1877 First Wimbledon tennis championship - first official lawn tennis tournament - begins featuring men's singles only
- 1904 US Open Men's Golf, Glen View GC: defending champion Willie Anderson of Scotland wins the 3rd of his 4 Open titles, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls
Babe Ruth Contract
1914 Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth's contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles
- 1932 Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) formed
- 1932 Yankees' Ben Chapman hits two inside-the-park home runs, tying the record
- 1933 Philadelphia-based NFL team Frankford Yellow Jackets is sold and rebranded as Philadelphia Eagles
1937 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Henry Cotton wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow Englishman Reg Whitcombe
- 1939 A meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg, South Africa, launches the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa
- 1940 8th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
- 1946 13th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
Baseball History
1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors, pitching two scoreless innings for Cleveland in St. Louis
1949 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St.George's GC: South African Bobby Locke wins a 36-hole playoff by 12 strokes from Irishman Harry Bradshaw
- 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
1954 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: 23-year-old Australian Peter Thomson wins first of his 5 Open titles by a stroke from Bobby Locke, Dai Rees, and Syd Scott
- 1957 24th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1960 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Australian Kel Nagle wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Arnold Palmer in the centenary year of the Open Championship
1963 34th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland; MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)
- 1965 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian Peter Thomson Peter Thomson wins his 5th Claret Jug, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O'Connor Sr
- 1965 John Edrich completes 310* in a cricket Test match against New Zealand in 532 minutes, hitting 52 fours and 5 sixes
1966 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders & Dave Thomas by 1 stroke to become only 4th in history to win all 4 majors
- 1968 39th MLB All-Star Game, Astrodome, Houston, TX: NL beats AL 1-0; MVP: Willie Mays, SF Giants, CF
Sports History
1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76'ers to LA Lakers
Sports History
1969 Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against the Cubs ends with one out in the ninth inning
1977 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Tom Watson wins second of 5 Open titles by a stroke from Jack Nicklaus; pair play together in final 2 rounds; separate themselves from field under rare clear skies, remembered as the "Duel in the Sun"
Dale Murphy Streak Ends
1986 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play, ending his consecutive streak at 740
- 1986 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
Sports History
1988 Nolan Ryan becomes the seventh player to win 100 games with two teams as the Astros beat the Mets 6-3
Cricket History
1990 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in third Test against England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
1991 62nd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto; MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Baltimore Orioles)
- 1991 South Africa re-admitted to Olympics
- 1994 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
- 1996 67th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia; MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)
- 1997 Baseball's Triple-A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
- 2000 Police fire tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that kills 12 people in Harare, Zimbabwe
- 2000 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras wins 4th straight Wimbledon singles title; beats Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 for his 13th Grand Slams title
2001 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Goran Ivanišević wins his lone major title beating Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7
- 2002 73rd MLB All-Star Game ends in a 7-7 tie when both teams run out of available pitchers at Miller Park, Milwaukee
- 2006 FIFA World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany: Italy beats France, 5-3 on penalties; 1-1 after extra time
- 2006 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Prairie Dunes GC: Defending champion Allen Doyle wins by 2 strokes ahead of Tom Watson for his 4th Champions Tour major title
Joe Sakic Retires
2009 Joe Sakic retires after 21 NHL seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, finishing with 625 goals and 1,641 points
- 2011 Super Rugby Final, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane: Queensland Reds beat Canterbury Crusaders 18-13 at home for their first Super Rugby title
Sports History
2013 Adam Ondra onsights Cabane au Canada in Switzerland, the second-ever onsight of a 9a (5.14d) route
Rooney Rejoins Everton
2017 English international footballer Wayne Rooney announces he will leave Manchester United after 13 years to rejoin his original club, Everton
- 2017 Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months, and 19 days at Ladies European Thailand Championship
- 2018 Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion
- 2021 British road cyclist Mark Cavendish wins Nîmes to Carcassonne stage 13 of the Tour de France for his record-equalling 34th career stage victory, equalling Eddy Merckx's mark
2022 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan claims her first Grand Slam title with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur; first Kazakhstani player to win a major title
- 2023 US Open Women's Golf, Pebble Beach CC: Hawaiian Allisen Corpuz wins her first major title with a three-stroke victory over Charley Hull of England and South Korean Jiyai Shin
