1902 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis:MurielRobbwinsher only major title with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper 1903 National League MLB batting champion Ed Delahanty, disappears after being removed intoxicated from a train by force; found dead at bottom of Niagara Falls 2 weeks later 1903 Pitcher Jack Doscher, debuts for the Chicago Cubs, the first son of a major leaguer to play MLB, father Herm 1882-92 1906 MLB New York Yankees win by forfeit for the first time 1907 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Evelyn Sears beats fellow American Carrie Neely 6-3, 6-2 for her lone major singles title 1909 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Dora Boothby earns her only Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 win over Agnes Morton 1911DetroitTigerslegendTy Cobb hits in his 40th straight game in 14-6 rout of Cleveland. Streak ends next game MLB Legend Ty Cobb 1921 In boxing’s first million dollar gate ($1.7m), world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey KOs Frenchman Georges Carpentier in round 4 of his 3rd title defense; crowd 91,000 at Boyle’s Thirty Acres, Jersey City Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey 1921 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Bill Tilden beats South AfricanBrianNorton4-6,2-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5 for the third of 10 Grand Slam singles titles Tennis Player Bill Tilden 1926 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: FrenchmanJeanBorotra wins his second Wimbledon singles title 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 over 1927 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: In an all-French final Henri Cochet wins first of 2 Wimbledon singles crowns; beats Jean Borotra 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 1927 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Spaniard Lilí Álvarez 6-2, 6-4 for her first of 8 Wimbledon titles 1930 MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Carl Reynolds becomes only the 2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings in 15-4 victory at Yankee Stadium 1932 American golfer Walter Hagen wins his 5th and last Western Open in Cleveland, 16 years after he won his first Golfer Walter Hagen 1932 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American Ellsworth Vinesbeatshometown favourite Bunny Austin 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 for his only Wimbledon title 1933 NY Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell works 18 innings of shutoutballwithoutawalkto beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 Baseball Pitcher Carl Hubbell 1935 Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in New York 1937 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Don Budge beats Germany’s GottfriedvonCramm 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 for first of backto-back titles 1938 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0 in 4th final between the pair (Wills Moody won all 4) 1941 Joe DiMaggio hits a 3-run homer off Boston’s Dick Newsome to pass Willie Keeler’sMLBrecord44game hitting streak 1948 British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: England’s Henry Cotton wins by 5 strokes from Irishman Fred Daly for his third Open victory 1948 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American Bob Falkenburg beats John Bromwich of Australia 7-5, 0-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 for his only Grand Slam singles title 1949 “Red Barber’s Clubhouse” sportsshowpremieres on CBS TV 1949 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 10-8, 1-6, 10-8 for the second of 3 straight Wimbledon titles Tennis Player Louise Brough Feller’s 200th Game 1950 Cleveland Indians’ pitcher Bob Feller wins his 200th MLB game, 5-3 over Detroit Tigers Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Bob Feller 1951 Bill Veeck buys MLB St Louis Browns from Bill & Charlie DeWitt; after 1953 season sells franchise to Clarence Miles, who move team Baltimore (Orioles) 1951 Worcestershire cricket wicket-keeper Hugo Yarnold makes a record 6 stumpings in an innings in a 1st-class match vs Scotland at Dundee 1954 England cricket batsman Denis Compton scores career best 278 in 287 mins in2ndTestwinoverPakistan at Nottingham 1954 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Czech Jaroslav Drobný beats Ken Rosewall of Australia 13-11, 4-6, 6-2, 9-7 for his only Wimbledon singles title 1955USOpenWomen’sGolf, Wichita GC: Uruguayan Fay Crocker beats Louise Suggs & Mary Lena Faulk by 4 to become the tournament’s first overseas winner 1955 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Beverly Fleitz 7-5, 8-6 for her 4th Wimbledon singles title 1960 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil beats South African Sandra Reynolds 8–6, 6–0 1961 Amidst 5 NY Yankee homers v Washington, Roger Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 for the season 1963 MLB San Francisco Giants legend Willie Mays breaks up classic Juan Marichal vs Warren Spahn pitching dual, homering in 16th inning off Spahn for 1-0 win vs Milwaukee Braves 1965 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Roy Emerson scores second consecutive title win over fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 1966 West Indian cricket batsmanBasilButcherscores career best 209 not out to guide tourists to a 139-run 3rd Test win over England at Trent Bridge 1966 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: American Billie Jean King beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 for the first of her 12 Grand Slam singles titles 1967USOpenWomen’sGolf, The Homestead: Catherine Lacoste wins by 2 strokes from Susie Maxwell & Beth Stone (youngest [22], 1st amateur winner) 1969 Ireland cricketers dismiss West Indies for just 25 (Dougie Goodwin 5 for 6, Alec O’Riordan 4 for 18) to set up a huge upset in Londonderry 1971 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: In an all-Australian finalEvonneGoolagongbeats Margaret Court 6-4, 6-1 for the first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles 1972 American pole vaulter Bob Seagren breaks world record for the 4th and final time with 5.63m in Eugene, Oregon 1972USOpenWomen’sGolf, Winged Foot GC: American Susie Maxwell Berning wins by1fromJudyRankin,Kathy Ahern & Pam Barnett 1976 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: American Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 6-3, 4-6, 8-6 for second of 3 Wimbledon singles titles 1977 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Sweden’s Björn Borg beats American Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 for the second of 5 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles 1978 MLB pitcher Ron Guidry beats Detroit 3-2 for a NY Yankee record 13-0 start to the season Baseball Pitcher Ron Guidry 1983 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger 6-0, 6-3 for the 4th of 9 Wimbledon singles titles 1986 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens (14-0) suffers his 1st loss (4-2 v Toronto), one win short of AL record for consecutive wins to start season 1987 KC Royals outfielder Jim Eisenreich hits 1st HR since 1982, in MLB comeback process, retired 1984 (Tourette syndrome) 1988 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Germany’s Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 for the 3rd leg of her Golden Slam Tennis Player Steffi Graf 1989 American jockey Steve CauthenwinstheIrishDerby on Old Vic to become the first rider in history to sweep the world’s four major Derbies (Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish) 1989 Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Tammie Green wins her only LPGA major title with a 1 shot victory over fellow Americans Pat Bradley & Betsy King 1989 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Laurel Valley GC: Orville Moody wins by 2 from Frank Beard, 20 years after his US Open triumph in 1969 1993 Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, is renamedKauffmanStadium shortly before the death of MLB Kansas City Royals teamownerEwingKauffman 1994 Middlesex cricket seam bowler Richard Johnson takes all 10 Derbyshire wickets for 45 runs at the County Ground in Derby 1994 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Conchita Martínez of Spain upsets Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her only Grand Slam title 1995 LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All-Star Game when he is named in the NL squad 1995 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Congressional GC: Tom Weiskopf wins by 4 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his only Champions Tour major victory 2000UEFAEuropeanChampionship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy 2000 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Saucon Valley CC: Hale Irwinwinsby3strokesahead of Bruce Fleischer for his second US Senior title 2005 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Venus Williams beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6, 9-7 for the 3rd of her 5 Wimbledon singles titles 2006 Michael Schumacher wins US F1 Grand Prix for the 5th time, 1st driver in any series to win 5 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Formula 1 Driver Michael Schumacher 2006 Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (152) and Upul Tharanga (109) compile world record cricket ODI opening stand of 286 vs England at Headingley 2008 A settlement is reached allowing former NBA franchise theSeattleSuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; new owner Clay Bennett agrees to pay City of Seattle $45 million to wriggle out of last 2 years of KeyArena lease 2010 FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1 2011 American twin brothers Bob & Mike Bryan earn their record equalling 11th Grand Slam doubles title with a straight sets win over Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecşu at Wimbledon 2011 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Czech left hander Petra Kvitová wins her first Grand Slam title beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 2013 Reds pitcher Homer Bailey no-hits SF Giants 3-0 in Cincinnati, his second nohitter in 10 months 2014AlexPuccioascendsTop Notch in Rocky Mountain National Park, her first V13 (8B) graded boulder 2017 Home town underdog Jeff Horn upsets Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines on points in a highly controversial WBO welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia 2017 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Salem CC: Kenny Perry wins by 2 strokes ahead of Kirk Triplett for his 2nd US Senior title 2017 Women’s PGA Championship, Olympia Fields CC: American Danielle Kang scores her first professional win, 1 stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada 2019 Newly rediscovered Lewis chess piece sells at auction for £735,000 in London Lewis chess piece of a queen made of walrus ivory in the British Museum 2020 British Darts Organisation’s commercial arm, BDO Enterprises Ltd, goes into liquidation due to lack of sponsorship; oversaw original professional, semi-pro and amateur competitions in Britain