- 1751 First international world title prizefight: Jack Stack of England defeats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 minutes in England
- 1874 Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
- 1899 Southern California Golf Association forms
- 1906 4th Tour de France won by René Pottier of France
- 1908 St. Louis Browns' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia A's in a 5-4 win against his previous team at Sportsman's Park II, St. Louis
- 1911 Boston Red Sox's Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0
Wagner Slams One at 41
1915 Pirate Honus Wagner, at 41, hits a grand slam home run
Cleveland's 125th Anniversary
1921 Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, aged 54, pitches two innings
- 1924 Paul Runyan wins PGA the golf championship
- 1928 23rd Davis Cup: France defeats USA in Paris (4-1)
- 1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in the first two innings to defeat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field, setting a record with 24 singles in one game
1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team retains title as Henri Cochet defeats American Bill Tilden 9-7, 8-6, 6-4 for a 3-1 lead; ends 4-1
- 1934 28th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France
1934 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins the first of his two PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes
- 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 3rd straight GB title as Pat Hughes & Raymond Tuckey beat Americans Wilmer Allison & John Van Ryn 6-2, 1-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
- 1938 Olympic National Park is established in Washington state, featuring the longest undeveloped coastline in America
- 1940 SV Urk Dutch soccer team forms
- 1944 MLB Cincinnati Reds' Frank McCormick hits a home run off New York Giants' Ace Adams in both games of a doubleheader
XIV Summer Olympics
1948 King George VI opens the XIV Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London
- 1950 Pee Wee Reese hits the 3,000th home run for the Dodgers
- 1951 38th Tour de France won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
- 1956 US Open Women's Golf, Northland CC: Kathy Cornelius wins her only major title by 7 strokes in an 18-hole playoff against amateur Barbara McIntire
Patterson TKOs Jackson
1957 Floyd Patterson TKO's Tommy Jackson in the 10th round for the heavyweight boxing title
- 1961 Philadelphia Phillies lose 4-3 to the SF Giants at Connie Mack Stadium, the first of an MLB record 23 consecutive defeats
- 1965 Major League record 26 strikeouts: Phillies (16), Pirates (10)
- 1968 Cincinnati Reds' George Culver no-hits Phillies 6-1
Brock Steals #700
1974 MLB St. Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock steals his 700th base
Yankees Announce Shake Up
1978 On Old Timer's Day, the NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as the NY Yankees manager in 1980, and Bob Lemon will become the GM
1979 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St. George's CC: Amy Alcott wins by three strokes from Nancy Lopez for her first major title
- 1981 Anti-apartheid protesters against the Springbok rugby tour are confronted by police, who use batons to stop them from marching to the South African consulate in New Zealand
Baseball Record
1983 MLB San Diego Padres first baseman Steve Garvey ends his National League record of 1,207 consecutive games streak
- 1984 American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter win the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the Los Angeles Olympics
- 1984 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George's CC: Juli Inkster wins by one stroke over Ayako Okamoto of Japan
- 1986 England cricket batsman Dennis Amiss scores his 100th first class century playing for Warwickshire vs Lancashire at Edgbaston
- 1986 New York jury rules National Football League violated antitrust laws and awards United States Football League $1 in damages
- 1988 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
- 1988 Rick Sutcliffe steals home, becoming the first pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to do so
- 1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets a high jump record at 8.046 ft (2.45 m) in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phillies Retire #32
1989 Philadelphia Phillies retire #32 in honor of pitcher Steve Carlton
- 1989 Vince Coleman's record streak stops at 50 consecutive stolen bases
White Sox Trade Baines for Sosa
1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sammy Sosa
- 1990 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
- 1990 Boston Red Sox set a Major League record with 12 doubles in a game
1990 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Norcross, Georgia: US retains title with 2-1 victory over Soviet Union; Gigi Fernández and Zina Garrison-Jackson clinch final with 6-4, 6-3 win against Larisa Neiland & Natasha Zvereva
1990 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by one stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones
- 1991 First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets defeat Cubs 6-0)
Fans Heckle Canseco
1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco
- 1992 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims a world record in the 200 m breaststroke (2:10.16) at the World Championships in Perth, Australia, breaking his own record set in August 1991
- 1992 Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek of Poland defeats Hungarian Attila Mizsér by 113 points (5,559 points) to win the pentathlon gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics; Poland also wins the team gold
- 1992 Yevgeni Sadovyi of the Unified Team swims a world record in the 400 m freestyle in 3:45.00 to complete the 200-400 m freestyle double at the Barcelona Olympics
- 1993 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning is arrested for marijuana possession
- 1995 Carolina Panthers defeat Jacksonville Jaguars in their first NFL exhibition game 20-14
Tommy Lasorda Retires
1996 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda retires, with a record of 1599-1439, four National League Pennants, and two World Series championships.
2001 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal County Down: Australian Ian Stanley wins in a playoff with Bob Charles of New Zealand
- 2001 Copa América Final, Estadio El Campín, Bogotá: Defender Iván Córdoba scores the winner as the home team Colombia edges Mexico 1-0
Van Basten Coaches Netherlands
2004 Marco van Basten is named the manager of the Netherlands national soccer team
- 2007 94th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain
2007 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his 3rd Open Senior title by 1 shot from Mark O'Meara and Stewart Ginn
2012 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Fred Couples wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Gary Hallberg
2013 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: American Mark Wiebe wins in a playoff against Bernhard Langer of Germany
- 2014 Chicago Cubs player John Baker scores in the bottom of the 16th for a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field in the longest game (6 hours, 27 minutes) in Cubs history
Ortega vs Moicano
2017 Brian Ortega wins Fight of the Night against Renato Moicano at UFC 214
- 2018 British Senior Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by one shot against defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany
2018 Chipper Jones, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, and Jack Morris are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
2018 Tour de France: Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman and only the third Briton to win the Tour, defeating Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 1 minute and 51 seconds; Peter Sagan wins green points jersey
- 2021 Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins the inaugural women's C-1 slalom gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a time of 109.96 seconds
McKeon Wins Gold
2021 Australian swimmer Emma McKeon wins the women's 100 m freestyle gold medal in an Olympic record of 51.96 at the Tokyo Olympics; her eighth career Olympic medal
- 2021 Croatian rowing brothers Martin and Valent Sinković team to win coxless pair gold at the Tokyo Olympics, the pair's second Olympic gold after winning double sculls in 2016
Lee Wins Gold
2021 Following Simone Biles' withdrawal, teammate Sunisa Lee becomes first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport, winning women's artistic individual all-around gymnastics gold in Tokyo
- 2021 Russian backstroke swimmer Evgeny Rylov wraps up the 100/200 m double with an Olympic record of 1:53.27 in the longer event at the Tokyo Olympic Games
- 2021 South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker sets a new women's 200 m breaststroke world record in 2:18.95 at the Tokyo Olympics, defeating the American pair of Lilly King and Annie Lazor
- 2024 British cyclist Tom Pidcock successfully defends his Olympic mountain bike cross country gold medal at the Paris Games with a time of 1:26:22
- 2024 Michael Jung of Germany wins his third Olympic individual eventing gold medal on Chipmunk FRH at the Paris equestrian venue at the Château de Versailles
