker throws out 3 Tigers' runners to 2nd base during the 1st innings, only time in 20th Century 1921 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Landis hands out life bans to 8 Chicago White Sox players accused in Black Sox scandal despite their acquittal by a Chicago jury Games Cancelled on President's Death 1923 Baseball games cancelled following the death of US President Warren G. Harding 29th US PresidentWarren G. Harding Piet Moeskops Sprint Champion 1924 Dutch track cyclist Piet Moeskops wins his 4th consecutive UCI world sprint championship in Paris Track CyclistPiet Moeskops 1928 Ray Barbuti wins 400m in 47.8 at the Amsterdam Olympics, the only individual track event won by an American at the Games Chuck Klein's Second Streak 1930 For the 2nd time in the year, Phillies outfielder Chuck Klein hits safely in 26 straight games, run halted in 2nd game of doubleheader v Boston Braves Baseball Hall of Fame Right FielderChuck Klein 1932 Official automatic timing & photo-finish camera for track events is used for the 1st time at Los Angeles Olympics, instrumental in changing 110m hurdles final, review gives Donald Finley bronze ahead of American Jack Keller 1933 Philadelphia A's beat NY Yankees, 7-0, first time in 308 games 'Bronx Bombers' are shut out Jesse Owens Wins Gold 1936 American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100m (10.3 seconds) in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, first of 4 gold medals at the Games Jesse Owens gets into his stride at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin 1936 Karl Hein (56.49 Olympic record) and Erwin Blask make it a German 1-2 in the hammer throw at the Berlin Olympics DiMaggio Ends Streak 1941 Joe DiMaggio goes 0-4 in Yankees 6-2 loss v St. Louis Browns, ending his on-base streak of 74 games, 2nd in MLB history Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio 1948 American divers Vicki Draves, Zoe Ann Olsen and Patsy Elsener go 1-2-3 in a US clean sweep of the medals in the women's 3m springboard at the London Olympics 1948 An American 1-2 in the men's 200m at the London Olympics with Mel Patton (21.1) beating teammate Barney Ewell 1948 An American clean sweep of the medals in the men's 3m springboard diving at the London Olympics with Bruce Harlan winning gold, Miller Anderson silver and Sammy Lee bronze 1948 An American sweep of the medals in the men's shot put at the London Olympics with Wilbur Thompson taking gold ahead of teammates Jim Delaney & Jim Fuchs Paige's Cleveland Debut 1948 Negro League veteran pitcher Satchel Paige, age 42, debuts in Cleveland after controversial signing, goes 7 innings in 5-3 win v Washington Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige 1948 The US 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf and Bill Smith swim a world record 8:46.0 to win gold at the London Olympics 1949 Basketball Association of America (BAA) & National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form National Basketball Association (NBA), Maurice Podoloff elected head of new league Ascari Wins F1 Championship 1952 Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari clinches Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring Auto RacerAlberto Ascari 1952 XV Summer Olympic Games close in Helsinki, Finland 1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing, Le Mans disaster and Bill Vukovich death at Indianapolis contributing factors 1955 Belgian middle distance runner Roger Moens breaks Rudolph Harbig's long standing 800m world record (1:45.7) in Oslo, Norway 1956 American sprinter Willie Williams sets 100m world record at 10.1 in Berlin, Germany 1959 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA 1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in Game 2 of All Star Baseball doubleheader (to boost player pension fund) at LA Memorial Coliseum 1960 For the only time in MLB history teams exchange managers as Detroit trades Jimmy Dykes (44-52) for Cleveland's Joe Gordon (49-46) 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in exhibition game at CNE Stadium in Toronto 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates rout the St. Louis Cardinals, 19-0, the largest lopsided shutout in NL history 1962 NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games 1969 Cincinnati Reds with 25 hits & 10 runs in 5th edge Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 at Connie Mack Stadium 1970 The second ever NFL work stoppage ends with NFL and Players' Association agreeing to a 4-year, $19.1 million deal PGA Championship 1979 Sam Snead, at 67 years, 2 months and 7 days sets the record for the oldest player to make the cut in a major - PGA Championship at Oakland Hills CC GolferSam Snead 1980 Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein and Tom Yawkey are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 1980 XXII Summer Olympic Games close in Moscow, Russia 1982 Pitching coach Clyde King becomes NY Yankees 3rd manager of the season replacing Gene Michaels after Yanks swept at home by Chicago White Sox 1984 17-year-old Australian swimmer Jon Sieben stages a withering finish to upset hot favourite Michael Gross of West Germany in 200m butterfly at Los Angeles Olympics, world record (1:57.04) 1984 Mary Lou Retton scores 10 for final vault to win the individual all-round competition in Los Angeles and become first American woman to win an Olympic gymnastics medal 1984 Mexicans Ernesto Canto and Raúl González take the gold and silver medals in the 20k walk at the Los Angeles Olympics 1986 First NFL 'American Bowl' exhibition game at London's Wembley Stadium, Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 Baseball Hall of Fame 1986 Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr and Ernie Lombardi are inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey Hall of Fame Baseball PlayerBobby Doerr Jack Morris 1987 Detroit Tigers ace Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2, 10 innings loss v Kansas City Royals Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherJack Morris 1987 Twins pitcher Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound in 11-3 win v Angels, ejected and suspended for 10 games 1989 Cincinnati Reds set MLB record for most hits in 1st inning of a game with 16 for 14 runs in an 18-1 rout of Houston Astros Rickey Henderson 1989 Future Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 stolen bases in 9 of his first 11 seasons in MLB MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson 1989 Jorge Velásquez wins aboard Maddie Bumpo in the 3rd at Arlington International Racecourse to become only the 5th jockey in the world to ride 6,000 career winners 1990 NY Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas sets a MLB record for hitting 10 home runs in the fewest at bats (72) Tour de France 1996 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin of Spain wins the 52.2k road time trial in 1:04:05, 12 seconds ahead of countryman Abraham Olano at the Atlanta Olympics CyclistMiguel Induráin Andre Agassi 1996 American Andre Agassi wins the men's singles Tennis gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics beating Spaniard Sergi Bruguera 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 Tennis LegendAndre Agassi Tennis StarSergi Bruguera 1997 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Glen Abbey GC: Colleen Walker wins by 2 shots from Liselotte Neumann of Sweden 1997 Manchester United beats Chelsea 4-2 on penalties to win the Charity Shield, after a bad-tempered 1-all draw at Wembley 1998 The Oval stages first competitive cricket match played under floodlights in London when home team Surrey loses to Sussex by 8 wickets in the day/night 40-over fixture Arsenal Sign Thierry Henry 1999 Arsenal FC completes a huge signing coup snapping up ace French striker Thierry Henry for a bargain £10 million from Italian club Juventus. Footballer and ManagerThierry Henry 1999 Thierry Henry transfers from Juventus to Arsenal for an estimated fee of £11 million 2000 England cricket wicket-keeper Alec Stewart becomes only the 4th batsman to score a century (105) in his 100th Test, during the 3rd Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford 2001 8th Athletics World Championships open at Edmonton, Canada 2001 Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia becomes first athlete to achieve Olympics-World Championships marathon double; runs 2:12:42 to beat Kenya's Simon Biwott by just 0.1s in Edmonton World Championships Women's British Open 2003 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins by 1 stroke from Se Ri Pak; completes career grand slam for Sörenstam LPGA GolferSe Ri Pak GolferAnnika Sörenstam Albert Pujols 2004 St. Louis 1st baseman Albert Pujols becomes first player in MLB history to hit at least 30 HRs in each of his first 4 seasons as Cardinals beat Montreal, 10-6 MLB 1st BasemanAlbert Pujols Baseball Record 2006 Barry Bonds' 715th MLB home run ball (moved him past Babe Ruth for 2nd all-time) fetches $220,100 at auction MLB LegendBarry Bonds 2006 Brazilian Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta crashes into a deer during testing at Road America, Wisconsin; seriously injured but returns to racing in 2008 Women's British Open 2008 British Open Women's Golf, Sunningdale GC: Jiyai Shin of South Korea shoots final round 66 (−6) to win her first major championship, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng GolferYani Tseng US Senior Golf Open 2008 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Broadmoor GC: Eduardo Romero of Argentina wins by 4 strokes ahead of Fred Funk for his second Champions Tour major title GolferFred Funk GolferEduardo Romero 2012 American Missy Franklin swims a world record 2:04.06 to win the 200m backstroke gold medal at the London Olympics Michael Phelps 2012 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 100m butterfly in London to take his all-time Olympic gold medal tally to a record 17 SwimmerMichael Phelps 2013 Super Rugby Final, Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: Chiefs successfully defend title with a 27-22 over ACT Brumbies Alex Puccio 2014 Alex Puccio ascends Jade in Rocky Mountain National Park, becoming the fourth-ever woman to climb V14 2016 International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding to be included in the sports program for 2020 Games only; total number of sports, 33 Neymar's Record Transfer 2017 Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of €222 million on a five-year contract Elaine Thompson-Herah 2021 Jamaican athlete Elaine Thompson-Herah wins 200m gold in Tokyo to become the first female to claim the 100/200m double at consecutive Olympic Games 2021 Karsten Warholm of Norway runs first ever sub-46 second 400m hurdles 45.94 WR to claim gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2021 New Zealand canoeist Lisa Carrington wins her third straight Olympic K-1 200m title at the Tokyo Games; also wins K-2 500m for her 4th career Olympic gold medal First WNBA Player to 10,000 Points 2023 Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points as she drops 42 points in a 91-71 win over the Atlanta Dream at Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona
AUGUST 4 1907 Tour de France: Lucien Petit-Breton of France beats countryman Gustave Garrigou to win first of 2 Tour victories Coomb and Walsh Pitching Duel 1910 MLB pitching duel; Philadelphia A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 0-0 tie in 16 innings Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and ManagerEd Walsh 1922 Lizzie Murphy becomes the first female to play against MLB players in a charity exhibition; all-stars from New England and AL v Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park 1929 Cleveland Indians, trailing 6-5 in 9th with 2 outs score AL record tying 9 runs, beat NY Yankees 14-6 Ott 1st to 6 Runs 1934 Giants outfielder Mel Ott becomes first player in MLB history to score 6 runs in a game as New York beats Phillies, 21-4 Baseball Player and ManagerMel Ott Owns Wins Second Gold 1936 American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record Track and Field AthleteJesse Owens 1936 American Helen Stephens runs 11.5 to win the 100m at the Berlin Olympics, beating controversial intersex athlete Stanisława Walasiewicz of Poland 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen becomes 1st MLB player to take 3 foul pop-ups in one inning (3rd) in 11-6 win v NY Giants Nelson's Record PGA Victory 1945 American golfer Byron Nelson wins Canadian Open at Uplands & Thornhill CC for a record 11th consecutive PGA victory, on way to record season tally of 18 GolferByron Nelson 1945 Red Sox outfielder Tom McBride drives in MLB record tying 6 runs in an inning (4th) during 15-4 win v Washington 1947 American boxer Ike Williams knocks out Bob Montgomery in 6 rounds in Philadelphia to unify the world lightweight title 1948 An American sweep of the medals in the 110m hurdles at the London Olympics with William Porter taking gold, ahead of Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon 1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins the 80m hurdles in Olympic record 11.2 at the London Olympics; 2nd of unprecedented 3 individual track & field gold medals 1948 Hungary's Olga Gyarmati wins the first ever Olympic women's long jump competition at the London Games 1948 The women's shot put introduced to track & field program at the London Olympics; inaugural gold medallist Micheline Ostermeyer of France who also won the women's discus gold 1953 New York Yankees hurler Vic Raschi sets MLB record for a pitcher by driving in 7 runs in a 15-0 win v Detroit 1956 Lee Petty dismounts car on lap 32, waves red flag to field because of dusty conditions at NASCAR Grand National at Tulsa, Oklahoma; race halted and never completed Juan Manuel 1957 Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio clinches his record 5th F1 World Drivers Championship (4th consecutive) in winning the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring Auto RacerJuan Manuel Fangio 1961 28th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14, 66,000 at Soldier Field 1967 34th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 ; 70,934 at Soldier Field 1973 NY Yankees pitcher Lindy McDaniel puts in one of the best relief stints in MLB history, entering in 2nd inning, allows only 1 run in 13 innings in 3-2 win v Detroit Tigers 1976 England beats Australia by 8 wickets in the limited overs cricket international at Lord's; first time women are permitted to play on the main square at 'the home of cricket' 1980 7-time All Star Maury Wills becomes only the 3rd black manager in MLB history when Darrell Johnson is fired by Seattle Mariners after a 9 game losing streak 1982 Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes only MLB player to get hits for 2 different teams in 2 different cities on the same day; singles for Mets in Chicago day game; traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game Carl Lewis's 1st Gold 1984 American athlete Carl Lewis wins the 100m in 9.9 seconds in Los Angeles, first of 9 Olympic gold medals over 3 Games Olympic Sprinter and Long jumperCarl Lewis 1984 Americans Al Joyner and Mike Conley take the gold and silver medals in the men's triple jump at the Los Angeles Olympics Baseball History 1985 Future Hall of Fame infielder Rod Carew of the California Angels singles off Minnesota's Frank Viola to collect his MLB 3,000th career hit; Angels win, 6–5 Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew Baseball Hall of Fame 1985 New York Yankees retire Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Phil Rizzuto's #10 Sportscaster and MLB ShortstopPhil Rizzuto Golf Tournament 1985 Scott Verplank beats Jim Thorpe in Western Open playoff, first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Gene Littler 1954 GolferGene Littler Baseball History 1985 Tom Seaver of Chicago White Sox becomes 17th pitcher to win 300 MLB career games, beating New York, 4-1; 54,032 at Yankee Stadium Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver 1986 After winning only token damages in antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, USFL owners vote to suspend operations for 1986 season; folded before 4th season 1992 In its debut at the Barcelona Olympics the badminton singles gold medals are both won by Indonesian athletes, whilst both men's & women's doubles go to South Korea 1992 Italian fencer Giovanna Trillini wraps up gold medals in both women's foil events at the Barcelona Olympics as part of the winning team 1992 The diving competition at the Barcelona Olympics concludes with Chinese athletes dominant, winning 3 of 4 gold medals contested - American Mark Lenzi wins 3m springbaord Baseball Record 1993 Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits in 11-10 win v Giants, 4th time this season the Padre has 5 or more hits; ties MLB record Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderTony Gwynn Baseball History 1995 Following a suspension from the league for substance abuse former Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry joins NY Yankees and eventually helps the Bronx Bombers to win the 1996 World Series Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry Canadian Women's Open 1996 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Edmonton CC: Laura Davies wins by 2 from Karrie Webb and Nancy Lopez LPGA GolferLaura Davies LPGA GolferNancy Lopez GolferKarrie Webb Baseball Hall of Fame 1996 Jim Bunning, Earl Weaver, Bill Foster and Ned Hanlon inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning MLB ManagerEarl Weaver 1996 XXVI Summer Olympic Games close in Atlanta, Georgia Cricket Record 2001 Australian cricket spinner Shane Warne skittles England (162) with 6/33 to guide tourists to a 7 wicket 3rd Test victory at Trent Bridge; Aussies regain Ashes with record 7th straight Test win v England Cricketer and BroadcasterShane Warne Pat Day retires 2005 American Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day (52) announces his retirement from the saddle; $298m in career purses JockeyPat Day Alex Rodriguez 2007 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs, connecting on the 1st pitch he sees as NY Yankees beat Kansas City, 16-8 MLB ShortstopAlex Rodriguez Barry Bonds 2007 San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds homers off Clay Hensley in 2nd inning of 3-2 loss to San Diego to tie Hank Aaron’s 33 year-old MLB career home run record of 755 MLB LegendBarry Bonds Baseball PlayerHank Aaron 2010 On 3rd anniversary of his 500th MLB career home run, Alex Rodriguez reaches the 600 HR mark in the NY Yankees 5-1 win v Toronto; 7th and youngest to reach milestone Serena Williams Leads Double 2012 Golden double for US at London Olympic tennis as Serena Williams destroys Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 in women's singles; Bob & Mike Bryan win men’s doubles beating French pair Michael Llodra & Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 7-6 Tennis PlayerSerena Williams Tennis PlayerMaria Sharapova 2012 South African Oscar Pistorius becomes first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympics; 400m London; out in semi's 2012 Super Rugby Final, Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: Chiefs win their first SR title with a 37-6 thrashing of the Sharks (Durban, RSA) at home US Swim Golds 2012 US takes the 4 x 100m medley relay double at the London Olympics with Michael Phelps collecting his 18th Olympic gold medal; women's team sets world record 3:52.05 SwimmerMichael Phelps Women's British Open 2013 British Open Women's Golf, St. Andrews: American Stacy Lewis wins her second major, 2 shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Hee Young Park GolferStacy Lewis 2018 Super Rugby Final, AMI Stadium, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders successfully defend title with 37-18 home win against the Lions from Johannesburg; Crusaders' 9th SR title 2019 Australian cricket batsman Steve Smith hits brilliant 142 following his 1st innings 144 in 1st Test v England at Edgbaston; only 4th batsman all-time to score more than 140 in each innings of a Test match 2019 British Open Women's Golf, Woburn GC: Hinako Shibuno of Japan wins her maiden major title in her first LPGA event; beats American Lizette Salas by 1 stroke 2021 Americans Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad go 1-2 in women's 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics; McLaughlin sets WR 51.46s 2022 Russian court sentences WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug smuggling amid claims she is being used as a pawn between the US and Russia [1]
AUGUST 5 1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets the first officially recognised world long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" in Dublin, Ireland 1921 KDKA Pittsburgh presents first radio broadcast of MLB; Pirates beat Phillies, 8-0; Harold Arlin first play-by-play broadcaster 1927 Phillies outfielder Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats in 9-7 win v Pirates Owen's World Record Gold 1936 American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 200m in a world record time of 20.7 seconds, his third gold medal of the Berlin Olympics Track and Field AthleteJesse Owens 1936 Italian athlete Ondina Valla runs a world record 11.6 in the semi finals of the 80m hurdles at the Berlin Olympics; wins final the next day but can't match the time 1936 Ken Carpenter (50.48 Olympic record) and Gordon Dunn make it an American 1-2 in the men’s discus throw at the Berlin Olympics 1940 St Louis Brown's pitcher John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings (rain shortened) 1948 A Jamaican 1-2 in the men's 400m at the London Olympics with Arthur Wint (46.2) beating teammate Herb McKenley for the gold medal 1948 A Swedish sweep of the medals in the 3000m steeplechase at the London Olympics with Tore Sjöstrand taking gold ahead of teammates Erik Elmsäter & Göte Hagström 1948 Americans Sammy Lee and Bruce Harlan go 1-2 in the 10m platform diving at the London Olympics 1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) in a 3-0 win v Washington 1956 Belgian race car driver André Milhoux (27) runs in his only Grand Prix driving a Gordini T32 in Germany; forced to retire after 15 laps due to engine problem 1959 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL), 55-26 in a pre-season exhibition at CNE Stadium in Toronto 1961 Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Montreal Alouettes (CFL), 34-16 in a pre-season exhibition at Molson Stadium in Montreal Sports History 1963 Craig Breedlove sets world land speed record of 407.477 mph in Spirit of America at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah Auto RacerCraig Breedlove 1965 South African cricket batsman Graeme Pollock scores a classic 125 to set the Proteas on the way to a 2nd Test win against England at Trent Bridge 1966 33rd NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0; 72,000 at Soldier Field Cricket History 1966 West Indies cricket captain Garfield Sobers scores 174 including a century between lunch & tea to set up a 4th Test win v England at Headingley CricketerGarfield Sobers 1967 First exhibition after AFL/NFL merger, Denver Broncos (AFL) surprise Detroit Lions (NFL), 13-7 at University of Denver Baseball Record 1969 Pirates outfielder Willie Stargell smashes first and longest home run ever hit out of Dodger Stadium; the incomparable shot off Alan Foster, measures 506 feet Baseball PlayerWillie Stargell 1972 Detroit Tigers shortstop Ed Brinkman commits an error, ending record streak of 72 games & 331 total chances without a misplay 1973 15-year-old Australian swimmer Stephen Holland smashes Mike Burton's 1,500m world record by a massive 14.78 seconds (15:37.8) in Brisbane Sports History 1973 Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro no-hits San Diego Padres, 9-0; first no-hitter for franchise in Atlanta Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherPhil Niekro 1975 Philadelphia Phillies create MLB record when first 8 batters get hits off Bill Bonham, beat Cubs 13-5 1978 New Orleans Saints beat Philadelphia Eagles 14-7 in an NFL exhibition at Mexico City's Olympic Stadium 1978 The first all-seater stadium is opened in Aberdeen, Scotland; Aberdeen & London club Tottenham Hotspurs play a friendly to inaugurate the Pittodrie Stadium PGA Championship 1979 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Australian David Graham wins on the 3rd playoff hole against Ben Crenshaw GolferBen Crenshaw Baseball Record 1979 Philadelphia Phillies 3rd baseman Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single in a 5-2 home loss vs Pirates MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose Baseball Hall of Fame 1979 Willie Mays, Warren Giles, and Hack Wilson inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY MLB LegendWillie Mays Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderHack Wilson 1980 Montreal Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager in 11-5 win v Mets, for whom Doug Flynn hits MLB record tying 3 triples PGA Championship 1982 PGA Championship, Southern Hills CC: Raymond Floyd fires an opening round 9-under-par 63, tying the tournament 18-hole record Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd Sports History 1984 American Joan Benoit wins first Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) ahead of Grete Waitz of Norway at the Los Angeles Games Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz 1984 American super-hurdler Edwin Moses wins the 400m hurdles gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, his 105th consecutive race victory 1984 Evelyn Ashford runs an Olympic 100m record time of 10.97 to beat American teammate Alice Brown in the LA Games final 1984 The rowing competition at the LA Olympics concludes with Romania dominant in the women's section winning 5 of 6 gold medals; US wins the eights from Romania 1984 Toronto designated hitter Cliff Johnson hits MLB record 19th career pinch-hit HR in Blue Jays 4-3 win over Baltimore Orioles Baseball Record 1986 Giants left-handed pitcher Steve Carlton becomes 2nd to reach 4,000 strikeout milestone when he gets center-fielder Eric Davis in 11-5 loss v Reds Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton World Record 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5,000m world record (14:37.33) in Stockholm, Sweden Long Distance RunnerIngrid Kristiansen 1988 Thoroughbred trainer Dale Baird wins his 5,000th career race with Stuffed Johnnie at Mountaineer Park; second to reach milestone behind Jack Van Berg 1989 First ever dead heat in harness racing's Hambletonian; Park Avenue Joe and Probe tie the 3rd and final heat; Park Avenue Joe wins series on count back 1991 Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his own world pole vault record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden 1992 Cuba wins baseball's inaugural gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, beating Chinese Taipei 11-1 1995 5th Athletics World Championships open at Gothenburg, Sweden 1996 Kansas City Chiefs rout Dallas Cowboys 32-6 in an NFL pre-season exhibition game in Monterrey Mexico Baseball Record 1999 St. Louis slugger Mark McGwire becomes only the 16th MLB player to reach the 500 home run milestone as the Cardinals lose 10-2 v San Diego at Busch Stadium MLB First BasemanMark McGwire 2000 Moni Maker wins the $500,00 Nat Ray at the Meadowlands in world record 1:52.1 to become harness racing's first $5m stakes earner Women's British Open 2001 British Open Women's Golf, Sunningdale GC: Se Ri Pak of South Korea wins by 2 strokes from Mi Hyun Kim; event gains LPGA major status for first time LPGA GolferSe Ri Pak 2001 Cleveland Indians tie a MLB record in erasing a 12 run Seattle lead to win 15-14, also preventing the Mariners from reaching a record 117 season wins 2005 NBA announces Las Vegas will host the 2007 All Star game; first time event will be held in a city without an NBA team Baseball Record 2005 St. Louis Cardinals 1st baseman Albert Pujols becomes the first player to connect for 30 home runs in each of his first 5 MLB seasons MLB 1st BasemanAlbert Pujols Hall of Fame 2006 Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson and Reggie White NFL LegendReggie White Sports History 2007 Atlanta left-hander Tom Glavine becomes only the 23rd pitcher in MLB history to reach the 300 win milestone as the Braves beat Cubs, 8-3 Baseball PitcherTom Glavine Women's British Open 2007 British Open Women's Golf, St. Andrews: Lorena Ochoa of Mexico leads wire-to-wire to win the first of her 2 major titles, 4 strokes ahead of Maria Hjorth and Jee Young Lee GolferLorena Ochoa Sports History 2010 Group led by Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan & Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg is confirmed as winning bidder in court ordered auction of Texas Rangers MLB franchise (value $593m) MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan Olympic Games 2012 Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt wins the 100m at the London Olympics in 9.63, besting the record he set in 2008 Olympics Olympic SprinterUsain Bolt Sports History 2013 MLB bans New York Yankees infielder Alex Rodriguez for 211 games as a result of the Biogenesis Laboratories scandal MLB ShortstopAlex Rodriguez 2013 Rain intervenes to end the 3rd cricket Test between Australia and England at Old Trafford; England retains the Ashes after winning the first 2 Tests 2016 XXXI Summer Olympic Games officially open in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2017 Jamaican sprint super-star Usain Bolt finishes 3rd behind Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman in his final individual race, the 100m at IAAF World Championships in London 2017 Super Rugby Final, Ellis Park: Canterbury Crusaders (NZ) travel to Johannesburg and beat Lions, 25-17 for their 8th SR title 2018 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Lyham & St. Annes: England's Georgia Hall wins her first major title by 2 shots from Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand World Record 2018 English swimmer Adam Peaty breaks his own world record in 57.00 as he wins his 9th European 100m breaststroke title in Glasgow, Scotland SwimmerAdam Peaty Sports History 2021 FC Barcelona confirms record breaking Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi will leave the club because of Spanish La Liga regulations on player payments Football StarLionel Messi 2021 New Zealand canoeist Lisa Carrington wins her third Olympic gold medal of the Tokyo Games by winning K-1 500m; 5th career gold for Carrington
AUGUST 6 Cy Young Debuts for Cleveland 1890 Future Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young throws 3-hit ball in his MLB debut for the Cleveland Spiders in 8-1 win vs Chicago Colts MLB PitcherCy Young 1908 St Louis Cardinals Johnny Lush pitches 2nd career no-hitter in 2-0 win over Brooklyn Superbas; change of MLB rules makes this unofficial, as game was shortened by rain 1936 American athlete Forrest Towns runs world record 14.1 in 110m hurdles semi finals at the Berlin Olympics; later can't match the time but wins the gold medal in the final 1936 Jack Lovelock of New Zealand runs a world record (3:47.8) to win the gold medal in the 1,500m at the Berlin Olympics 1936 Japanese athletes quinella the triple jump at the Berlin Olympics; Naoto Tajima wins gold and Masao Harada silver 1937 MLB overturns New York Yankees' 7-6 win over Cleveland Indians because of umpire error 1941 Detroit Tigers pitcher Al Benton collects 2 sacrifices in an inning, a MLB record; wins 11-2 vs Cleveland Indians 4th Victory Test 1945 Australian Test cricket all-rounder Keith Miller scores 110 not out for Australian Services on Day 1 of drawn 4th Victory Test against England at Lord's CricketerKeith Miller 1948 17-year-old American Bob Mathias scores 7,139 points to edge out Ignace Heinrich of France by just 165 in the decathlon at the London Olympics 1948 A Swedish 1-2 in the men's 1,500m at the London Olympics with Henry Eriksson (3:49.8) beating teammate Lennart Strand by 0.6 seconds 1948 Dutch super athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen wins London Olympics 200m in 24.4s to become the first woman to claim three individual track and field gold medals at a Games, having already won the 100m and 80m hurdles 1948 Vicki Draves wins her second diving gold medal at the London Olympics beating American teammate Patsy Elsener in the 10m platform 1949 Future Hall of Famer Luke Appling appears in a MLB record 2,154th (en route to 2,218) game at shortstop for the Chicago White Sox Paige's Record Shut-Out 1952 St. Louis Browns veteran pitcher Satchel Paige, 46, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout, 1-0 v Detroit Tigers in 12 innings Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige Ted Williams Returns 1953 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from military service in Korea; ends abbreviated season with .407 batting average Baseball PlayerTed Williams 1956 After going bankrupt in 1955, the American national broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena 1958 American athlete Glenn Davis breaks his own world record by 0.3 (49.2) in 400m hurdles in Budapest, Hungary 1961 British auto racer Sterling Moss scores his 16th and final Formula 1 victory in the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring 1963 Philadelphia NBA franchise changes name from 'Nationals' to the '76ers', based on US Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776 1965 32nd NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16; 68,000 at Soldier Field Ali KOs London 1966 Muhammad Ali knocks out English boxer Brian London in round 3 at Earl's Court in London to retain his undisputed world heavyweight title Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali Brooks Robinson 1967 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Brooks Robinson (Baltimore Orioles) hits into MLB record 4th career triple play Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson 1967 Minnesota Twins pitcher Dean Chance throws a perfect no-hitter vs Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings before game is called because of weather Aaron Breaks Ruth Record 1972 Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for the Atlanta Braves, breaking Babe Ruth's MLB record of homers for one team Baseball PlayerHank Aaron PGA Championship 1972 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Gary Player of South Africa wins by 2 shots from Americans Tommy Aaron & Jim Jamieson GolferGary Player Baseball Hall of Fame 1973 Roberto Clemente, Warren Spahn, Billy Evans, Monte Irvin, Mickey Welch and George "High Pockets" Kelly are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY Baseball PlayerRoberto Clemente Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn PGA Championship 1978 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: John Mahaffey recovers from 7 down with 14 to play to force playoff; beats Tom Watson & Jerry Pate on 2nd hole GolferTom Watson 1982 Curtis Cup Golf, Denver CC: United States beats Great Britain & Ireland 14½-3½ 1983 First NFL exhibition game in Europe; Minnesota Vikings beat St Louis Cardinals 28-10 at London's Wembley Stadium 1984 After Americans Roger Kingdom & Greg Foster both equal the Olympic record in 110m hurdles semi's in Los Angeles, Kingdom beats Foster in the final in a new Games record 13.20 seconds Carl Lewis Wins Gold 1984 American athlete Carl Lewis wins long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at Los Angeles Olympics Olympic Sprinter and Long jumperCarl Lewis 1985 MLB Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1986 Baltimore's Jim Dwyer & Larry Sheets, and Rangers Toby Harrah hit MLB record 3 grand slams in Texas' 13-11 win Baseball Record 1988 Oakland A's outfielder Jose Canseco becomes 11th MLB player to record 30 HRs & 30 steals in a season MLB PlayerJosé Canseco 1988 Rich Gossage becomes the second player in MLB history to record 300 career saves as Cubs beat Phillies, 7-4 1989 Boston Red Sox retire Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder, 1st baseman Carl Yastrezemski's #8 Baseball Hall of Fame 1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY MLB Hall of Fame Infielder and BroadcasterJoe Morgan Baseball PlayerJim Palmer 1991 American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her 2nd consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba; beats Nicaragua, 8-0 1992 The US track team sweeps the medals in the long jump at the Barcelona Olympics as Carl Lewis wins gold (28 feet, 5 1/2 inches), Mike Powell silver and Joe Greene bronze 1992 Wrestler Bruce Baumgartner becomes the first American to win in three straight Olympics, capturing the gold in the 286-pound freestyle division in Barcelona 1995 Cleveland's major league sports franchises, NFL Browns & MLB Indians, play in Cleveland for 1st time ever; both lose - White Sox 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition) 1997 Newly established NHL franchise Nashville Predators name Barry Trotz as inaugural coach; lasts 15 seasons and 1,196 regular season games Sri Lanka's Record Innings 1997 Sri Lanka slams world record 952 for 6 in the 1st cricket Test against India in Colombo; Sanath Jayasuriya 340, Roshan Mahanama 225 - record partnership 576 CricketerSanath Jayasuriya Tony Gwynn 1999 Tony Gwynn goes 4 for 5 and collects his 3,000th MLB hit as San Diego beats Expos, 12-10 at Montreal Olympic Stadium Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderTony Gwynn Marion Jones Disqualified 2001 Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada Track and Field Athlete and Drug CheatMarion Jones 2002 32-year old reliever Robb Nen becomes 16th and youngest closer to record 300 career saves as he protects Giants 11-10 lead v Cubs 2005 10th Athletics World Championships open at Helsinki, Finland 2006 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: 43-year-old American Sherri Steinhauer wins her second major title, 3 strokes ahead of Sophie Gustafson and Cristie Kerr 2006 For a MLB record 11th time in his career, Padres closer Trevor Hoffman records 30 or more saves in a season; beats mark set by Lee Smith, baseball's all-time saves leader Tiger Woods Record Tour Win 2006 Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory over Jim Furyk in the Buick Open at Grand Blanc, Michigan GolferTiger Woods GolferJim Furyk US Swimming Relay Gold 2016 Australian women's 4 × 100m freestyle relay team of Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie, Bronte Campbell & Cate Campbell sets a new world record 3:30.65 to win gold ahead of US and Canada at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics SwimmerEmma McKeon 2016 Hoàng Xuân Vinh of Vietnam records 202.5 points to win the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; Vietnam's first ever gold medal in any Olympic event 2016 Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú sets world record 4:26.36 to win the gold medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 Super Rugby Final, Westpac Stadium Wellington: Wellington Hurricanes win their first SR title with a 20-3 win over the Lions from Johannesburg 2017 British Open Women's Golf, Kingbarns GC: South Korean In-Kyung Kim wins by 2 strokes from Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England 2021 Faith Kipyegon of Kenya retains her Olympic 1,500m title in OR 3:53.11 at the Tokyo Olympics Elaine Thompson-Herah's 3rd Gold 2021 Jamaican 100/200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah claims her third track gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics as part of the winning Jamaican 4x100m relay team SprinterElaine Thompson-Herah Imran Khan Convicted 2023 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is convicted of illegally selling state gifts and sentenced to three years [1] Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan
