TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2024

JUNE 8

• 1829 1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London opens in Liverpool
• 1878 12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43.5
• 1882 16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43

39th British Open

1899 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey retains Open; wins 3rd title by 5 strokes from Jack White


GolferHarry Vardon

• 1920 Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but umpire ejects Roush for delay of game
• 1929 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8

Foxx's Three Home Runs
1933 Athletics' first baseman Jimmie Foxx hits 3 consecutive home runs as Philadelphia outscores New York Yankees, 14 - 10; 4 straight HRs after Foxx had homered last time up the previous day


MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

• 1935 67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6
• 1935 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: 25-year-old club pro Sam Parks Jr, with no prior tournament wins, beats Scotsman Jimmy Thomson by 2 strokes
• 1940 72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6
• 1950 Boston Red Sox rout St Louis Browns, 29-4 at Fenway Park; set 6 MLB records including runs scored and most total bases, 60

Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin Debut
1950 Test Cricket debut of famous West Indian spin twins Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin in 1st Test v England at Manchester; Valentine takes 8-104 on Day 1 but WI lose by 202 runs


West Indian CricketerSonny Ramadhin
Baseball History
1955 MLB Brooklyn Dodgers option pitcher (and future Baseball Hall of Fame manager) Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for future Hall of Famer, pitcher Sandy Koufax


Baseball Pitcher and ManagerTommy Lasorda

Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax
LPGA Championship
1958 LPGA Championship, Churchill Valley CC: Mickey Wright wins first of 13 major titles by 6 strokes from Fay Crocker


LPGA GolferMickey Wright
Baseball Record
1961 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

• 1961 Test cricket debut of future Australian captain Bill Lawry, 1st Test v England in Birmingham
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• 1963 95th Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:30.2
• 1965 MLB Draft: Kansas City Athletics A's select Arizona State University outfielder Rick Monday #1; inaugural MLB Draft
• 1966 NFL & AFL announce merger plans, one league with two divisions (NFC and AFC) starting in 1970

Baseball Record
1968 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning


MLB PlayerDon Drysdale
French Open Women's Tennis
1968 French Open Women's Tennis: American Nancy Richey beats Ann Haydon-Jones 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 for her second and last Grand Slam singles title


Tennis Player and Two-Time Major ChampionNancy Richey

Tennis PlayerAnn Haydon-Jones
French Open Men's Tennis
1969 French Open Men's Tennis: Rod Laver wins second leg of his 2nd Grand Slam; beats fellow Australian Ken Rosewall 6-4, 6-3, 6-4


Tennis PlayerRod Laver

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall
Mickey Mantle Day
1969 MLB legend Mickey Mantle gives his farewell retirement speech during "Mickey Mantle Day" at Yankee Stadium, 60,096 see #7 retired


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1971 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign

Tony Greig Debuts
1972 Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62)


Cricketer and CommentatorTony Greig

• 1974 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2

Bobby Orr Signs with Blackhawks
1976 Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1

Baseball Record
1977 MLB California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game, in 10-inning, 2-1 win over visiting Toronto Blue Jays


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1978 Braves draft Bob Horner #1

French Open Men's Tennis
1980 French Open Men's Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins 3rd straight French title; beats American Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4, 6-1, 6-2


Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg

Tennis PlayerVitas Gerulaitis

LPGA Championship
1980 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: South African Sally Little wins first of her 2 major titles, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock


GolferSally Little

• 1981 Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1
• 1982 36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
• 1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
• 1983 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.81) in Berlin, Germany
• 1985 117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27

French Open Women's Tennis
1985 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 for her 17th Grand Slam title and 6th French singles crown

• 1986 40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2

French Open Men's Tennis
1986 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins 3rd career Grand Slam title; beats Mikael Pernfors of Sweden 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

• 1986 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Baltimore Orioles beat Yankees 18-9
• 1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season
• 1991 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
• 1991 Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds

French Open Women's Tennis
1991 French Open Women's Tennis: Defending champion Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6-3, 6-4

• 1992 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
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• 1996 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96
• 1996 Australian cricketer Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire v Hampshire

French Open Women's Tennis
1996 French Open Women's Tennis: Defending champion Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3, 6-7, 10-8 for her 5th French singles crown

French Open Men's Tennis
1997 French Open Men's Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil wins first of 3 French titles; beats Spaniard Sergi Bruguera 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Ray Bourque Retires
2001 Ray Bourque plays the final game in his NHL career

• 2002 134th Belmont: Edgar Prado aboard Sarava wins in 2:29.71

Lewis KOs Tyson
2002 British-Canadian Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC Heavyweight title with eighth-round knockout of American Mike Tyson at The Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee
French Open Women's Tennis
2002 French Open Women's Tennis: American Serena Williams wins her first French title, defeating her older sister Venus Williams 7-5, 6-3
French Open Men's Tennis
2003 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero claims his lone major title; beats Dutchman Martin Verkerk 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

LPGA Championship
2003 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Sweden's Annika Sörenstam wins in a playoff over Grace Park of South Korea with a par on the first sudden death hole

• 2003 Senior PGA Championship, Aronimink GC, PA: John Jacobs wins his only Champions Tour major title with a 2 stroke margin to runner-up Bobby Wadkins

French Open Men's Tennis
2008 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal equals Björn Borg's Open era record of 4 consecutive French titles; outclasses Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
LPGA Championship
2008 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bulle Rock GC: 19-year old tour rookie Yani Tseng of Taiwan wins a 4th hole playoff over Swede Maria Hjorth

• 2013 145th Belmont: Mike Smith aboard Palace Malice wins in 2:30.70
• 2013 French Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her second French title; beats defending champion Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-4, 6-4
• 2013 NHL Western Conference Finals: Chicago Blackhawks beat Los Angeles Kings, 4 games to 1

Sports History
2013 Patrick Kane scores a playoff hat-trick against the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals

• 2014 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Đoković 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4; record extending 9th French title; ties Pete Sampras with 14 Grand Slam singles titles
• 2015 MLB Draft: Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson first pick by Arizona Diamondbacks

NBA Finals
2018 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors claim 3rd title in 4 years with a 108-85 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers for 4-0 sweep; MVP: Kevin Durant for second straight year

• 2019 151st Belmont Stakes: Sir Winston with 2014 winner Joel Rosario aboard claims victory at 10-1
• 2019 French Open Women's Tennis: Australian Ashleigh Barty beats Czech teenager Markéta Vondroušová 6-1, 6-3 to win her first Grand Slam singles title

 

JUNE 9

• 1877 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
• 1883 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5
• 1887 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5

• 1888 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40.25
• 1892 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12

38th British Open

1898 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr

Jeffries KOs Fitzsimmons
1899 American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title

• 1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13

45th British Open
1905 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman James Braid wins his 2nd Open title 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Rowland Jones and J.H. Taylor

Wagner 2nd to 3,000
1914 Pittsburgh Pirate baseball shortstop Honus Wagner is 2nd player to get 3,000 hits

55th Belmont
1923 55th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Zev wins in 2:19

60th Belmont
1928 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2

Nurmi Runs World Record
1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)

Johnson To Manage Cleveland
1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland Indians manager

• 1934 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2

38th US Men's Open
1934 US Open Men's Golf, Merion Cricket Club: Olin Dutra overcomes an 8-stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his second major title by 1 stroke from Gene Sarazen

• 1940 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Lawson Little defeats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only professional major title

71st Kentucky Derby
1945 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr scores his third of record 5 Derby wins

Brooklyn Manager Durocher Arrested
1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

• 1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest

Louis vs Conn
1946 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
Ott 1st Manager Ejected
1946 New York Giant Mel Ott becomes first manager in MLB history to be ejected from both games of a doubleheader; Giants lose both games to Pittsburgh Pirates

• 1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge
• 1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
• 1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox

Belmont Stakes
1962 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8

• 1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0

Baseball Record
1966 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4

French Open Men's Tennis
1968 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall beats Rod Laver 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; first Grand Slam of Open Era allowing professional players to compete
Belmont Stakes
1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years


Thoroughbred Race HorseSecretariat

• 1975 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2

Boxing Title Fight
1978 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in a 15 round split decision at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada for the WBC heavyweight boxing title


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes

Heavyweight BoxerKen Norton

• 1979 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
• 1979 MLB Phillies wear all-burgundy alternate uniforms for 1st and (almost) last time in 10-5 loss to Montreal Expos at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; revived 40 years later as part of a "retro night" promotion [1]
• 1980 Phillies and SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
• 1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia

Belmont Stakes
1984 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2

French Open Women's Tennis
1984 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-1; 2nd women in Open Era to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1984 Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts

French Open Men's Tennis
1985 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Mats Wilander wins 4th career Grand Slam title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-
NBA Finals
1985 NBA Championship, Boston Garden: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 111-100 for a 4 games to 2 series victory; Finals MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports History
1986 In a clash of future Baseball Hall of Fame starting pitchers California Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats Tom Seaver of the Chicago White Sox (306 wins), 3-0 at Comiskey Park


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver

Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherDon Sutton

• 1988 "Bloodsport (1987)" premieres in Germany
• 1990 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2

Baseball Record
1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games


MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
French Open Women's Tennis
1990 French Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-4

• 1991 1st WLAF World Bowl, Wembley Stadium, London: London Monarchs beat Barcelona Dragons, 21-0

French Open Men's Tennis
1991 French Open Men's Tennis: Jim Courier wins first career Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
Senior Players Championship
1991 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Albus wins his only career major title by 3 strokes from New Zealander Bob Charles, Charles Coody and Dave Hill


GolferBob Charles

• 1993 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens franchise's 24th Stanley Cup Championship
• 1996 French Open Men's Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia wins his first Grand Slam title; beats Germany's Michael Stich 7-6, 7-5, 7-6
• 2001 133rd Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Point Given wins in 2:26.80

French Open Women's Tennis
2001 French Open Women's Tennis: American Jennifer Capriati wins her second major title; beats Kim Clijsters of Belgium 1-6, 6-4, 12-10

• 2001 Stanley Cup Final, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO: Colorado Avalanche beat defending champion New Jersey Devils, 3-1 for 4-3 series win; Avalanche 2nd title

French Open Men's Tennis
2002 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Albert Costa beats Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 for his lone major title

LPGA Championship
2002 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Se Ri Pak of South Korea wins second of 3 titles in this event; finishes 3 strokes ahead of Beth Daniel
Senior PGA Championship
2002 Senior PGA Championship, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio: Fuzzy Zoeller wins his only Champions Tour title by strokes ahead of runners-up Hale Irwin and Bobby Wadkins

• 2003 Stanley Cup Final, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ: New Jersey Devils beat Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 3-0 for 4-3 series win
• 2007 139th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Rags To Riches wins in 2:28.74

French Open Women's Tennis
2007 French Open Women's Tennis: Justine Henin wins her 3rd consecutive French singles crown; beats Ana Ivanović of Serbia 6-1, 6-2
Sports History
2007 Stacy Lewis wins medalist honors in Garland, Texas, sectional to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open


Stanley Cup
2010 Patrick Kane scores the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Chicago Blackhawks against the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime

• 2010 Stanley Cup Final, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA: Chicago Blackhawks edge Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3 in OT for a 4-2 series win; first Championship for Chicago since 1961
• 2011 Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy announces agreement to examine brains of recently deceased San Francisco 49ers football players Joe Perry and John Henry Johnson for signs of injury [1]
• 2012 144th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Union Rags wins in 2:30.42

French Open Men's Tennis
2013 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3; first man to win same Grand Slam title 8 times

LPGA Championship
2013 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Locust Hill CC: Inbee Park wins her 3rd major title in a sudden-death playoff, defeating runner-up Catriona Matthew of Scotland on the 3rd extra hole
Sports History
2013 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: David Frost of South Africa wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Fred Couples

• 2015 Chris Heston of the San Francisco Giants becomes first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the 2015 MLB season; blanks New York Mets, 5-0
• 2016 MLB Draft: Philadelphia Phillies select La Costa Canyon HS (CA) shortstop Mickey Moniak at #1

Sports History
2017 Tennis player Venus Williams is involved in a car accident that leads to death of another passenger in Palm Beach, Florida; police later clear her of fault

• 2018 150th Belmont Stakes: Justify wins with Mike Smith aboard to become 13th Triple Crown winner
• 2018 French Open Women's Tennis: Romanian Simona Halep wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating American Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Sports History
2019 Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot while visiting in his native Dominican Republic

• 2019 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; 3rd straight French singles title; 12th overall; first to win 12 singles titles at same Grand Slam; 18th major
• 2022 The controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series gets underway at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire; PGA suspends 17 participating players

 

JUNE 10

• 1868 2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02
• 1871 5th Belmont: W. Miller aboard Harry Basset wins in 2:56
• 1876 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40.5

• 1880 MLB Boston Red Caps' outfielder Charley Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning, both off of Tom Poorman in a 19-3 win over the visiting Buffalo Bisons
• 1890 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes riding Burlington wins in 2:07.75
• 1891 25th Belmont: Ed Garrison riding Foxford wins in 2:08.75
• 1892 Baltimore catcher Wilbert Robinson sets MLB record by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game; Orioles rout St. Louis Cardinals, 25-4 at Oriole Park
• 1893 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53.25

44th British Men's Open

1904 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Jack White wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up James Braid and J.H. Taylor, both former champions


Golfer and Course DesignerJames Braid

• 1916 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
• 1922 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8
• 1926 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle
• 1930 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms

67th British Men's Open
1932 British Open Men's Golf, Prince's GC: Gene Sarazen wins wire-to-wire by 5 strokes from fellow American Macdonald Smith


GolferGene Sarazen

• 1933 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6

37th US Men's Open
1933 US Open Men's Golf, North Shore CC: Amateur Johnny Goodman outlasts Ralph Guldahl by a single stroke to win his only major championship


GolferRalph Guldahl

• 1934 FIFA World Cup Final, Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome, Italy: Angelo Schiavio scores the winner in extra time as Italy beats Czechoslovakia, 2-1
• 1938 English cricketer Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch in England v Australia test match at Trent Bridge (closest any Englishman has come to scoring 100 runs before lunch)
• 1944 Relief pitcher Joe Nuxhall at 15 years, 316 days, debuts for Cincinnati Reds; youngest player in MLB history; becomes All Star and broadcaster
• 1950 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6
• 1952 Chicago White Sox outfielder Sam Mele is only 6th MLB player to record 6 RBI's in an inning (4th) during a 15-4 win over the A's in Philadelphia
• 1956 XVI Summer Olympic equestrian events open in Stockholm

LPGA Championship
1957 LPGA Championship, Churchill Valley CC: Louise Suggs wins her 10th major tile by 3 strokes from Wiffi Smith


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
Baseball Record
1959 MLB Cleveland Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 4 home runs in 11-8 win over the Orioles, in Baltimore


Baseball PlayerRocky Colavito

• 1962 A one-day record 54 home runs hit in baseball
• 1962 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½"
• 1967 American pole vaulter Bob Seagren sets a world record mark of 17'7" in San Diego, California
• 1968 4h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats France 20-2
• 1968 UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Italy beats Yugoslavia, 2-0 in a replay (first game, 1-1)
• 1972 104th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:28

Sports History
1972 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges & moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

MLB First BasemanGil Hodges

MLB LegendWillie Mays

LPGA Championship
1973 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: 1964 champion Mary Mills wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Betty Burfeindt


LPGA GolferMary Mills
Sports History
1974 Philadelphia Phillies slugger Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker hanging from Houston Astrodome roof


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1975 Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, & another part is set afire
• 1977 American golfer Al Geiberger becomes first player in history to post a sub-60 score, 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, during the 2nd round Danny Thomas Memphis Classic at Colonial CC in Cordova, Tennessee
• 1978 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed to wrap up the Triple Crown

French Open Women's Tennis
1978 French Open Women's Tennis: Virginia Ruzici of Romania claims her lone major singles title; beats Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia 6-2, 6-2


Tennis Player and French Open ChampionVirginia Ruzici

Tennis Player and French Open ChampionMima Jausovec

• 1978 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
• 1979 Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleveland)

French Open Women's Tennis
1979 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert dominates Wendy Turnbull of Australia 6-2, 6-0 for her 3rd French singles crown


Tennis LegendChris Evert
LPGA Championship
1979 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Donna Caponi Young wins 3rd major; beats Jerilyn Britz by 3 strokes


LPGA GolferDonna Caponi
Baseball Record
1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

MLB LegendStan Musial
Sports History
1981 Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence


1500m RunnerSebastian Coe
French Open Men's Tennis
1984 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins 1st career Grand Slam title; beats John McEnroe 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe

• 1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
• 1986 A. Bartlett Giamatti succeeds Chub Feeney as President of baseball's National League
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• 1988 Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)

Belmont Stakes
1989 121st Belmont: Pat Day aboard Easy Goer wins in 2:26


JockeyPat Day
French Open Women's Tennis
1989 French Open Women's Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 3-6, 7-5

• 1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland

French Open Men's Tennis
1990 French Open Men's Tennis: Andres Gomez of Ecuador wins his 1st and only career Grand Slam title; beats American Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Senior Players Championship
1990 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Dearborn CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Lee Trevino
Sports History
1994 American tennis ace Jennifer Capriati checks out of drug abuse clinic

• 1995 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32
• 1995 French Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7-5, 4-6, 6-0 with pivotal 32-point game in 3rd set; Graf's 4th French title
• 1995 Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer
• 1996 Stanley Cup Final, Miami Arena, Miami, Florida: Uwe Krupp's unassisted goal in triple-OT gives Colorado Avalanche a 1-0 win over Florida Panthers and a 4 game series sweep
• 1997 Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits SF Giants 9-0
• 2000 132nd Belmont: Pat Day aboard Commendable wins in 2:31.20

French Open Women's Tennis
2000 French Open Women's Tennis: France's Mary Pierce beats Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-2, 7-5 for her 2nd and last career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st singles title at Roland Garros

• 2000 Stanley Cup Final, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: New Jersey Devils defeat Dallas Stars, 2-1 in double OT for a 4-2 series victory
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• 2001 French Open Men's Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil wins his 3rd French title; beats Spaniard Àlex Corretja 6-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
• 2006 138th Belmont: Fernando Jara aboard Jazil wins in 2:27.81

Sports History
2006 Anna Stöhr wins a gold medal in bouldering at the UIAA Climbing World Cup in Grindelwald, Switzerland


Rock ClimberAnna Stöhr
French Open Women's Tennis
2006 French Open Women's Tennis: Justine Henin-Hardenne retains her title; beats Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-4, 6-4 for 5th Grand Slam singles crown

French Open Men's Tennis
2007 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal wins title for the 3rd consecutive year; beats Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

LPGA Championship
2007 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bulle Rock GC: Suzann Pettersen of Norway wins her first major title by 1 stroke ahead of Australian Karrie Web

French Open Women's Tennis
2012 French Open Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova wins her first French title; beats Sara Errani of Italy 6-3, 6-2

LPGA Championship
2012 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Locust Hill CC: Shanshan Feng of China wins by 2 strokes ahead of Eun-Hee Ji, Stacy Lewis, Mika Miyazato and Suzann Pettersen
Sports History
2012 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: Defending champion Tom Lehman wins by 2 strokes from Bernhard Langer of Germany and Taiwan's Lu Chien-soon

• 2017 149th Belmont Stakes: Jose Ortiz aboard Tapwrit wins in 2:30.02
• 2017 French Open Women's Tennis: Jeļena Ostapenko upsets Simona Halep 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 to claim her 1st Grand Slam title; first Latvian to win a Grand Slam singles title
• 2018 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 for his record 11th French title (17th Grand Slam victory)
• 2023 French Open Women's Tennis: Defending champion Iga Świątek of Poland beats unseeded Czech Karolína Muchová 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 for her third French and 4th Grand Slam title
• 2023 UEFA Champions League Final, Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul: Manchester City beats Inter Milan, 1-0 to complete historic Champions League, Premier League & FA Cup treble

 

JUNE 11

• 1898 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms riding Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75

43rd British Men's Open

1903 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon wins his 4th Open title by 6 strokes from younger brother Tom Vardon


GolferHarry Vardon

• 1904 Chicago Cubs pitcher Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0
• 1907 George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket

49th British Men's Open
1909 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Cinque Ports GC: Englishman J.H. Taylor wins Championship for a 4th time, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Tom Ball and James Braid


Golfer and Course DesignerJames Braid

• 1919 51st Belmont: Johnny Loftus riding Sir Barton wins by 5 lengths over Sweep On; first Trip Crown winner

53rd Belmont
1921 53rd Belmont: Earl Sande riding Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8


JockeyEarl Sande

• 1927 59th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6

Babe Ruth's Home Run Record
1927 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th homers of MLB season record 60 HRs in New York's 6-4 win over Cleveland Indians at Yankees Stadium


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1938 Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0
• 1938 Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 v Aust) aged 20 yrs 19 days
• 1938 England cricket team declare at 8 for 658 v Australia at Trent Bridge
• 1938 French Championships Men's Tennis: American Don Budge beats Roderich Menzel of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of his Grand Slam
• 1938 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-French final Simonne Mathieu wins first of consecutive titles; beats Nelly Adamson 6-0, 6-3

42nd US Men's Open
1938 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins back-to-back Open titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Dick Metz


GolferRalph Guldahl

• 1949 81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2

49th US Men's Open
1949 US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Cary Middlecoff wins the first of his 2 Open titles, 1 stroke ahead of Clayton Heafner and Sam Snead


GolferSam Snead

GolferCary Middlecoff
50th US Men's Open
1950 50th US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: 16 months after being severely injured in an auto accident, Ben Hogan beats Lloyd Mangrum by 4 shots and George Fazio by 6 in an 18-hole playoff; the "Miracle at Merion"


GolferBen Hogan
England Cricket’s Class Divide Hit For Six
1952 Opening batsman Len Hutton becomes the 1st professional cricketer to captain England in Tests


WG Grace, bearded, centre, leads the 'Gentlemen' in a match against the 'Players' at Lord's in 1899

• 1953 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge

Belmont Stakes
1955 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)

US Golf Open
1959 Charlie Sifford becomes the 1st African American to play in a US Golf Open


GolferCharlie Sifford

• 1960 92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2

Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris
Sports History
1967 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drive a Ford to victory in Le Mans


Racing Car DriverA. J. Foyt

• 1967 Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
• 1972 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Ahern wins her only major title, by 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock

Sports History
1974 Mel Stottlemyre sets an American League record by making his 272nd consecutive start without pitching a game in relief


Baseball Pitcher and CoachMel Stottlemyre

• 1975 One-day international cricket debut of Javed Miandad aged 17 yrs 364 days

Belmont Stakes
1977 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet riding Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6


RacehorseSeattle Slew

French Open Men's Tennis
1978 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg wins his 3rd French title; beats Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-1, 6-1, 6-3


Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionGuillermo Vilas
LPGA Championship
1978 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 6 strokes from fellow American Amy Alcott


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez

GolferAmy Alcott

• 1979 French Open Men's Tennis: Björn Borg wins 2nd of 4 straight French titles and 6 overall; beats Victor Pecci of Paraguay 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
• 1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike

Boxing Title Fight
1982 Defending champion Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles at Caesars Palace, LV, Nevada


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes
Belmont Stakes
1983 115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8

• 1983 MLB Cardinals outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into Hyland Center in St. Louis, a drug rehabilitation facility
• 1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
• 1988 120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6
• 1988 25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7
• 1988 Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8½")
• 1988 NY Yankees Rick Rhoden becomes first pitcher since AL's adoption of the rule in 1973 to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI) in an 8–6 victory over Baltimore Orioles

French Open Men's Tennis
1989 French Open Men's Tennis: American Michael Chang wins lone career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; at 17 years, 110 days, becomes youngest male to win a Grand Slam singles title

• 1989 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Sawgrass: Orville Moody wins by 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Charles Coody

Sports History
1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)


MLB Pitching Legend Nolan Ryan

• 1992 Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group

Hall of Fame
1992 Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame

• 1992 US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibition game, beat Venezuela 20-0

Belmont Stakes
1994 126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8


JockeyPat Day
French Open Men's Tennis
1995 French Open Men's Tennis: Thomas Muster of Austria beats American Michael Chang 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 for his lone major singles title

• 1995 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1
• 2000 French Open Men's Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil wins his second French title; beats Sweden's Magnus Norman 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6
• 2005 137th Belmont: Jeremy Rose aboard Afleet Alex wins in 2:28.75
• 2005 WLAF World Bowl 13, LTU arena, Düsseldorf: Amsterdam Admirals beat Berlin Thunder, 27-21

French Open Men's Tennis
2006 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal of Spain wins his 2nd straight French title; beats Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
LPGA Championship
2006 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bulle RockGC: Se Ri Pak wins her 3rd title in the event and 5th major; beats Australian Karrie Webb on first play-off hole

• 2011 143rd Belmont: Jose Valdivia Jr aboard Ruler On Ice wins in 2:30.88
• 2012 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Đoković 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5; 3rd straight French title for Nadal
• 2012 Stanley Cup Final, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA : LA Kings defeat New Jersey Devils, 6-1 for 4-2 series win; first SC title in Kings' 45-year history
• 2016 148th Belmont Stakes: Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard Creator wins in 2:28:51
• 2017 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 6–2, 6–3, 6–1; becomes first man to win French title 10 times
• 2017 Stanley Cup Final, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Nashville Predators, 2-0 for 4-2 series win; Penguins back-to-back champions
• 2022 Charl Schwartzel hangs on to beat fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis by a stroke to win the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event at the Centurion GC, Hertfordshire; pockets massive US$4.75m for the victory

French Open Men's Tennis
2023 French Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 in 3 hours, 13 minutes for his men's record 23rd Grand Slam singles title

 

JUNE 12

• 1875 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42.25
• 1880 Worcester Ruby Legs pitcher Lee Richmond throws first perfect game in MLB history in 1-0 win over Cleveland Blues at the Agricultural County Fair Grounds, Worcester
• 1894 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: J.H. Taylor wins first Open played outside Scotland; beats Douglas Rolland by 5 strokes

• 1896 England cricket spin bowler Jack Hearne sets record for earliest date taking 100 first-class wickets in a season when he captures 9-73 for the MCC in an innings & 18 run drubbing of Australia at Lord's
• 1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers
• 1910 Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012
• 1916 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Molla Bjurstedt outclasses Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0, 6-1

23rd US Men's Open

1919 US Open Men's Golf, Brae Burn CC: Walter Hagen defeats Mike Brady by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff to win his second and final US Open


GolferWalter Hagen
52nd Belmont
1920 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins by massive 20 lengths in world record 2:14.2


JockeyClarence Kummer
Pruett Strikes Out Ruth
1922 Browns pitcher Hub Pruett strikes out future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth 3 consecutive times as St. Louis beats New York Yankees, 7 - 1 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1922 St Louis Cardinals make MLB record 10 straight hits in 6th inning of a 14-8 win over the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
• 1926 58th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard Crusader wins in 2:32.2

Gehrig Collects 14 Bases
1928 New York Yankees future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig collects 14 total bases with 2 triples and 2 home runs in a 15-7 win over Chicago White Sox


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Schmeling vs Sharkey
1930 German boxer Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey by disqualification in 4 rounds in NYC for vacant NBA, NYSAC, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles; first time title won on a foul


BoxerMax Schmeling

• 1936 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Topeka CC: Opal Hill scores a 3 & 2 win over Mrs. Charkes Dennehy to claim her second consecutive major title

41st US Men's Open
1937 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins first of his 2 consecutive US titles, 2 strokes ahead of Sam Snead


GolferSam Snead

GolferRalph Guldahl

• 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York

43rd US Men's Open
1939 US Open Men's Golf, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Byron Nelson wins by 3 strokes from Craig Wood and 7 ahead of Denny Shute in a 36-hole playoff to claim the second of his 5 major titles


GolferByron Nelson

GolferDenny Shute

GolferCraig Wood

• 1947 British Amateur Women's Golf, Gullane GC: Babe Didrikson becomes first American to win event; beats England's Jacqueline Gordon 5 & 4

80th Belmont
1948 80th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Citation to claim his second Triple Crown


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro
Bradman's 138 in Final Ashes Tour
1948 In his farewell Ashes Tour, Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test against England at Trent Bridge


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
48th US Men's Open
1948 US Open Men's Golf, Riviera CC: Ben Hogan dominates final 2 rounds, shooting 68-69, 2 shots ahead of runner-up Jimmy Demaret; third of his 9 major titles


GolferBen Hogan

GolferJimmy Demaret
Connie Mack Honored
1950 Following his retirement announcement after 49 years as Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack is named Honorary Manager of the MLB All-Star Game


Baseball LegendConnie Mack

• 1954 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8
• 1954 Milwaukee Braves spot starting pitcher Jim Wilson throws first no-hitter in history of County Stadium when he blanks Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0

Baseball Record
1957 Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1965 Morio Shigematsu of Japan runs world record marathon (2:12:00) in the Polytechnic Marathon in London, England
• 1967 Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5 in 22 innings at D.C. Stadium
• 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Doc Ellis no-hits the Padres, 2-0 at San Diego Stadium
• 1973 New Zealand all-rounder Bevan Congdon scores 176 as Kiwis chase 479 in 1st Test v England at Nottingham; tourists just miss out, dismissed for 440
• 1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer

Baseball History
1975 Hank Aaron smacks his first home run in Milwaukee since 1965 as his new team, the Brewers beat Oakland A's, 9-7


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron
LPGA Championship
1977 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bay Tree Plantation GC: Chako Higuchi of Japan wins her only LPGA major title by 3 from Pat Bradley, Sandra Post & Judy Rankin

Baseball History
1979 Detroit Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson who stays until 1995; includes World Series title 1984 and AL Manager of the Year Award 1984 and 1987

• 1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike

Holmes TKOs Spinks
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
LPGA Championship
1983 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Patty Sheehan comes from 7 strokes behind with a final round a 66 (−6) to finish 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Sandra Haynie
Senior Players Championship
1983 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Miller Barber inaugural champion by 1 stroke from Gene Littler


GolferGene Littler

• 1983 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia
• 1984 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3, to win the championship title

Senior Players Championship
1988 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Sawgrass: Billy Casper wins final career major title by 2 strokes from Al Geiberger


GolferBilly Casper

• 1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite the Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game
• 1990 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning

Baseball Record
1990 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves

Baseball Record
1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases

Baseball Record
1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list


NBA Finals
1991 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 108-101 in Game 5 for first of 3 straight titles; MVP: Michael Jordan in his first NBA Finals appearance

• 1996 Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women & Asians
• 1997 1st ever baseball regular season inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3

NBA Finals
2002 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets, 113-107 for a 4-0 sweep and 3rd straight title; MVP: Shaquille O'Neal for 3rd consecutive Finals series

• 2004 WLAF World Bowl 12, Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen: Berlin Thunder beats Frankfurt Galaxy, 30-24

LPGA Championship
2005 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bulle Rock GC: 3-peat for Annika Sörenstam of Sweden; wins by 3 strokes ahead of 15-year-old amateur Michelle Wie

Sports History
2008 Patrick Kane receives the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year

• 2009 Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Pittsburgh Penguins edge Detroit Red Wings, 2-1 for a 4-3 series win; Penguins 3rd Championship
• 2011 NBA Finals: Dallas Mavericks beat Miami Heat, 105-95 in Game 6 for first title in franchise history; MVP: Dirk Nowitzki

Ronaldo's Earnings Record
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes 1st footballer to top Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, earning $88 million

Senior Players Championship
2016 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his 3rd straight Players' title by 1 shot from Joe Durant and Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez

• 2016 Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title

Women's PGA Championship
2016 Women's PGA Championship, Sahalee CC: 18-year old Canadian Brooke Henderson wins her first major title on the 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff with top-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand

• 2017 MLB Draft: JSerra Catholic HS, CA shortstop Royce Lewis first pick by Minnesota Twins

NBA Finals
2017 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers, 129-120 in Game 5 to win series, 4-1; first time same teams had met for third consecutive year; MVP: Kevin Durant

• 2019 Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-3 series victory; first title in franchise history
• 2021 Danish star soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 game with Finland in Copenhagen; revived with a defibrillator; game controversially restarts with 1-0 Finland win
• 2021 French Open Women's Tennis: Czech doubles specialist Barbora Krejčíková wins her first major singles title 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia
• 2023 MLB Philadelphia Phillies’ catcher J.T. Realmuto hits for the cycle, 1st player for team to do so since 2004, in 9-8 loss to Diamondbacks in Arizona
• 2023 NBA Finals: Denver Nuggets beat Miami Heat 94-89 to win the franchise's first C'ship; clinch series 4-1; MVP: Denver C Nikola Jokić

 

JUNE 13

• 1874 8th Belmont: G Barbee aboard Saxon wins in 2:39.5
• 1889 23rd Belmont: W Hayward aboard Eric wins in 2:47.25
• 1890 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Ellen Roosevelt beats defending champion Bertha Townsend 6-2, 6-2

• 1895 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman J.H. Taylor retains title; beats Sandy Herd of Scotland by 4 shots
• 1895 Emile Levassor wins the first automobile race in history the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, taking 48 hours and 48 minutes (1,178 km)

36th British Men's Open

1896 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins first of 6 Open titles by 4 strokes in a 36-hole playoff with defending champion J.H. Taylor


GolferHarry Vardon

• 1905 New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson throws his 2nd no-hitter, beating Chicago Cubs, 1-0 at West Side Grounds, Chicago

Burns KOs Squires
1908 Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionTommy Burns

• 1912 NY Giant Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game
• 1913 45th Belmont: Roscoe Troxler aboard Prince Eugene wins in 2:18
• 1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games
• 1914 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Mary Browne wins her 3rd consecutive US title beating fellow American Marie Wagner 6–2, 1–6, 6–1; event moves to Forest Hills 1915
• 1915 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American based Norwegian Molla Bjurstedt beats Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 for her first of 4 straight US singes titles
• 1918 Phillies and Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings
• 1924 Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win
• 1925 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8
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• 1925 American William DeHart Hubbard sets men's long jump world record at 7.89m (25 ft 10 3⁄4 in) in Chicago, Illinois
• 1925 Charles Jenkins demonstrates the transmission of synchronized pictures and sound (early television)
• 1931 63rd Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Twenty Grand wins in 2:29.6

Braddock Upsets Baer
1935 10-to-1 underdog James J. Braddock upsets defending champion Max Baer in a 15 round unanimous points decision at Madison Square Garden, NYC for the world heavyweight boxing title


BoxerJames J. Braddock

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMax Baer
DiMaggio Hits 3 HRs
1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1938 Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe v England at Trent Bridge
• 1945 Heerjansdam soccer team forms
• 1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)

Babe Ruth's Farewell
1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1953 85th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 2:28.6

Cricket History
1953 English Cricketer Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 & 7-44) vs Australia


Cricket Medium Pace BowlerAlec Bedser
World Record Marathon
1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)


Marathon RunnerJim Peters
US Golf Open
1953 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Ben Hogan wins a record-tying 4th US Open title, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Snead


GolferBen Hogan

GolferSam Snead

• 1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France
• 1956 1st European Cup Final, Paris: Héctor Rial scores twice as Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 4-3 to claim inaugural title

Baseball Record
1957 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
Belmont Stakes
1959 91st Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Sword Dancer wins in 2:28.6


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1964 Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55)
• 1965 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Beverly CC: Susie Maxwell wins by 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Marlene Hagge

LPGA Championship
1971 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Whitworth wins by 4 strokes from Kathy Ahern


LPGA GolferKathy Whitworth

• 1973 Garvey, Lopes, Cey & Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8½ years (LA Dodgers)

Golf Major
1976 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Cedar Brae CC: Donna Caponi wins in a playoff with Judy Rankin


LPGA GolferDonna Caponi

• 1976 French Open Women's Tennis: Sue Barker of England claims her lone major singles title; beats Renáta Tomanová of Czechoslovakia 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
• 1976 German sprinter Inge Helten runs female WR 100m (11.04) at Fürth, West Germany

LPGA Championship
1982 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Jan Stephenson of Australia wins by 2 strokes from JoAnne Carner


GolferJoAnne Carner

• 1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
• 1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
• 1989 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games
• 1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at US Open Golf tournament
• 1991 NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
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• 1991 The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication

LPGA Championship
1993 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Patty Sheehan wins her 4th major title by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Lauri Merten


LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan
Contract of Interest
1994 Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract


Baseball InfielderRyne Sandberg
Sports History
1994 Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most)


Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly
Sports History
1995 MLB Cleveland Indians' Dennis Martínez no-hits Baltimore Orioles 11-0,


MLB PitcherDennis Martínez

• 1995 New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2 for a 4-2 series win; qualify for their first Stanley Cup Finals Series (beat Detroit Red Wings, 4-0)
• 1995 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2
• 1997 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2

Stanley Cup
2002 Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; Red Wings' 10th title; coach Scotty Bowman retires with record 9th title


NHL CoachScotty Bowman
Cricket's T20 is Born. Howzat!?
2003 English county cricket teams play the 1st official Twenty20 matches


Legendary cricketer WG Grace plays forward with his typical straight bat in 1878
LPGA Championship
2004 50th LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Sweden's Annika Sörenstam goes back-to-back by 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Shi Hyun Ahn


GolferAnnika Sörenstam
Baseball Record
2012 San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain pitches first perfect game in the franchise's history against the Houston Astros


Baseball PlayerJosé Altuve

• 2014 Stanley Cup Final, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA: LA Kings edge New York Rangers, 3-2 in double OT for a 4-1 series win; second Championship in LA franchise history
• 2017 Warriors win 2nd NBA title in 3 years over the Cavaliers (129-120)
• 2018 FIFA Congress votes to award 2026 World Cup to joint bid by US, Canada & Mexico
• 2018 The Spanish Football Association sacks coach Julen Lopetegui just 2 days out from first World Cup game after he agreed to manage Real Madrid

NBA Finals
2019 NBA Finals: Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-110 to win franchise's first Championship; last game at Oracle Arena, Oakland; MVP: Kawhi Leonard


Basketball ForwardKawhi Leonard
French Open Men's Tennis
2021 French Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 19th Grand Slam singles title; beats Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković

• 2023 Stanley Cup Final, T-Mobile Arena, LV: Vegas Golden Knights rout Florida Panthers 9-3 to clinch 4-1 series win; franchise's first title in only 6th year in the NHL; MVP: Jonathan Marchessault (VGK forward)

 

JUNE 14

• 1870 All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer 1st loss in 130 games
• 1880 14th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:47
• 1913 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Mary Browne beats Dorothy Green 6-2, 7-5

• 1922 Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament
• 1924 Test Cricket debuts of English players Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate in 1st Test England v South Africa at Edgbaston

French Championships Men's Tennis

1926 French Championships Men's Tennis: Henri Cochet wins 1st of 4 home titles; beats fellow Frenchman René Lacoste 6-2, 6-4, 6-3


Tennis PlayerRené Lacoste

Tennis PlayerHenri Cochet
French Women's Tennis Championships
1926 French Women's Tennis Championships: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary Kendall Browne 6-1, 6-0


Tennis PlayerSuzanne Lenglen

• 1930 VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht

Gehrig and McCarthy Thrown Out
1933 MLB's Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

Baseball ManagerJoe McCarthy
Baer KO's Carnera
1934 American boxer Max Baer KO's defending champion Primo Carnera of Italy in 11th round at Madison Square Garden for the lineal world heavyweight title


BoxerPrimo Carnera

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMax Baer
Bradman's Trent Bridge 144*
1938 Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
Spahn Ties Whitney Record
1952 Boston Brave Warren Spahn ties NL record held by Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15 innings


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn
Peters' World Record Marathon
1952 British runner Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)


Marathon RunnerJim Peters

• 1952 US Open Men's Golf, Northwood GC: Julius Boros wins 1st of 3 majors by 4 shots from Ed Oliver
• 1953 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight

US Golf Open
1958 US Open Men's Golf, Southern Hills CC: Native Oklahoman Tommy Bolt wins his only major championship, 4 strokes ahead of 22-year old South African Gary Player


GolferGary Player

US Golf Open
1959 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Billy Casper wins first of his 2 Open titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Rosburg


GolferBilly Casper
Sports History
1963 NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDuke Snider

• 1965 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11 innings, 1-0
• 1966 Miami beats St Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball

Sports History
1969 Oakland As' Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson
Baseball Record
1974 MLB Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Boston Red Sox over 13 innings in a 15-inning 2-1 win for California at Anaheim Stadium


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
French Open Women's Tennis
1975 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 for her 2nd of 7 French singles title

• 1976 French Open Men's Tennis: Adriano Panatta of Italy beats American Harold Solomon 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 for his lone Grand Slam singles title
• 1979 Canada all out for 45 runs in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40.3 overs

Sports History
1979 NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record

LPGA Championship
1981 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Donna Caponi Young sinks 15 foot birdie putt on 18th to beat Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers by 1 stroke

Sports History
1985 Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Baltimore Orioles


MLB Manager Earl Weaver

• 1987 41st NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
• 1987 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Sawgrass CC: South African Gary Player wins by 1 stroke from Bruce Crampton and Chi-Chi Rodriguez
• 1989 MLB Texas Rangers' Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams

NBA Finals
1990 NBA Finals: Defending champion Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers, 92-90 in Game 5 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Isiah Thomas

• 1991 Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in NYC

NBA Finals
1992 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trail Blazers, 97-93 in Game 6 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Michael Jordan for second straight year


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan
Sports History
1992 Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play


Baseball PlayerOzzie Smith
Senior Players Championship
1992 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Dave Stockton wins first of 3 Champions Tour major titles by 1 stroke from J.C. Snead and lee Trevino


Golfer and Two-Time PGA Champion Dave Stockton

Golfer Lee Trevino

• 1994 Stanley Cup Final, Madison Square Garden: New York Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks, 3-2 for a 4-3 series victory; Rangers end their record 54-year Championship drought

NBA Finals
1995 49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games

• 1995 Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win
• 1998 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz, 87-86 in Game 6 for their 3rd consecutive title and 6th in 8 seasons; MVP: Michael Jordan for 3rd straight year and 6th time
• 1998 WLAF World Bowl 6, Waldstadion, Frankfurt: Rhein Fire beats Frankfurt Galaxy, 34-10

Sports History
2000 Greg Maddux makes his 387th putout, breaking Jack Morris' career record


MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

• 2003 WLAF World Bowl 11, Hampden Park, Glasgow: Frankfurt Galaxy beats Rhein Fire, 35-16
• 2005 Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men's 100 meters world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium
• 2007 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs edge Cleveland Cavaliers, 83-82 for a 4-0 series sweep; MVP: Tony Parker
• 2009 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bulle Rock GC: 22-year-old Tour rookie Anna Nordqvist of Sweden wins her only major title by 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Lindsey Wright

NBA Finals
2009 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat Orlando Magic, 99-86 in Game 5 for franchise's 15th NBA championship; MVP: Kobe Bryant


NBA Guard Kobe Bryant
Senior Players Championship
2015 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Belmont CC: Defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany wins by 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Kirk Triplett

LPGA Championship
2015 Women's PGA Championship, Westchester CC: 3-peat for Inbee Park; beats fellow South Korean Kim Sei-young by 5 strokes; previously LPGA Championship

• 2017 Bernie Sanders supporter opens fire at Republican politicians practising baseball near Washington, D.C., injuring 4

FIFA World Cup
2018 21st FIFA World Cup opens at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia with British singer Robbie Williams and Russian soprano Aida Garifullina performing

• 2018 Rashid Khan makes his Test debut for Afghanistan against India

Sports History
2021 Cristiano Ronaldo removes sponsors coke bottles from his press table at the European Championships, prompting the company share price to drop $4 billion

 

JUNE 15

• 1887 NY Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 29-1
• 1888 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Bertha Townsend beats defending champion Ellen Hansell 6-3, 6-5
• 1889 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Bertha Townsend beats Lida Voorhees 7-5, 6-2

• 1894 Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8
• 1902 Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game

46th British Men's Open

1906 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Scotsman James Braid successfully defends title by 4 strokes from J.H. Taylor of England; his 3rd Open victory


Golfer and Course DesignerJames Braid

• 1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
• 1912 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Mary Browne beats Eleonora Sears 6-4, 6-2 for her first of 3 straight US singles titles
• 1920 De Zweef soccer team forms in Nijverdal

58th British Men's Open
1923 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon GC: Englishman Arthur Havers holes a bunker shot on 72nd hole to win his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of defending champion Walter Hagen


GolferWalter Hagen
Cobb's Record Steal
1928 Philadelphia Athletics baseball star Ty Cobb, steals home for a record 54th time


MLB LegendTy Cobb
Collins and Heilmann Retire
1931 Eddie Collins & Harry Heilmann retire from baseball


Baseball LegendEddie Collins

• 1938 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter

47th US Men's Open
1947 US Open Men's Golf, St. Louis CC: Lew Worsham defeats Sam Snead by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff for his only major title


GolferSam Snead

• 1948 First night game at Briggs Stadium, Detroit: Tigers beat Philadelphia A's, 4-1

Bradman Out For a Duck
1948 In his farewell Ashes Tour, Don Bradman is out for a duck (0) in the Australian 2nd innings, but tourists win 1st Test against England by 8 wickets at Nottingham


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

Boxing Title Fight
1951 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1953 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 & Browns 14-game losing streak
• 1953 NY Yankees first baseman Johnny Mize is 93rd MLB player to get 2,000 hits
• 1955 The International Olympic Committee votes to award Rome the rights to host the 1960 Summer Olympic Games

Belmont Stakes
1957 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker
US Golf Open
1957 US Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Dick Mayer defeats defending champion Cary Middlecoff by 7 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only major title


GolferCary Middlecoff
Baseball Trade
1957 Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
1st Win for Cordero Jr.
1960 Ángel Cordero Jr. wins his 1st of over 7,000 horse races


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.

• 1962 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win
• 1963 American Leonard "Buddy" Edelen runs world record marathon (2:14:28) at Polytechnic Marathon (from Windsor to Chiswick, England)

Baseball History
1963 SF Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherJuan Marichal
Baseball Record
1965 Detroit pitcher Denny McLain in relief strikes out first 7 batters faced & records 14 in 6 2/3 innings in Tigers 6-5 win over Boston Red Sox; Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 putouts


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1968 15th Curtis Cup: US wins 10½-7½ at Royal County Down Golf Club (Newcastle, Northern Ireland)
• 1969 Mets help their power needs by adding 1st baseman Donn Clendenon
• 1969 US Open Golf, Champions GC: Orville Moody wins only major title by 1 stroke from Al Geiberger, Bob Rosberg & Dean Beman

LPGA Championship
1970 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Shirley Englehorn wins her only major title; beats 1967 champion Kathy Whitworth by 4 strokes in an 18-hole playoff


LPGA GolferKathy Whitworth
French Open Women's Tennis
1974 French Open Women's Tennis: American teenager Chris Evert beats Olga Morozova of Russia 6-1, 6-2 for first of a record 7 French singles titles


Tennis LegendChris Evert
French Open Men's Tennis
1975 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg retains title; beats Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-2, 6-3, 6-4


Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionGuillermo Vilas

• 1976 In a blockbuster MLB trade, NY Yankees send May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore Orioles for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman
• 1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
• 1980 Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game

US Golf Open
1980 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Jack Nicklaus sets new tournament scoring record 272 (-8) to win his 4th Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Isao Aoki of Japan


GolferJack Nicklaus
Baseball Trade
1983 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen & Rick Ownbey

Hearns KOs Durán
1984 American boxer Thomas Hearns retains WBC light middleweight title with 2 round KO of Roberto Durán of Panama at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas; marks first time in his illustrious career Durán knocked out
Thomas KOs Weaver
1985 Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

US Golf Open
1986 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Raymond Floyd wins his 4th and final major, 2 strokes ahead of Chip Beck and Lanny Wadkins


Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner Ray Floyd

• 1987 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for The Ring heavyweight boxing title at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• 1989 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
• 1992 Jeff Reardon breaks Rollie Fingers' save record with #342
• 1992 MLB Pittsburgh Pirates' Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in one inning - until a review of the rules determined his first steal attempt was nullified by an interference call [1]
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• 1994 New York Giants cut Super Bowl XXI MVP quarterback Phil Simms after 15 years service with the NFL club

US Golf Open
1997 US Open Men's Golf, Congressional CC: Ernie Els wins his second Open title, the second of his 4 major championships, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie
NBA Finals
2001 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 100-86 in Game 5 to win back-to-back titles; MVP: Shaquille O'Neal for second straight year


Basketball PlayerShaquille O'Neal
NBA Finals
2003 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat New Jersey Nets, 88-77 in Game 6 for franchise's second title; MVP: Tim Duncan

US Golf Open
2003 US Open Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: American Jim Furyk wins his only major title by 3 from Stephen Leaney of Australia

• 2004 NBA Finals: Detroit Pistons beat Los Angeles Lakers, 100-87 in Game 5 to complete one of the greatest upsets in NBA history; MVP: Chauncey Billups
• 2011 Stanley Cup Final, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC: Boston Bruins defeat Vancouver Canucks, 4-0 for 4-3 series win; Bruins end 39-year Stanley Cup drought

NBA Finals
2014 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat, 104-87 in Game 5 for 5th NBA Championship in franchise history; MVP: Kawhi Leonard

• 2014 US Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst Resort: Martin Kaymer of Germany leads wire-to-wire to win his second major title, 8 strokes ahead of runners-up Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler
• 2015 Stanley Cup Final, United Center, Chicago, IL: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0 for a 4-2 series victory; Blackhawks' 6th Championship
• 2018 World Cup: Portugal 3. Spain 3 - Cristiano Renaldo scores hat-trick - 4th player to score in 4 different WC's - 1st to score in 8 consecutive major tournaments

Babe Ruth's Jersey Sells for Record
2019 Baseball jersey belonging to Babe Ruth becomes most expensive sports memorabilia when it sells for $5.64 million at an auction in New York

NBA Trade
2019 In a blockbuster NBA trade, the New Orleans Pelicans send forward Anthony Davis to the LA Lakers for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart & 3 future 1st round draft picks including 2019 #4

 

JUNE 16

• 1883 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" - NY Gothams beat Cleveland Blues 5-2 at the Polo Grounds in NYC
• 1894 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Helen Hellwig beats defending champion Aline Terry 7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

Trumper's 1st Test Century

1899 Australian cricketer Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England at Lord's


CricketerVictor Trumper

• 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox

Jim Thorpe Forfeits Olympic Gold
1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic gold medals


Versatile AthleteJim Thorpe

• 1916 MLB Boston Brave's pitcher Tom Hughes no-hitter beats Pittsburgh, 2-0; at the time it is his 2nd career no-hitter, but a 1991 rule change wiped his 1910 effort [1]
• 1917 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8
• 1929 Otto E. Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
• 1932 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorkshire v Essex

Foxx's Record Six Walks
1938 Boston first baseman Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by St Louis Browns; Red Sox still win, 12-8


MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

• 1945 70th Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8
• 1945 Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins

46th US Men's Open
1946 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: World War II veteran Lloyd Mangrum defeats Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi in 36 playoff holes to win his only major title


GolferByron Nelson

• 1951 83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29

51st US Men's Open
1951 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Ben Hogan wins his second consecutive US Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Clayton Heafner.


GolferBen Hogan

• 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, NY Yankees lose ending an 18 game winning streak and also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
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• 1956 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8
• 1956 US Open Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Cary Middlecoff wins his second Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Julius Boros and Ben Hogan
• 1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Washington Senators 8-6

US Golf Open
1968 US Open Golf, Oak Hill CC: Lee Trevino wins his first major title by 4 shots from Jack Nicklaus; first to play sub-70 golf in Open history


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferLee Trevino

• 1971 Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen, Netherlands

French Open Men's Tennis
1974 French Open Men's Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins first career Grand Slam title; beats Manuel Orantes of Spain 2-6, 6-7, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1


Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg
US Golf Open
1974 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Hale Irwin's score of 287 (+7) is good enough for the first of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Forrest Fezler


GolferHale Irwin
NBA Trade
1975 NBA Milwaukee Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to L.A. Lakers for 4 players


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports History
1977 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals


Baseball PitcherRon Guidry
Sports History
1978 Cincinnati Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
Sports History
1979 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

• 1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
• 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
• 1985 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: 1978 champion Andy North wins by 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Dave Barr, T C Chen and Denis Watson
• 1985 Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11 inches) in Indianapolis
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• 1988 Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
• 1988 In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
• 1989 Only 17 holes-in-one recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
• 1990 NHL Draft: Cornwall Royals (OHL) right wing Owen Nolan first pick by Quebec Nordiques
• 1991 Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
• 1991 With 3 runs in 9th, Baltimore Orioles end Minnesota Twins 15 game winning streak, with 6-5 win
• 1992 Colorado Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game
• 1992 MLB Boston Red Sox Jeff Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0) [1]

Baseball Record
1993 Ken Griffey Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.
Sports History
1994 Canadian goaltender Martin Brodeur becomes 1st New Jersey Devil to win Calder Trophy, for Rookie of the Year


NHL GoalieMartin Brodeur
Sports History
1995 Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)


MLB StarAndre Dawson

• 1995 Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
• 1996 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seattle Supersonics, 4 games to 2; the Bulls' 4th title in 6 years

US Golf Open
1996 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills GC: Steve Jones wins his lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Tom Lehman and Davis Love III


GolferTom Lehman

GolferDavis Love III

• 1998 Stanley Cup Final, MCI Center, Washington, D.C.: Detroit Red Wings go back-to-back, defeating debutant finalists Washington Capitals, 4-1 for a 4-0 series sweep

US Golf Open
2002 US Open Men's Golf, Bethpage State Park: Tiger Woods wins his second Open title, 3 shots ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson


GolferTiger Woods

GolferPhil Mickelson

• 2008 US Open Men's Golf, Torrey Pines GC: Tiger Woods wins his 3rd US Open and 14th major title, beating Rocco Mediate on the 1st hole of sudden-death, following a Monday 18-hole playoff

Appointment of Interest
2010 Hockey HOF right wing Cam Neely is named President of his former team, the Boston Bruins


NHL StarCam Neely
US Golf Open
2013 US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: Englishman Justin Rose wins his first major title, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Jason Day and Phil Mickelson


GolferPhil Mickelson

• 2015 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland Cavaliers, 105-97 in Game 6 for first title in 40 years and their 4th in franchise history; MVP: Andre Iguodala
• 2018 World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan

Sports History
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans: 2-time World F1 champion Fernando Alonso along with Swiss driver Sébastien Buemi and Japan's Kazuki Nakajima win back-to-back titles for Toyota Gazoo Racing


Auto RacerFernando Alonso
US Golf Open
2019 US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: American Gary Woodland claims his first major title with a 3 stroke victory over defending champion Brooks Koepka


GolferBrooks Koepka
Sports History
2020 Support from Manchester United player Marcus Rashford and others forces UK Government to make U-turn on summer school meal vouchers


FootballerMarcus Rashford
NBA Finals
2022 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat Boston Celtics, 103-90 for a 4-2 series win; Warriors' 4th title in 8 years; MVP: Stephen Curry


Basketball SuperstarStephen Curry

• 2023 US truck driver Robert Bowers found guilty of the deadliest attack on Jews in the US, of shooting 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue, Pittsburgh, in 2018 [1]

 

JUNE 17

• 1880 Providence Grays MLB pitcher John M. Ward throws a perfect game beating the Buffalo Bisons, 5-0; second perfect game in National League in 6 days; next one takes 84 years
• 1901 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt GC: Willie Anderson of Scotland wins first of his 4 Open titles by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff with Alex Smith

British Defeat US

1906 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reginald Doherty beat Raymond Little & Holcombe Ward 3-6, 11-9, 9-7, 6-1 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)


Tennis PlayerLaurence Doherty

• 1911 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Florence Sutton 8-10, 6-1, 9-7 for her third straight US singles title

US Golf Open
1927 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: American-based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Harry Cooper by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win the first of his 3 major titles


GolferTommy Armour
Bradman Scores 131
1930 Continuing a rich vein of form Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 131 in 1st Test v England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1939 44th Women's French Championships: Simonne Mathieu beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (6-3, 8-6)

French Men's Championship
1939 French Championships Men's Tennis: American collegiate champion Don McNeill beats countryman Bobby Riggs 7-5, 6-0, 6-3


Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs
Cronin's Pinch HRs
1943 Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs


Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin

• 1953 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)

Boxing Title Fight
1954 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles by unanimous points decision in his 3rd world heavyweight boxing title defense at Yankee Stadium, NYC


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles
Baseball History
1960 Ted Williams hit his 500th HR


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
US Golf Open
1961 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Gene Littler wins his sole major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Bob Goalby and Doug Sanders


GolferGene Littler
Sports History
1962 Chicago Cub Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock

• 1962 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile: Brazil go 1-down early but recover to beat Czechoslovakia, 3-1

US Golf Open
1962 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his first major title by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff with Arnold Palmer


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferArnold Palmer

Golf Major
1973 Canadian Open Golf (La Canadienne), Montreal Municipal GC: Jocelyne Bourassa of Canada wins inaugural event in a playoff with Sandra Haynie & Judy Rankin


GolferSandra Haynie

• 1973 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Johnny Miller fires a record final round 63 (-8) to win his first major championship, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up John Schlee
• 1976 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA

Sports History
1978 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs


Baseball PitcherRon Guidry
US Golf Open
1979 US Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Hale Irwin wins his second Open title, 2 strokes ahead of former champions Jerry Pate and Gary Player


GolferGary Player

GolferHale Irwin
Sports History
1988 Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

Model and ActressRobin Givens

• 1989 US beats Guatemala 2-1 in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

US Golf Open
1990 US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Hale Irwin wins his 3rd Open title; defeats Mike Donald at the 91st hole, the first in sudden-death, after tying the 18-hole Monday playoff


GolferHale Irwin
US Golf Open
1991 US Open Golf, Hazeline National GC: Payne Stewart wins a Monday playoff with 1987 champion Scott Simpson


GolferPayne Stewart
NBA Trade
1992 Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns


NBA Power ForwardCharles Barkley
Murder of Interest
1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, LA police chase his Ford Bronco for 1½ hours before he eventually gives up (seen live on national TV)


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1995 WLAF World Bowl 3, Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam: Frankfurt Galaxy beats Amsterdam Admirals, 26-22
• 1997 NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 & Minneapolis-St Paul & Columbus, Ohio in 2000

Moneyball
2003 "Moneyball", a book about the 2003 Oakland Athletics baseball team and GM Billy Beane's sabermetric approach, inspired by Bill James, is published


Baseball Writer and StatisticianBill James
US Golf Open
2007 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont GC: Ángel Cabrera wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods; first Open won by an Argentine or a South American


GolferTiger Woods

GolferJim Furyk

• 2008 NBA Finals: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 131-92 in Game 6 for first title since 1986 and 17th overall; MVP: Paul Pierce

NBA Finals
2010 NBA Finals: Depending champion Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 83-79 in Game 7 for franchise's 16th NBA title; MVP: Kobe Bryant

• 2012 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club, SF: American Webb Simpson wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson

Sports History
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans: Former F1 world champion Fernando Alonso teams with Kazuki Nakajima and Sébastien Buemi to win for Toyota Gazoo Racing

US Golf Open
2018 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Brooks Koepka wins by 1 stroke from Tommy Fleetwood for first back-to-back Open titles since 1988-89 (Curtis Strange)

• 2023 MLB Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits 150th career home run in a10-9 loss to Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

 

June 18

• 1898 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Juliette Atkinson beats Marion Jones 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 for her third US singles title
• 1898 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt Club: Scotsman Fred Herd easily wins by 7 strokes from countryman Alex Smith; first 72-hole US Open
• 1911 Detroit Tigers trail Chicago White Sox, 13-1 at Bennett Park, Detroit; recover to win, 16-15 for the biggest comeback in Major League Baseball history

• 1915 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: 4-time US Amateur champion Jerome Travers captures his only Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
• 1936 First bicycle traffic court in America established in Racine, Wisconsin

Ruth Signed as Dodgers Coach

1938 Baseball slugger Babe Ruth is signed as a Brooklyn Dodgers coach for the remainder of the season


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Louis KOs Conn
1941 In his 18th world heavyweight title defence Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13th round in front of a crowd of 54,487 at the Polo Grounds, NYC


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

BoxerBilly Conn

• 1947 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
• 1948 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts debuts for the Philadelphia Phillies, taking a 2-0 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
• 1950 Cleveland Indians score an American League record 14 runs in 1st inning; beat Philadelphia A's, 21-2 at Cleveland Stadium
• 1953 Red Sox rookie Eugene Stephens is 1st player in AL history to register 3 hits in an inning as Boston scores 17 runs in the 7th during 23-3 rout of visiting Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park, Boston
• 1960 San Francisco Giants hire Tom Sheehan to replace Bill Rigney; baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) goes 46-50-2 for remainder of season

US Golf Open
1960 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Arnold Palmer stages greatest comeback in tournament history; erases a 7-stroke final round deficit to win his only US Open title by 2 strokes ahead of Jack Nicklaus


GolferArnold Palmer

GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1967 Houston Astros pitcher Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0 at the Astrodome, Houston

US Golf Open
1967 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Jack Nicklaus shoots a final round 65 for a new tournament record 275, 4 strokes ahead of Arnold Palmer


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferArnold Palmer
UEFA European Championship Final
1972 UEFA European Championship Final, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium: Gerd Müller scores a brace as West Germany beats Soviet Union, 3-0


Footballer and StrikerGerd Müller

• 1972 US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Jack Nicklaus captures his 3rd Open title, 3 strokes ahead of Bruce Crampton of Australia

Sports History
1972 US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws [1]


Baseball PlayerCurt Flood

• 1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants

Sports History
1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a single Red Sox game in a 15-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers


Baseball OutfielderFred Lynn

• 1975 Left-arm fast bowler Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 to guide Australia to a 4 wicket win with 188 balls remaining in Cricket World Cup semi final v England at Leeds

Sports History
1976 Bowie Kuhn voids Oakland A's sales of players, totaling $35 million - Joe Rudi & Rollie Fingers to Boston Red Sox, and Vida Blue to NY Yankees


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

Major League Baseball pitcherVida Blue
Baseball Record
1976 MLB St Louis Cardinals Lou Brock & Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock
Sports History
1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dugout altercation


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
US Golf Open
1978 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Andy North holds on for a 1-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his 2 US Open titles


Golfer and Two-Time PGA ChampionDave Stockton
Sports History
1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
• 1981 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge

US Golf Open
1984 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Fuzzy Zoeller beats Greg Norman of Australia by 8 strokes in a Monday 18-hole playoff to win his first Open title


GolferGreg Norman

GolferFuzzy Zoeller
Sports History
1986 California Angels'Don Sutton becomes 19th MLB pitcher to win 300 games


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherDon Sutton

• 1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run

US Golf Open
1989 US Open Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Curtis Strange wins by 3 from Scott Simpson for first back-to-back Open titles since Ben Hogan 1950-51


GolferBen Hogan

GolferCurtis Strange
US Golf Open
1990 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin


GolferHale Irwin

• 1991 SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
• 1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
• 1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft pick

Sports History
1993 Expo's Dennis Martínez is 92nd MLB pitcher to win 200 games


MLB PitcherDennis Martínez

• 1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)

Rugby World Cup
1995 All Black Jonah Lomu scores the try of the Rugby World Cup, running over Mike Catt in New Zealand's 45-29 defeat of England


Rugby Union SuperstarJonah Lomu

• 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Hege Riise & Marianne Pettersen score within 3 minutes of each other to give Norway a 2-0 win over Germany
• 1995 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Corey Pavin wins his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman of Australia

US Golf Open
2000 100th US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Tiger Woods wins his first US Open by a major championship record-setting 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Ángel Jiménez


GolferTiger Woods

• 2001 US Open Men's Golf, Southern Hills CC: Retief Goosen of South Africa wins first of 2 US Open titles in an 18-hole Monday playoff, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mark Brooks

US Golf Open
2006 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Geoff Ogilvy of Australia makes clutch pars on the final 2 holes to win by 1, as runners-up Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie and Phil Mickelson all fail to par the 72nd hole

• 2017 Pakistan defeat India to win cricket's Champions Trophy at the Oval in London by 180 runs, Fakhar Zaman scores 114 runs

US Golf Open
2017 US Open Men's Golf, Erin Hills GC: Brooks Koepka wins his first major title by 4 strokes from Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama

• 2019 England cricket captain Eoin Morgan smashes a ODI world record 17 sixes against Afghanistan in his side's 150-run World Cup victory at Old Trafford; Morgan, 148 from 71 balls

US Golf Open
2023 US Open Men's Golf, LA CC: American outsider Wyndham Clark wins his first major and $3.6m as he beats Irishman Rory McIlroy by a stroke

 

JUNE 19

• 1846 First officially recognised baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules) - NY Nines 23 defeat Knickerbockers 1 at Hoboken, New Jersey
• 1867 1st Belmont Stakes: Gilbert Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05
• 1894 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56.5

• 1897 MLB Baltimore Orioles outfielder Wee Willie Keeler's then-record 44 game hitting streak ends
• 1897 US National Championship Women's Tennis: 1895 title holder Juliette Atkinson beats defending champion Elisabeth Moore 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3

48th British Men's Open

1908 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman James Braid wins his 4th Championship by 8 strokes from Tom Ball


Golfer and Course DesignerJames Braid

• 1909 1st baseball game, an exhibition between local Elks lodge teams, played under lights in Cincinnati, Ohio

54th British Men's Open
1914 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins a record 6th Open Championship, 3 strokes ahead of defending champion J.H. Taylor


GolferHarry Vardon
5000m World Record
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

• 1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m of 3:52.6; 50 minutes later sets 5,000m WR 14:28.2; also runs WR 3-mile time 14:02.00 within that event in Finnish Olympic trials in Helsinki

Schmeling KOs Louis
1936 German boxer Max Schmeling KOs up-and-coming American heavyweight Joe Louis in 12 rounds at Yankee Stadium, New York


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

BoxerMax Schmeling
McCarthy All-Star Manager
1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown


Baseball ManagerJoe McCarthy

Baseball CatcherMickey Cochrane

• 1937 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Beverly CC: Helen Hicks wins the first of her 2 major titles, defeating amateur Bea Barrett 6 & 5 in the final
• 1938 FIFA World Cup Final, Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France: Luigi Colausig & Silvio Piola each score 2 goals as Italy beats Hungary, 4-1
• 1938 Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless baseball innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th
• 1942 Paul Waner is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits
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• 1943 NFL's Philadelphia Eagles & Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5)
• 1946 1st TV sports and boxing spectacular when Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in a broadcast across New York
• 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0

Sports History
1954 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Glen Flora CC: Betty Jameson wins 6 & 5 over Louise Suggs in the final

US Golf Open
1954 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Ed Furgol wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Gene Littler

Sports History
1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100


Baseball Legend Mickey Mantle

• 1955 Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs, 1-0 in 15 innings; ties longest shutout in club history

US Golf Open
1955 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic CC: Jack Fleck wins an 18-hole playoff by 3 strokes to claim his only major title and deny Ben Hogan a record fifth US Open title


Golfer Ben Hogan
Sports History
1961 Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer

Baseball Record
1961 NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs

• 1964 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden

Ball Four
1970 Jim Bouton's controversial baseball diary "Ball Four" is published

Sports History
1973 Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) and Willie Davis (LA Dodgers) both record 2,000th MLB career hit; Rose, a single in 4-0 win vs SF Giants; Davis, a HR in 3-0 win vs Atlanta Braves

• 1974 KC Royals pitcher Steve Busby throws his 2nd career no-hitter; beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0

Sports History
1977 MLB Cleveland Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg


Baseball Outfielder and Manager Frank Robinson

• 1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
• 1977 US Open Golf, Southern Hills CC: Hubert Green shoots 2-under 278 to beat Lou Graham by 1 stroke

Cricket History
1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling

Sports History
1979 In NYC 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as manager of the New York Yankees

Sports History
1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place

Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books
1987 Gay Kelleway rides 12-1 shot Sprowston Boy to win the two-mile six-furlong Queen Alexandra Stakes; becomes first female jockey to ride a winner at England’s Royal Ascot Racecourse

• 1988 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins

Sports History
1989 Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37)

Sports History
1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al López's NL mark


Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher Gary Carter

Baseball Player Al López

• 1991 NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987

Boxing Title Fight
1992 Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1992 NY Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards

Cricket History
1993 David Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's

Agreement of Interest
1995 NY Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry

Stanley Cup
1999 Stanley Cup, Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY: Dallas Stars edge Buffalo Sabres, 2-1 in triple overtime for 4-2 series win; Brett Hull clinches series with infamous "No Goal" ruling


NBA Finals
2000 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers, 116-111 in Game 6 to win the franchise's first title in 12 years; MVP: Shaquille O'Neal


Basketball Player Shaquille O'Neal
Sports History
2005 Michael Schumacher wins controversial United States Formula 1 Grand Prix where only 6 of 20 cars complete the race amongst ridicule of F1 safety and tyre rules

US Golf Open
2005 US Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst CC: Michael Campbell of New Zealand holds off a charging Tiger Woods to clinch his only major title by 2 shots


Golfer Tiger Woods

• 2006 Stanley Cup Final, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC: Carolina Hurricanes beat Edmonton Oilers, 3-1 for a 4-3 series victory; Hurricane's first Championship

US Golf Open
2011 US Open Men's Golf, Congressional CC: Irishman Rory McIlroy wins by 8 strokes ahead of Australian Jason Day; sets 11 tournament records, including lowest total 72-hole score (268) and lowest total under par (−16)

Sports History
2013 Jerry Sloan returns to the Utah Jazz as an adviser and scouting consultant

Sports History
2016 Alex Puccio undergoes spinal fusion surgery due to a herniated disk


Rock ClimberAlex Puccio
NBA Finals
2016 NBA Finals: Cleveland Cavaliers win first title beating defending champion Golden State Warriors, 93-89 in Game 7; first team to overcome 3–1 deficit; MVP: LeBron James

US Golf Open
2016 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC, PA: Despite controversial penalty on the 5th green, Dustin Johnson wins by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Shane Lowry, Jim Furyk & Scott Piercy

• 2018 England smash the highest score (481/6) in one day international cricket history in a 242 run defeat of Australia (239) at Trent Bridge

US Golf Open
2022 US Open Men's Golf, The CC, Brookline, Mass.: Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick wins his first major title with a 1 stroke win over American pair Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris

 

JUNE 20

• 1896 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Elisabeth Moore beats defending champion Juliette Atkinson 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• 1910 US Open Men's Golf, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Alex Smith of Scotland wins an 18-hole playoff over younger brother Macdonald Smith and John McDermott to win his 2nd Open title
• 1912 NY Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12

• 1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
• 1914 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20
• 1919 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Marion Zinderstein 6-1, 6-2 for her 4th US singles title
• 1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed

65th British Men's Open

1930 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Bobby Jones wins his 3rd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Leo Diegel and Macdonald Smith on his way to the single-season Grand Slam


GolferBobby Jones

Golfer and Two-Time PGA ChampionLeo Diegel
Jesse Owens Sets 100m Record
1936 American sprinter Jesse Owens sets a 100m world record of 10.2 seconds


Track and Field AthleteJesse Owens
Louis TKOs Godoy
1940 Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis
'Gorgeous Gussie' Shocks Wimbledon
1949 Tennis star Gussie Moran shocks Wimbledon by wearing a short dress "to look good and "move more freely on the court"


Gussie in her 'shocking' outfit. Photo: George W. Hales/Fox Photos, via Getty Images

• 1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox

LPGA Western Golf Open
1953 LPGA Western Golf Open Women's Golf, Capital City Club: Louise Suggs defeats Patty Berg, 6 & 5 in the final


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

GolferPatty Berg
Mantle Hits Bleachers - Twice
1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers, the only player to ever do so


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
Patterson KOs Johansson
1960 Floyd Patterson becomes first man to regain the world heavyweight boxing title when he KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 in New York

• 1964 US Open Men's Golf, Congressional CC: Ken Venturi wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tommy Jacobs

US Golf Open
1966 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic CC: Billy Casper erases a 7-stroke deficit on the final 9 holes to tie Arnold Palmer; wins Monday 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes

• 1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time

Jim Hines Breaks the 10s Barrier
1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds

Robinson's 2,000th Hit
1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR


Baseball Hall of Fame Third Baseman Brooks Robinson

• 1973 Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout)

Baseball Record
1973 SF Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs

• 1976 UEFA European Championship Final, Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Czechoslovakia upsets West Germany, 5-3 on penalties following 2-2 draw a.e.t
• 1976 US Open Men's Golf, Atlanta AC: Tour rookie Jerry Pate wins his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Al Geiberger and Tom Weiskopf
• 1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
• 1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs & double to beat Red Sox 20-2

Roberto Durán vs Sugar Ray Leonard
1980 Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous points decision
Baseball History
1982 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
US Golf Open
1982 US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Tom Watson wins his only US Open by 2 strokes from Jack Nicklaus


GolferTom Watson

GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1983 New York Yankees 5-time MLB All Star outfielder Bobby Murcer retires

US Golf Open
1983 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Larry Nelson wins by 1 shot from Tom Watson in a storm affected Monday finish

Baseball History
1984 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam & 14th lifetime


Baseball Player Dave Kingman
Fregosi Takes White Sox Helm
1986 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony La Russa as White Sox manager

• 1987 1st Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand fly-half Grant Fox lands 4 penalties, a conversion and drop goal as the All Blacks beat France, 29-9
• 1988 NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils

US Golf Open
1988 US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: Curtis Strange wins a Monday 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes from Englishman Nick Faldo


Golfer Curtis Strange
NHL Trade
1992 Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Washington Capitals to the Detroit Red Wings

• 1992 Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball PA announcer (Baltimore Orioles)
• 1992 NHL Draft: ZPS Zlin (Czechoslovakia) defenceman Roman Hamrlik first pick by Tampa Bay Lightning

NBA Finals
1993 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls become first team since legendary Boston Celtics of the 1960s to win 3 consecutive titles, with a 99–98 victory in Game 6 over Phoenix Suns; MVP: Michael Jordan for third straight year


Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan
US Golf Open
1993 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Lee Janzen plays sub-70 golf all 4 rounds to tie tournament scoring record and win the first of his 2 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of Payne Stewart


Golfer Payne Stewart
O.J. Simpson Arraigned
1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman

US Golf Open
1994 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Ernie Els of South Africa wins on the second sudden-death hole to defeat Loren Roberts, after Colin Montgomerie was eliminated in an 18-hole playoff
Cricket World Cup
1999 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Shane Warne takes 4/33 as Australia beats Pakistan by 8 wickets; Lance Klusener (RSA), Player of Series

• 1999 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London, England: Australia wins its second trophy with 8 wicket win over Pakistan; Player of the Match: Shane Warne (AUS) 4/33 (9 overs)
• 1999 US Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst CC: Payne Stewart wins his 2nd Open title by 1 stroke from Phil Mickelson

US Golf Open
2004 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Retief Goosen of South Africa wins his second Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up and reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson

NBA Finals
2006 NBA Finals: Miami Heat beat Dallas Mavericks, 95-92 in Game 6 for first title in franchise history; MVP: Dwyane Wade

• 2010 US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Irishman Graeme McDowell wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Grégory Havret of France

NBA Finals
2013 NBA Finals: Miami Heat beat San Antonio Spurs, 95-88 in Game 7 for back-to-back titles; MVP: LeBron James for second straight year

• 2014 Joel Embiid undergoes surgery on a broken navicular bone in his right foot

Woods Checks into Clinic
2017 Tiger Woods checks into a clinic to manage his pain medication and sleep disorder, following his arrest for driving under the influence

• 2018 FIFA World Cup: Portugal superstar Cristiano Renaldo heads a goal against Morocco to become the all-time leading European goalscorer (85) in international competition
• 2019 NBA Draft: Duke power forward Zion Williamson first pick by New Orleans Pelicans
• 2020 152nd Belmont Stakes: Tiz the Law with Manuel Franco aboard becomes first New York-bred winner of the event since 1882

US Golf Open
2021 US Open Men's Golf, Torrey Pines GC: Jon Rahm beats Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa by 1 stroke to become first Spaniard to win the event

 

JUNE 21

Chess Prodigy in Europe

1858 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe


Chess PlayerPaul Morphy

• 1879 Infielder William White plays one game for the Providence Grays with conjecture was the first African-American to play MLB even though he appeared Caucasian
• 1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
• 1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)
• 1907 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Frenchman Arnaud Massy wins by 2 strokes from J.H. Taylor; first non-Briton to win Open Championship
• 1907 US Open Men's Golf, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Alec Ross of Scotland posts 4 sub-80 rounds to win his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls
• 1916 Boston Red Sox pitcher Rube Foster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0 at Fenway Park

Max Schmeling vs Jack Sharkey
1932 German champion Max Schmeling loses NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight boxing titles in controversial split points decision to American Jack Sharkey in NYC, New York


BoxerMax Schmeling

• 1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit

Bradman's 101*
1938 Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
Lou Gehrig Retires
1939 NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Veeck Buys Cleveland
1946 Bill Veeck buys MLB baseball team Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck
DiMaggio's 2,000th Hit
1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit, a 7th-inning single off Chick Pieretti, in a 8-2 victory over Cleveland


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
Sports History
1951 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Whitemarsh Valley CC: Patty Berg defeats Pat O'Sullivan, 2-up in the final


GolferPatty Berg
Golf Tournament
1952 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Skokie CC: Betsy Rawls defeats Betty Jameson, 1 up in the final


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

• 1954 Australian middle distance runner John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0) and 1500m (3:41.8+) in Turku, Finland
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• 1960 German sprinter Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0)

Baseball Record
1964 Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning hurls a perfect game as Philadelphia beats the New York Mets, 6-0 on Fathers Day at Shea Stadium


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning

• 1964 UEFA European Championship Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Marcelino scores the winner as Spain beats Soviet Union, 2-1

US Golf Open
1965 US Open Men's Golf, Bellerive CC: Gary Player of South Africa beats Australian Kel Nagle by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only US Open title; completes his career Grand Slam at age 29


GolferGary Player

• 1967 Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th & lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th & Yanks beat them 6-3
• 1969 John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m)

FIFA World Cup
1970 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Brazil and Pelé become first team and player to win World Cup 3 times, beating Italy, 4-1 in front of 107,412


Football LegendPele

• 1970 US Open Men's Golf Hazeltine National GC: Englishman Tony Jacklin shoots sub-par in all 4 rounds on his way to a 7-stroke win ahead of Dave Hill
• 1971 MLB Cleveland Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf

US Golf Open
1971 US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: Lee Trevino wins his 2nd Open by 3 strokes in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Jack Nicklaus


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferLee Trevino

• 1975 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Player of the Match Clive Lloyd scores 102 as West Indies beats Australia by 17 runs; first major limited overs One Day International (ODI) tournament
• 1975 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win inaugural final; Player of the match: Clive Lloyd (WI) 102 (85)
• 1975 Ruffian leads all the way to win the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont and clinch American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
• 1981 US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: David Graham wins his second major title and becomes the first Australian to win the US Open, 3 strokes ahead of runners-up George Burns and Bill Rogers

Sports History
1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery


Tennis PlayerArthur Ashe

Contract of Interest
1986 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson, signs 3-year contract to play baseball with the Kansas City Royals


NFL Running Back and Baseball OutfielderBo Jackson

• 1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)

Sports History
1987 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
US Golf Open
1987 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club: Scott Simpson passes and holds off 1982 champion Tom Watson on the Lake Course to win his only major title by 1 stroke


GolferTom Watson

• 1988 42nd NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
• 1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium

Baseball Trade
1989 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia


MLB Outfielder Rickey Henderson

• 1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"

Hockey Hall of Fame
1991 New York Islanders Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy are elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
Cricket History
1992 Last day of test cricket for English star players Ian Botham and Allan Lamb

US Golf Open
1992 US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Perennial runner-up Tom Kite breaks through for his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Jeff Sluman


Golfer Tom Kite
Sports History
1994 German tennis superstar Steffi Graf becomes first defending champion to lose in the 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to American Lorrie McNeal)

Sports History
1997 NHL Draft: Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) center Joe Thornton first pick by Boston Bruins

• 1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as NY Liberty beats LA Sparks

US Golf Open
1998 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club, SF: Lee Janzen recovers from 7 stroke deficit to win his second Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart


GolferPayne Stewart

• 2009 ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Lord's, London: Pakistan wins their first title beating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets; Player of the Series: Sri Lankan all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan (317 runs)
• 2009 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Lord's: England 86/4 win inaugural event; beat New Zealand 85; England's Katherine Brunt takes 3 for 6

NBA Finals
2012 NBA Finals: Miami Heat win their second NBA title; beat Oklahoma City Thunder, 121-106 in Game 5

US Golf Open
2015 US Open Men's Golf, Chambers Bay GC: Jordan Spieth (21) becomes youngest winner since 1923 by 1 shot from Dustin Johnson & Louis Oosthuizen

• 2018 NBA Draft: Arizona center Deandre Ayton first pick by Phoenix Suns
• 2019 NHL Draft: US NTDP center Jack Hughes first pick by New Jersey Devils
• 2021 Carl Nassib becomes the first openly gay player in the NFL in a post on Instagram
• 2021 New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is the first openly transgender athlete to be selected for the Olympics
• 2022 MLB Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani has career high 8 RBI in 11-inning 12-11 loss to Kansas City Royals in Anaheim, California

 

JUNE 22
W. G. Grace

1865 Acknowledged as 1st Class Cricket debut of Dr W. G. Grace; as a 16-year-old he is dismissed for 0 playing for Gentlemen of South v Players of South at Kennington Oval, London

• 1874 Game of lawn tennis introduced by Welsh Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, introducing a rubber ball to bounce on grass
• 1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss
• 1918 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Molla Bjurstedt beats Eleanor Goss 6-4, 6-3 for her 4th consecutive US singles title

10,000m World Record
1921 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)

• 1926 Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs

Baseball Record
1929 Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader

Gehrig's 3 Home Runs
1930 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig smashes 3 HRs in 20-13 win over Philadelphia A's at Shibe Park


Baseball Player Lou Gehrig
Louis KOs Braddock
1937 Challenger Joe Louis KOs James J. Braddock in the 8th round at Chicago's Comiskey Park for the world heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis

• 1938 Joe Louis scores a stunning 1st round KO of German Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium, NYC to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
• 1944 Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn

Bedser Takes 7-49
1946 English cricketer Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket at Lord's

Charles vs Walcott
1949 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for National Boxing Association world heavyweight title, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe Walcott

• 1958 Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado

Sports History
1958 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Kahkwa CC: Patty Berg wins back-to-back WO titles; beats runner-up Beverly Hanson by 4 strokes


GolferPatty Berg
Sports History
1959 Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax)


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

Baseball Record
1961 MLB Chicago Cubs' Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive games played streak


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1965 Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's
• 1976 SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk

Boxing Title Fight
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes

BoxerMike Weaver

• 1980 American golfer Don January beats Mike Souchak by 2 strokes to win the Atlantic City Senior International in Northfield, New Jersey; inaugural tournament of the Senior PGA Tour
• 1980 UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Horst Hrubesch scores a double as Germany beats Belgium, 2-1

Sports History
1981 John McEnroe's famous 'You cannot be serious' rant in 1st round win over Tom Gullikson at Wimbledon


Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe
Sports History
1982 MLB Philadelphia Phillies infielder Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd career hit, moves past Hank Aaron into 2nd place


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1983 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period
• 1984 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins

Senior Players Championship
1986 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Chi Chi Rodriguez wins his first career major title by 2 strokes from Bruce Crampton of Australia


GolferBruce Crampton

GolferChi-Chi Rodríguez
Sports History
1987 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
Music Concert
1990 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium, New York City


Pianist, Songwriter and ComposerBilly Joel

• 1990 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
• 1990 MLB Atlanta Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox

Sports History
1991 NHL Draft: Oshawa Generals center Eric Lindros first pick by Quebec Nordiques


NHL StarEric Lindros

• 1993 NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose

NBA Finals
1994 48th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3


NBA CenterHakeem Olajuwon

• 1994 FIFA World Cup: USA beats Colombia 2-1 in round match at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 1st WC win since 1950

Baseball Record
1994 Ken Griffey Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most HRs by end of June (31)


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.

• 1996 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain & Ireland wins 11-6

Boxing Title Fight
1996 Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title


World Boxing ChampionMichael Moorer

• 1996 NHL Draft: Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) defenceman Chris Phillips first pick by Ottawa Senators
• 1996 Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut
• 1997 WLAF World Bowl 5, Olympic Stadium, Barcelona: Barcelona Dragons beat Rhein Fire, 38-24
• 2002 WLAF World Bowl 10, Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf: Berlin Thunder beats Rhein Fire, 26-20

Sports History
2007 Patrick Kane is selected by the Chicago Blackhawks as the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft


Ice Hockey PlayerPatrick Kane
US Golf Open
2009 US Open Men's Golf, Bethpage State Park: Lucas Glover wins his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Ricky Barnes, David Duval and Phil Mickelson


GolferPhil Mickelson

GolferDavid Duval

• 2012 NHL Draft: Sarnia Sting (OHL) right wing Nail Yakupov first pick by Edmonton Oilers

US Women's Golf Open
2014 US Open Women's Golf, Pinehurst Resort: Michelle Wie wins by 2 shots from Stacy Lewis for her first major title


GolferMichelle Wie

GolferStacy Lewis

• 2016 NHL owners meeting unanimously approves the Las Vegas expansion bid to start play in the 2017-18 season.
• 2017 NBA Draft: Washington point guard Markelle Fultz first pick by Philadelphia 76ers
• 2018 NHL Draft: Frolunda HC (SHL) defenceman Rasmus Dahlin first pick by Buffalo Sabres
• 2022 MLB Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani strikes out career high 13 batters, retires 23 of last 24 batters faced in 5-0 win over Kansas City Royals in Anaheim, California

 

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• 1893 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Aline Terry wins her lone major title; beats Augusta Schultz 6-1, 6-3
• 1894 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin
• 1900 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Myrtle McAteer beats Edith Parker 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 for her lone major singles title

• 1906 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Helen Homans beats Maud Barger-Wallach 6-4, 6-3 for her lone major singles title
• 1915 Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0

Shore Replaces Ejected Ruth

1917 Ernie Shore enters game after Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth is ejected for throwing punch at umpire; retires all 26 batters he faces to win 4-0 vs Washington Senators; ruled combined no-hitter


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1917 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Two-time defending champion Molla Bjurstedt beats Marion Vanderhoef 4-6, 6-0, 6-2

57th British Men's Open
1922 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Walter Hagen becomes first American-born winner of the Open Championship, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Barnes and George Duncan


GolferWalter Hagen

Pioneering GolferJim Barnes
Gehrig Hits 3 HRs
1927 New York future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in Yankees' 11-4 victory over Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1928 Commencement of West Indies cricket's first ever Test match; England go on to win by an innings and 58 runs at Lord's
• 1932 St Louis Browns beat NY Yankees, 14-10; Lou Gehrig's 1,103rd consecutive game in a Yankees uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland Indians)

Nagurski vs Thesz
1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to win National Wrestling Association world heavyweight title


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerBronko Nagurski

Professional WrestlerLou Thesz
77th Belmont Stakes
1945 77th Belmont Stakes: Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot wins in 2:30.2


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1950 New York Yankees (6) & Detroit Tigers (5) hit record 11 HRs at Briggs Stadium; Tigers win, 10-9

Sports History
1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1961 Philadelphia Phillies overcome 9 run deficit; trailing 11-2 after 7 innings, score 4 in 8th and 6 in 9th to beat Pirates, 12-11 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

Golf Tournament
1963 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Maple Bluff CC: Mickey Wright defends title by 9 shots from Kathy Whitworth for her 10th major championship


LPGA GolferMickey Wright

LPGA GolferKathy Whitworth

• 1963 NY Mets Jimmy Piersall hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backwards

US Golf Open
1963 US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: Julius Boros wins his second Open title in an 18-hole playoff with Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit


GolferArnold Palmer

• 1968 74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium

Boxing Title Fight
1969 Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 1971 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Reds, and hits 2 HR's and 3 RBI in 4-0 win at Cincinnati
• 1972 Bernice Gera becomes first female umpire in US pro baseball, Geneva Senators and Auburn Twins in Geneva, New York
• 1972 US President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports

Sports History
1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched


Baseball PlayerKen Brett
LPGA Championship
1974 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: 1965 champion Sandra Haynie wins by 2 shots from JoAnn Carner


GolferSandra Haynie

• 1975 US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Lou Graham defeats John Mahaffey by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his only major championship
• 1979 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Man of the match Vivian Richards scores 138 no as defending champions the West Indies beat England by 92 runs; Joel Garner 5/38
• 1979 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win second straight final; Player the Match: Vivian Richards (WI) 138 no (157)
• 1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
• 1981 Longest game in Professional Baseball: Pawtucket Red Sox finally beat Rochester Red Wings 3-2 in 33 innings (game began 18th April)

Sports History
1985 Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million


JockeyLaffit Pincay Jr.

• 1985 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Defending champion Arnold Palmer wins his final major by 11 shots from Miller Barber, Lee Elder, Gene Littler & Charles Owens
• 1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
• 1988 Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft

Sports History
1988 Yanks manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
• 1994 Replay shows Oakland Athletics's Bobby Witt beat Kansas City's Greg Gagne to 1st in 6th but umpire Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, ruining Witt's perfect game
• 1996 WLAF World Bowl 4, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh: Scottish Claymores beats Frankfurt Galaxy, 32-27

Baseball Record
2003 Barry Bonds steals second base against the LA Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career homers and 500 steals


MLB LegendBarry Bonds
NBA Finals
2005 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat defending champion Detroit Pistons, 81-74 in Game 7 for club's 3rd title; MVP: Tim Duncan, his 3rd MVP award


NBA Power ForwardTim Duncan

• 2007 WLAF World Bowl 15, Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt: Hamburg Sea Devils beat Frankfurt Galaxy, 37-28
• 2008 Félix Hernández of the Seattle Mariners hits a grand slam home run against New York Mets, 1st pitcher since Steve Dunning in 1971

Sports History
2011 Kawhi Leonard is selected with the 15th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers and traded to the San Antonio Spurs on draft night


Basketball ForwardKawhi Leonard
NBA Draft
2011 NBA Draft: Duke point guard Kyrie Irving first pick Cleveland Cavaliers


NBA PlayerKyrie Irving

• 2013 India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket
• 2016 NBA Draft: LSU point guard Ben Simmons first pick by Philadelphia 76ers
• 2017 NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nico Hischier first pick by New Jersey Devils
• 2018 Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa becomes the second-youngest grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, 13 days

Ashleigh Barty #1
2019 Ashleigh Barty becomes first Australian female in 42 years (since Evonne Goolagong Cawley) to attain world #1 tennis ranking when she beats Julia Görges 6-3, 7-5 at the Birmingham Classic


Tennis PlayerEvonne Goolagong Cawley

• 2019 Women's PGA Championship, Hazeltine National GC: Australian Hannah Green leads wire-to-wire to win her first LPGA event by 1 stroke ahead of Park Sung-hyun
• 2021 1st ICC World Test Championship final, Southampton: New Zealand dismisses India for meagre 170; completes tricky chase of 139 on 6th day to win inaugural cricket title

 

June 24

• 1882 National League expels umpire Richard Higham from baseball for dishonesty after his links with gambling on games are confirmed
• 1899 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Marion Jones beats Maud Banks 6-1, 6-1, 7-5 for her first of 2 US singles titles
• 1905 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Elisabeth Moore wins her 4th US singles title; beats Helen Homans 6-4, 5-7, 6-1

50th British Men's Open

1910 50th British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: James Braid wins Championship for a 5th time, 4 strokes ahead of fellow Scot Sandy Herd (1902 champion)


Golfer and Course DesignerJames Braid

• 1913 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Englishman J H Taylor wins Championship for a 5th and final time, 8 strokes ahead of defending champion Ted Ray
• 1922 American Professional Football Association renamed the National Football League

Chicago Bears Renamed
1922 Charter NFL club Chicago Staleys renamed Chicago Bears by team founder, owner and head coach George Halas


American Football Coach and Team OwnerGeorge Halas
32nd Men's Opens
1928 US Open Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Johnny Farrell defeats amateur Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a 36-hole playoff to win his only major title


GolferBobby Jones

• 1930 Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium, home of MLB Indians, 1932 to 1993, and NFL Browns, 1946-95

DiMaggio Ties Records
1936 Rookie outfielder Joe DiMaggio ties 3 MLB records in New York's 10-run 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting 2 home runs for 8 total bases; Yankees beat Chicago, 18-4


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
Jackie Robinson's First Steal
1947 Future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Jackie Robinson steals home for first of 19 times in his career as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

• 1947 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Plum Hollow CC: Jim Ferrier becomes first Australian to win a major title; beats Chick Herbert, 2 & 1

LPGA Western Open
1950 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins her 4th Western Open; beats Peggy Kirk, 5 & 3


All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias

• 1950 New York Giants outfielder Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple in a 12-2 rout of the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds V

Baseball History
1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff)


Baseball PlayerHarmon Killebrew
LPGA Championship
1956 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Marlene Hagge wins her only major title; beats Patty Berg by 2 strokes in a sudden-death playoff


GolferPatty Berg

• 1962 Outfielder Jack Reed hits his only MLB home run in the 22nd-inning as NY Yankees edge Detroit Tigers, 9-7 in slowest extra-inning game in league history; 7:00 hours

Boxing Title Fight
1968 Joe Frazier stops Mexican challenger Manuel Ramos in 2nd round TKO at NYC's Madison Square Garden in his first heavyweight boxing title defense


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier
LPGA Championship
1968 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Canadian Sandra Post wins an 18-hole playoff against Kathy Whitworth by 7 strokes


LPGA GolferKathy Whitworth

• 1970 Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
• 1972 South African runner Danie Malan sets a new 1,000m world record 2:16.0 in Munich, Germany
• 1974 India is dismissed for 42 in 17 overs in 2nd Test defeat to England at Lord's; lowest total in country's Test cricket history; Chris Old 5-21, Geoff Arnold 4-19
• 1974 Kansas City pitcher Steve Busby retires first 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batsmen retired; Royals still lose, 3-1 to Chicago

Baseball Record
1979 Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million

Baseball Record
1983 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherDon Sutton
Baseball Record
1984 Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265


MLB Hall of Fame Infielder and BroadcasterJoe Morgan
Senior Players Championship
1984 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Arnold Palmer wins 2nd straight Champions Tour major by 3 strokes ahead of Peter Thomson of Australia


GolferArnold Palmer

GolferPeter Thomson

• 1987 CFL's Montreal Alouettes team folds
• 1987 Minor League Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
• 1988 Cleveland pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves
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• 1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
• 1989 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases
• 1991 NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
• 1992 MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans pitcher Steve Howe from baseball for repeated substance abuse violations; later overturned on appeal

Sports History
1992 NBA Draft: LSU center Shaquille O'Neal first pick by Orlando Magic


Basketball PlayerShaquille O'Neal
Rugby World Cup
1995 3rd Rugby World Cup, Ellis Park, Johannesburg: Springboks fly-half Joel Stransky lands the winning drop goal in extra time as South Africa beats New Zealand, 15-12


Rugby Union PlayerFrançois Pienaar

• 1995 Stanley Cup Final, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ: New Jersey Devils beat Detroit Red Wings, 5-2 for a 4-0 series sweep; Devils' first Stanley Cup finals appearance

Baseball Record
1997 Despite an AL record 19-strikeout performance by Randy Johnson, A's first baseman Mark McGwire hits a massive 538 foot home run in Oakland's 4-1 defeat of Seattle Mariners


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire

• 1998 NBA Draft: Pacific center Michael Olowokandi first pick by Los Angeles Clippers

LPGA Championship
2001 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: 26-year-old Australian Karrie Webb becomes youngest woman to win career slam; beats runner-up Laura Diaz by 2 strokes


GolferKarrie Webb

• 2004 NBA Draft: Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy power forward Dwight Howard first pick by Orlando Magic

Coach Babcock
2009 Mike Babcock is named head coach of Team Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics (they would win the gold medal)


NHL CoachMike Babcock
Sports History
2010 In the longest match in tennis history, American John Isner defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon after 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over 3 days


Tennis PlayerJohn Isner

• 2010 NBA Draft: Kentucky point guard John Wall first pick by Washington Wizards
• 2011 NHL Draft: Red Deer Rebels (WHL) center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins first pick by Edmonton Oilers
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• 2012 Female athletes will be allowed to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the first time
• 2013 Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2 for 4-2 series victory; Blackhawks' 5th Championship
• 2014 Sidney Crosby wins the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award for the 2014 NHL season
• 2015 Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price wins the 2014-15 Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP
• 2016 NHL Draft: ZSC Lions (NLA) center Auston Matthews first pick by Toronto Maple Leafs
• 2017 World record for highest altitude football match ever played at 18,799ft on Mount Kilimanjaro by women's international team

Sports History
2022 American Katie Ledecky wins the 800m gold medal in 8:08.04 at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest; completes 400/800/1500m treble for unprecedented 4th time at a single worlds


SwimmerKatie Ledecky

• 2023 MLB Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout, Brandon Drury, and Matt Thaiss hit home runs on 3 consecutive pitches in 25-1 win over Rockies at Coor's Field in Denver, Colorado
• 2023 Opener Tammy Beaumont smashes 208 in the Ashes Test against Australia at Trent Bridge for the highest ever score by an Englishwoman in Test Cricket; Australia goes on to win by 89 runs

 

JUNE 25

• 1892 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Mabel Cahill beats Elisabeth Moore 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• 1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
• 1903 NY Yanks & Chicago White Sox end deadlocked game at 6-6 in 18

• 1904 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: May Sutton beats defending champion Elisabeth Moore 6-1, 6-2 for her first of 3 major titles
• 1909 US Open Men's Golf, Englewood GC: Englishman George Sargent sets a new Open scoring record to win his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara

52nd British Men's Open

1912 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Ted Ray wins wire-to-wire by 4 shots from defending champion Harry Vardon


GolferHarry Vardon
56th British Men's Open
1921 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: former local Jock Hutchison (resident in US) wins his only Open Championship by 9 strokes in a 36-hole playoff over amateur Roger Wethered


GolferJock Hutchison
61st British Men's Open
1926 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American amateur Bobby Jones wins the first of his 3 Claret Jugs, 2 strokes clear of runner-up Al Watrous; 5th victory by an American in 6 years


GolferBobby Jones

• 1927 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
• 1928 NY Giants future Baseball HOF third baseman Freddie Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader in 12-4 & 8-2 wins over Philadelphia Phillies at the Baker Bowl
• 1932 Commencement of India's 1st cricket Test v England at Lord's, London (England initially rattled but go on to win)

36th US Men's Open
1932 US Open Men's Golf, Fresh Meadow CC: Reigning British Open champion Gene Sarazen shoots tournament record final round 66 to beat Bobby Cruikshank and Philip Perkins by 3 strokes


GolferGene Sarazen

• 1934 NY Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times

Gehrig Beats White Sox
1934 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Louis KOs Carnera
1935 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis moves to 20-0 with 6th round KO of former champion Primo Carnera of Italy at Yankee Stadium, NYC


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

BoxerPrimo Carnera

• 1947 Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
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• 1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title, at Yankee Stadium, NYC
• 1952 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Big Spring CC: Jim Turnesa wins 1-up over Chick Harbert in the Wednesday final
• 1957 2nd Rugby League World Cup: New Zealand beats Great Britain 29-21
• 1960 South Africa beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg
• 1961 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
• 1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies

Sports History
1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (San Francisco Giants)


MLB Outfielder and CoachBobby Bonds

• 1969 American Pancho González (41) beats Puerto Rican Charlie Pasarell (25) in 5 hour and 12 minute, 112-game marathon at Wimbledon
• 1976 Texas Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
• 1977 8th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 13-12
• 1978 FIFA World Cup Final, El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time
• 1983 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: India upsets West Indies by 43 runs to win first title; Mohinder Amarnath 3/12 off 7 overs, Player of the Match
• 1983 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy; Player of Match: Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 3/12 from 7 overs
• 1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m

Sports History
1986 MLB Philadelphia Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs

Sports History
1988 MLB player Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game


MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
UEFA European Championship Final
1988 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Ruud Gullet & Marco van Basten score as the Netherlands beats Soviet Union, 2-0


Soccer StarMarco van Basten
Sports History
1991 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, beating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the 1st round


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1993 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
• 1994 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
• 1994 FIFA World Cup: 1,500th goal in Cup'd history scored by Caceres of Argentina

Sports History
1997 NBA Draft: Wake Forest power forward Tim Duncan first pick by San Antonio Spurs


NBA Power ForwardTim Duncan

• 1997 NHL approves franchises in Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minnesota-St Paul
• 1999 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat New York Knicks, 78-77 in Game 5 for first title in franchise history; MVP: Tim Duncan
• 2000 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Juli Inkster goes back-to-back; beats Stefania Croce of Italy on second hole of a sudden-death playoff
• 2000 WLAF World Bowl 8, Waldstadion, Frankfurt: Rhein Fire beats Scottish Claymores, 13-10

Sports History
2007 Thierry Henry transfers to Barcelona for €24 million


Footballer and ManagerThierry Henry

• 2009 NBA Draft: Oklahoma power forward Blake Griffin first pick by Los Angeles Clippers
• 2010 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) left wing Taylor Hall first pick by Edmonton Oilers

FIFA World Cup
2014 Luis Suárez is charged with biting at the 2014 FIFA World Cup


Football PlayerLuis Suárez

• 2015 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns first pick by Minnesota Timberwolves
• 2018 Oakland pitcher Edwin Jackson takes the mound in a 5-4 win at Detroit; A's are his 13th MLB club, tying Octavio Dotel's record
• 2019 NHL Draft: Barrie Colts (OHL) defenseman Aaron Ekblad first pick by Florida Panthers
• 2020 Liverpool FC clinches first EPL soccer title in 30 years with 7 games to spare as Chelsea beats second-placed Manchester City, 2-1 at Stamford Bridge
• 2021 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola ties Tom Seaver's 51-year old MLB league record of 10 consecutive strike outs, in 2-1 loss to the Mets in New York
• 2023 MLB Philadelphia Phillies send 10 batters to the plate in the 8th inning and score 4 runs with one hit (a single), 3 walks, 2 hit batters, and error for a 7-6 win over visiting New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park