- 1906 Yankees turn a triple play and defeat Cleveland 6-4
- 1912 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium
- 1928 IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1929 24th Davis Cup: France defeats USA in Paris (3-2)
- 1929 Chicago Cardinals become first NFL team to train out of state (Michigan)
1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins three straight titles as Henri Cochet defeats American George Lott 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory
- 1929 Maurice De Waele of Belgium winds 23rd Tour de France
- 1931 MLB Chicago White Sox score 11 in the 8th to beat the Yankees 14-12 in New York
- 1933 NFL divides into two five-team divisions
- 1935 29th Tour de France won by Romain Maes of Belgium
1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 4 straight titles for GB as Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 for a 3-2 victory
Bradman Scores 202
1938 Don Bradman scores 202 for Australia against Somerset in 225 minutes with 32 fours
- 1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits three home runs to defeat White Sox 10-9
- 1956 43rd Tour de France won by Roger Walkowiak of France
- 1957 MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Landis strikes out five times in a loss to the Orioles in Baltimore
Robinson’s Three-Error Inning
1971 Sixteen-time Gold Glove winner Brooks Robinson commits three errors in the sixth inning
- 1972 39th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Dallas 20, All-Stars 7 (54,162 attendees)
- 1976 White Sox pitchers John Odom (5 innings) and Francisco Barrios (4 innings) no-hit the A's
Ian Botham Debuts
1977 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian first innings in a seven-wicket third Test win at Trent Bridge
- 1978 At Old Timer's Game, it is announced that Martin will again manage the Yankees
Baseball History
1979 Dave Kingman becomes the sixth player to have a second three-home-run game
- 1984 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
1987 US Open Women's Golf, Plainfield CC: England's Laura Davies wins the first of her four major titles in an 18-hole Tuesday playoff over runners-up Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner
Baseball Record
1989 Braves' Dale Murphy hits two three-run home runs in an inning, becoming the 14th man to hit two home runs in an inning and ties the record of six RBIs in an inning
- 1989 Cardinals' Vince Coleman is caught stealing, ending his record streak at 50
- 1991 Buffalo Bills defeat Philadelphia Eagles 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
Martínez Pitches Perfect Game
1991 Dennis Martínez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history
1991 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin defeats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3 minutes and 36 seconds for the first of five consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is points winner
1991 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to defeat Chi Chi Rodriguez by four strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff
- 1992 Groundbreaking of Florida Marlins' 7,500-seat spring training stadium
Baseball Record
1993 Seattle Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the third player to hit home runs in 8 consecutive games
- 1994 Baseball players decide to strike on August 12, 1994
- 1994 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history against the California Angels
Secret Talks to Move the Browns
1995 Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move the NFL team Cleveland Browns to Baltimore
- 1996 Americans Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly is first to win gold in indoor and beach events
1996 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Defending champion Brian Barnes of Scotland wins by three strokes from Bob Charles and David Oakley
Messier Signs with Canucks
1997 NY Rangers center Mark Messier signs with the Vancouver Canucks for $20 million over three years
- 2002 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Noboru Sugai of Japan wins by two shots from John irwin of Canada
- 2012 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400 m individual medley (4:28.43) to take the gold medal at the London Olympics
2019 106th Tour de France: 22-year-old Egan Bernal becomes first Colombian and Latin American winner; Points champion: Peter Sagan of Slovakia
2019 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham, and St Annes GC: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his fourth Senior Open by two strokes from Paul Broadhurst
- 2019 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by two strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
- 2021 19-year-old gymnast Daiki Hashimoto of Japan becomes youngest Olympic men's artistic individual all-around champion in history at the Tokyo Games
Titmus Wins Olympic Double
2021 Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus claims an Olympic double by winning the women's 200 m freestyle in an Olympic record time of 1:53.50 in Tokyo; 2 days earlier, she defeated American superstar Katie Ledecky in the 400 m freestyle
- 2021 Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi wins the women's individual medley double with a victory in the 200 m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; 3 days earlier, she won the 400 m individual medley gold medal
