- 1859 First intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- 1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens the first US bicycle race track, made of wood
- 1901 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats defending 4-time champion R.F. Doherty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 for his 1st of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
- 1903 Tour de France: Inaugural race begins in Montgeron, a south-eastern suburb of Paris
1904 III Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in St Louis, the first held in the United States
- 1904 Willie Anderson becomes the first 2-time Western Open golf champion, beating fellow Scot Alex Smith by 4 strokes at Michigan's Kent CC
- 1910 Chicago's White Sox Park (later Comiskey Park) opens; St Louis Browns beat White Sox, 2-0
Wagner’s Ageless Dash
1916 Pittsburgh shortstop Honus Wagner, at 42 and 4 months, connects at Cincinnati to become the oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR; Pirates beat Reds, 2-1
- 1917 In contravention of state law, Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn; owner and manager arrested but escape with a fine; Robins edge Philadelphia, 3-2
- 1917 MLB Cincinnati Reds' Fred Toney pitches 2 complete games in doubleheader victories over Pittsburgh Pirates, allows 3 hits each game, fewest allowed by any pitcher winning 2 MLB games in one day
- 1919 SVV Scheveningen soccer club is established in the Dutch seaside town
- 1920 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Cinque Ports GC: Scotsman George Duncan erases 13 stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his only major title; first Open played since WWII
- 1920 St Louis Cardinals become tenants of their AL rival St Louis Browns, as they abandon Robison Field midway through the MLB season and return to Sportsman's Park
Johnson's Only No-hitter
1920 Washington Senators pitching legend Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox 1-0 at Fenway Park, the only no-hitter of his illustrious career
1920 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: French superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to complete a sweep after taking the women's & mixed doubles titles
- 1931 Cleveland Municipal Stadium (MLB: Indians, NFL: Browns, 78,189 capacity) opens; demolished 1996
- 1938 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats England's Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 for the 3rd leg of his Grand Slam
- 1941 Bulova Watch Company pays $9 for the first ever television commercial, which airs during a broadcast of Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Phillies baseball game
DiMaggio Ties Streak
1941 New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio, on way to a record 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game MLB hit streak in a 9-2 win over Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium
Greenberg's Return Game
1945 First MLB superstar to return from WW II, Hank Greenberg homers in his 1st game (Detroit beats Philadelphia A's 9-5)
- 1947 Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA), holds its inaugural college player draft
Bradman's Scores 128
1948 Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 128 in 141 mins with 15 fours in a tour match vs Surry
Campanella Debuts
1948 Brooklyn's future Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella debuts with 3 hits in a 6-4 loss to the rival NY Giants
- 1949 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Ted Schroeder beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon singles title
Feller’s Third No-Hitter
1951 Cleveland Indians veteran hurler Bob Feller pitches his 3rd career no-hitter beating Detroit Tigers, 2-1
- 1952 The first NASCAR Grand National event is run outside of the US with Buddy Shuman winning the 200-lap race at Stamford Park, Ontario, Canada
LPGA Western Open
1956 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Wakonda CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 4 strokes from Louise Suggs; second of her 3 major titles
1960 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Neale Fraser wins is first and only Wimbledon singles title; beats Rod Laver 6-4, 3-6, 9-7, 7-5
1961 US Open Women's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Mickey Wright wins her 3rd Open by 6 strokes, despite a 2nd round 8-over par 80
- 1966 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Spaniard Manuel Santana wins last of 4 major titles beating American Dennis Ralston 6-4, 11-9, 6-4
Unser Conquers Canada
1967 Bobby Unser wins both races at Mosport, Ontario, Canada, the first Champ Car races ever run outside the United States
- 1968 Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 scoreless innings (3rd most live era) ends on wild pitch but earns 8-1 win v LA Dodgers
- 1970 Dutch soccer club FC Utrecht is established (KNVB Cup 1985, 2003-04)
Crampton Tops $1m
1973 Australian Bruce Crampton becomes the fifth golfer, and the first non-American, to win more than $1 million after finishing fourth in the Western Open
- 1973 First US-China basketball game; US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
- 1974 NFL players go on strike for 41 days challenging the "Rozelle Rule" but had to wait until 1977 for new collective bargaining agreement
- 1977 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany
1977 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favourite Virginia Wade beats Betty Stöve of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Ovett Sets Mile Record
1980 British runner Steve Ovett breaks countryman Sebastian Coe's world record for the mile in 3:48.8 in Oslo, Norway
Ripken’s Iron Streak Begins
1982 Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.
- 1982 PEC Zwolle '82 soccer club renamed when purchased by Dutch businessman Marten Eibrink
1984 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Miller Barber wins by 2 strokes from Arnold Palmer for his second Senior Open title
- 1987 New York City radio station WFAN-AM commences first 24 hour all sports radio format
1990 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Westmount GC: Cathy Johnston wins by 2 strokes from Patty Sheehan for her only LPGA Tour win
- 1995 All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement made with the players - no games lost
- 1996 Canadian NHL franchise Winnipeg Jets officially moves to Arizona, renamed the Phoenix Coyotes
- 1996 In a tour match v India, Hampshire's Kevan James becomes the only 1st class cricketer to take 4 wickets in 4 balls - and then score a century (103)
Tyson Suspended for Bite
1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely and withholds $20m purse for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June
- 1998 NBA commences a player lockout after no agreement with players about salary issues; lasts 204 days with the season shortened by 50 games
- 2001 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Salem CC: Bruce Fleischer wins his lone major title by 1 stroke from Gil Morgan and Isao Aoki of Japan
- 2005 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers is suspended for 20 games and fined $50k for shoving a cameraman; sentence is later overturned
2007 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles: American Christie Kerr wins by 2 strokes from Lorena Ochoa & Angela Park
- 2011 NBA owners begin the second player lockout in 12 years, shortening the season by 16 games before a salary agreement was reached
2012 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Fox Chapel GC: Joe Daley wins his lone career major title by 2 strokes from Tom Lehman
- 2012 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine: Spain crush Italy, 4-0 to retain their title
LeBron Joins Lakers
2018 NBA super star LeBron James agrees to a 4-year $154 million deal with the LA Lakers, moving from Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2018 PGA Women's Championship, Kemper Lakes GC: Park Sung-hyun of South Korea wins in a playoff with Nasa Hataoka & Ryu So-yeon
2018 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Broadmoor GC: David Toms wins by 1 stroke from Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Jerry Kelly and Tim Petrovic
