- 1883 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw wins third straight Wimbledon title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1888 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Ernest Renshaw wins his lone major title; beats defending champion Herbert Lawford 6-3, 7-5, 6-0
- 1895 Lancashire batsman Archie MacLaren scores the first quadruple-hundred (424) in first-class cricket against Somerset at Taunton
- 1896 Indian-born K. S. Ranjitsinhji debuts for England against Australia in the second Test at Old Trafford; he is the first Indian to play Test cricket
- 1902 John McGraw officially becomes manager of MLB New York Giants; 30-year tenure begins (1902-32)
- 1909 MLB Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators play longest scoreless game in AL history - 18 innings at Bennett Field in Detroit, Michigan [1]
- 1920 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
- 1924 New York Giants' George Kelly is the first to hit home runs in six consecutive games
- 1936 The New York Giants are 10½ games back in the NL and go on to win the pennant
1938 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Shawnee CC: 1934 champion Paul Runyan dominates the heavily favoured Sam Snead, 8 & 7; largest victory margin ever in the event's match play format
Dimaggio's 3 for 4
1941 Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th consecutive game
- 1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak; they will lose another 5 in a row
- 1945 Australian Services win third Victory Test Cricket by four wickets
- 1947 Bobo Newsom wins his 200th game, his first as a Yankee, and the Yankees' 18th straight in the nightcap Vic Raschi extends the streak to 19
MLB Managers Shuffle
1948 MLB manager merry-go-round: Philadelphia Phillies - Ben Chapman out, Eddie Sawyer in; NY Giants - Mel Ott out, Leo Durocher in; Brooklyn Dodgers - Durocher out, Burt Shotton in
- 1950 FIFA World Cup Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay defeats Brazil 2-1
Catcher in Rye
1951 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger is published by Little Brown and Company
1955 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina clinches his third Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship by finishing second to fellow Mercedes driver Stirling Moss in the British Grand Prix at Aintree
- 1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium are sold for a then-record $5.5 million
- 1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer [1]
1961 48th Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France scores his second Tour general classification category title
Boston's Record Jump
1961 American Ralph Boston sets the long jump world record with a leap of 27 feet, 2 inches
1967 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Whitworth wins by 1 stroke from Shirley Englehorn
Baseball Record
1969 Minnesota Twins' Rod Carew steals home for his career best 7th time of the season, against Chicago
- 1970 Cincinnati Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's new Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2
Kuhn Re-Elected Commissioner
1975 Major League Baseball owners re-elect Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to a 7-year term
- 1985 56th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota; MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres)
Baseball Record
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
- 1988 Florence Joyner runs 100m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
1989 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Betsy King wins the first of her 2 consecutive titles, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez
- 1993 SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consecutive errorless games
The Three Tenors
1994 "The Three Tenors" Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, and Luciano Pavarotti, perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and chorus of the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California; an estimated 1.3 billion viewers watch the worldwide broadcast
- 1994 Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
- 1994 Shreveport Pirates lose first CFL home game 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana
1995 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: J. C. Snead wins his lone career major title as he birdies first playoff hole against Jack Nicklaus
2000 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Raymond Floyd wins his 4th and final Champions Tour major by 1 stroke from Larry Nelson and Dana Quigley
- 2006 14th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sörenstam win
- 2006 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Bobby Wadkins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Jim Thorpe
- 2008 79th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-3 at Yankee Stadium, New York City
- 2013 84th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-0 at Citi Field, New York City
Spurs Re-sign Leonard
2017 Kawhi Leonard re-signs with the San Antonio Spurs to a five-year, $90 million contract
2017 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Caves Valley GC: Scott McCarron wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Brandt Jobe and Germany's Bernhard Langer
- 2017 US Open Women's Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin
2017 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilić 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for a record 8th Wimbledon men's title
2023 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In a classic final, 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz ends Novak Đoković's 34-match win streak at the All England Club with a 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory
- 2024 94th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-3 at Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas; MVP: Jarren Duran (Boston Red Sox)
