- 1841 Tom Hyer beats George McChester in 101 rounds (2 hours and 55 minutes) at Caldwell's Landing, NY, to become the first American heavyweight boxing champion
- 1904 The Boston Herald again refers to the NY baseball club as Yankees when it reports "Yankees take 2," although the Yankee name is not official until 1913
Johnson vs. Kaufman
1909 Jack Johnson retains his heavyweight boxing title when he fights Al Kaufman to a no decision in 10 rounds at Coffroth's Arena in San Francisco, California
- 1914 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies 7-0
- 1928 Silvio Cator of Haiti sets a long jump world record with a leap of 26.02ft (7.93m) in Paris, France
- 1936 New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 12-9 at League Park to clinch AL pennant on the earliest date in history
1940 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Donald McNeill beats fellow American Bobby Riggs 4-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 for his second major singles title
1940 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-3 for her third US singles title
- 1948 Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney no-hits the NY Giants 2-0
- 1955 Don Zimmer hits the 4,000th home run for the Dodgers
1956 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final, Ken Rosewall wins his first US singles title, beating Lew Hoad 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
1956 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final, Shirley Fry Irvin beats Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-4 for her only US singles crown
- 1960 Denver Broncos beat Boston Patriots 13-10 in the American Football League's first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston
- 1960 Pakistan ends India's run of six consecutive Olympic field hockey gold medals with a 1-0 win over their subcontinent rivals at the Rome Games
Baseball Record
1965 LA Dodgers future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his fourth career no-hitter and first perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium
1969 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam
- 1970 Feyenoord wins soccer's Club World Cup
- 1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires for the first time after 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings
- 1972 Soviet runner Lyudmila Bragina wins the women's 1,500 m gold medal at the Munich Olympics with a world record of 4:01.38
- 1972 Soviet Union beats the United States 51-50 in the most controversial game in international basketball history; with the US leading 50-49, the final 3 seconds are replayed three times until the Soviets finally win
1972 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Billie Jean King retains her title, beating Kerry Melville Reid of Australia 6-3, 7-5
- 1972 West German equestrian rider Liselott Linsenhoff follows her dressage team's gold in Mexico City with the individual dressage title at her home Olympics in Munich
1973 Fourth place finish in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is enough to clinch Jackie Stewart his third Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship
1973 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian John Newcombe wins his second US singles title, beating Jan Kodeš 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- 1978 Baltimore Orioles pull off their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs. Toronto)
- 1978 Third game of the Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat the Red Sox 7-0
1978 US Open Women's Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Chris Evert wins her fourth consecutive US singles title, beating fellow American Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4; first time event played on hard courts
- 1979 South African Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship, becoming the first South African champion
- 1984 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins his 4th US title and final Grand Slam singles event; beats Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
- 1987 Largest US Tennis Open single night session attendance, totaling 21,016
Bird Stars Free Throw Streak
1987 Larry Bird of the Celtics begins an NBA free throw streak of 59 consecutive successful shots
Ryan Strikes Out #4,500
1987 MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter
- 1988 MLB Atlanta Braves' Bruce Sutter joins Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage with 300 MLB career saves
- 1988 US Stars & Stripes H3 defeats New Zealand's KZ-1 at the 27th America's Cup; New Zealand appeals in court but eventually loses
- 1990 Oakland beats NY 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of the Yankees this year
1990 US Open Men's Tennis: 19-year-old Pete Sampras wins his first Grand Slam title, beating fellow American Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2, becoming the youngest male US Open winner
Tyson Indicted
1991 Mike Tyson is indicted for the rape of Desiree Washington
- 1991 Only 1,695 fans watch the Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
- 1992 Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home for the first time
- 1992 MLB player Robin Yount is the 17th to reach 3,000 hits
- 1995 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins her 4th US title, beating Monica Seles 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
- 2001 US Open Men's Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt (20) of Australia becomes the youngest world #1 player, beating Pete Sampras 7-6, 6-1, 6-1
- 2002 MLB Arizona Diamondbacks' left-handed pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his Major League record
- 2012 Armenia wins the 40th FIDE Chess Olympiad
- 2017 US Open Women's Tennis: In the first all-American final since 2002 unseeded Sloane Stephens defeats Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0
- 2018 Green Bay Packers start their 100th season with a historic 24-23 comeback win over the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field; it is the first Packers recovery from a 17+ point deficit at three-quarter time (20-3)
Brady Starts #300
2021 Tom Brady becomes the first player in NFL history to start 300 regular-season games as he guides the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an opening day 31-29 win at home against the Dallas Cowboys
2023 US Open Women's Tennis: American Coco Gauff (19) wins her first major title with a comeback win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 over Aryna Sabalenka (25) of Belarus
