- 1851 First baseball uniforms are worn as the NY Knickerbockers don straw hats, white shirts, and blue long trousers
- 1888 Baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" is first published by the San Francisco Examiner
- 1892 Liverpool Football Club is founded
W. G. Grace's Last Day
1899 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket at age 50 years and 320 days
- 1918 Boston Red Sox pitcher Dutch Leonard throws his 2nd no-hitter; beats Detroit Tigers, 5-0 at Navin Field
Collins Hits #3,000
1925 MLB Chicago White Sox baseball player-manager Eddie Collins becomes the 6th to collect 3,000 hits
1929 French Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu 6-3, 6-4
Gehrig Hits 4 Consecutive HRs
1932 First baseman Lou Gehrig becomes the first player to hit four consecutive home runs in an MLB game as the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 20-13, at Shibe Park
- 1933 MLB Philadelphia A's score 11 runs in 2nd, and New York Yankees score 10 in 5th, enroute to a win 17-11
Gibson's Huge Home Run
1937 Josh Gibson hits a home run that lands just 2 feet below the rim of Yankee Stadium, a drive estimated at 580 feet
- 1939 71st Belmont: James Stout riding Johnstown wins in 2:29.6
- 1944 76th Belmont: G. L. Smith riding Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
1950 French Championships Men's Tennis: Budge Patty wins first of 2 Grand Sam titles that year; beats Jaroslav Drobný 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5
1950 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Patricia Todd 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 for her 1st of 2 French singles titles
- 1951 50th French Championships Men's Tennis: Jaroslav Drobný representing Egypt beats Eric Sturgess 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
- 1951 50th French Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for her only French singles title
- 1958 Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
- 1959 European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos
- 1961 93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2
1967 French Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson bests fellow Australian Tony Roche, 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 for his 12th, and final, Grand Slam title
- 1967 French Championships Women's Tennis: Local favourite Françoise Dürr beats Lesley Turner of Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- 1968 MLB New York Yankees turn 21st triple-play in their history, but lose 4-3 to Minnesota Twins
Imran Khan Debuts
1971 Imran Khan makes his Test cricket debut for Pakistan against England at Edgbaston, taking 5 for 36 and 0 for 19
Holtzman's 2nd No-No
1971 MLB Chicago Cubs pitcher Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0, on the road at Riverfront Stadium
1972 French Open Women's Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3
1973 French Open Men's Tennis: Ilie Năstase of Romania wins his second Grand Slam singles title, besting Croat player Niki Pilić of Yugoslavia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
- 1976 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
- 1977 Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
- 1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
- 1985 Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
- 1987 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
Palimony Suit Rocks Boggs
1988 Margo Adams sues Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
- 1989 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
Ryan’s 11th One-Hitter
1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his second one-hitter of the season and 11th overall
Scully’s 23-Inning Day
1989 Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day
- 1991 MLB Draft: East Carteret HS pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees
Martinez Loses Perfecto in 10th
1995 Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez loses his perfect game in the 10th inning when San Diego’s Bip Roberts leads off with a double, and Montreal wins 1-0
2001 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Defending champion Karrie Webb of Australia repeats by 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak; largest margin in 21 years
MacLean to the Rescue
2010 Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia
Woods Ties Nicklaus
2012 Tiger Woods claims his 73rd PGA tour victory with a 2 stroke win over Andrés Romero & Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village GC; equals Jack Nicklaus's record
- 2014 Hashim Amla becomes the first non-white captain of the South African national cricket team
2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final
2018 Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with 9 in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2018 US Open Women's Golf, Shoal Creek GC: Ariya Jatanugarn of Thailand gives up 7-shot lead but wins in playoff with South Korean Kim Hyo-joo
- 2019 MLB Draft: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman first pick by Baltimore Orioles
- 2021 Devon Conway becomes 7th batsman in cricket history to score a double century in his Test debut; run out for 200 for New Zealand in 1st Test against England at Lord's
- 2025 IPL Cricket Final, Ahmedabad: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by 6 runs for their first title; Player of the Match: Krunal Pandya (RCB) 2/17
