1881 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw beats defending champion John Hartley 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 for first of his 7 Wimbledon singles titles
1885 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 5 straight Wimbledon titles for William Renshaw; for second consecutive year he beats Herbert Lawford 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1886 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw beats Herbert Lawford for the 3rd straight year 6-0, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 for his 6th consecutive Wimbledon championship
1895 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley beats Wilberforce Eaves 4-6, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his third Wimbledon singles title
1896 Philadelphia outfielder Ed Delahanty becomes second major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game as Phillies lose 9-8 to Chicago Colts at the West Side Grounds, Chicago
1900 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8 1919 Boston Red Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support in field
1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6) 1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4) 1930 1st-ever football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay
1934 BabeRuthhits700th career home run against Detroit
1941 Eddie Mayo (LA Pacific Coast League), spits in face of umpire Ray Snyder
1941 PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Vic Ghezzi wins his only major title over defending champion Byron Nelson in 38 holes
1943 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
1948 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman’s Park, St Louis
1950 Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams’ elbow
1954 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
1960 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1962 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon: Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd consecutive Open, 6 strokes clear of runner-up Kel Nagle of Australia
1963 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Bob Charles of New Zealand wins his only major championship in a 36 hole playoff, 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Phil Rodgers; becomes first left-hander to win a major title
1963 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Early Wynn, wins his 300th and last MLB game at 43
1965 36th MLB All Star Game, Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota: NL wins, 6-5; MVP: Juan Marichal, SF Giants, P
1968 British Open Men’s Golf, Carnoustie: South African Gary Player wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes clear of Bob Charles and Jack Nicklaus; 5th of Player’s 9 major titles
1971 42nd MLB All Star Game, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI: AL beats NL, 6-4; MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, OF
1972 LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
1974 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: South African Gary Player wins his 3rd Open Championship, 4 strokes clear of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis of England
1976 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1976AllstarMVP:George Foster (Cincinnati Reds) 1
976 Last day of Test Cricket for English allrounder Brian Close, aged 45
1979 Calif’s Nolan Ryan and Boston’s Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th 1980 US Open Women’s Golf, Richland CC: Amy Alcott scores convincing 9 stroke win over runner-up Hollis Stacy
1982 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
1982 All star MVP: Dave Conception(CincinnatiReds) 1984 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m 1985 New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniform numbers
1988 Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan
1991BobMilacki&3other Baltimore Oriole pitchers nohit A’s 2-0 1993 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
1993 All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)
1994Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing
1994 Tonya Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan
1997 Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Larry Gilbert wins his lone career major title by 3 strokes from Isao Aoki, Bob Dickson, Jack Kiefer and Dave Stockton
1997 US Open Women’s Golf, Pumpkin Ridge GC: Alison Nicholas of England wins her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez
1999 70th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Fenway Park, Boston
2001 International Olympic Committeevotestoaward Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
2003 Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Craig Stadler wins his first of 2 Champions Tour major titles by 3 strokes from Tom Kite, Jim Thorpe and Tom Watson
2004 75th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
2010 81st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Angel Stadium, Anaheim
2011 19th ESPY Awards: Dirk Nowitzki, Lindsey Vonn win
2012 Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
2014 British Open Women’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Mo Martin wins her first major title, 1 shot ahead of runners-up Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen
2014 FIFA World Cup Awards:Lionel Messi(golden ball), James Rodriguez (golden boot) and Manuel Neuer (Golden gloves)
2014 FIFA World Cup Final, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Mario Götze scores an extra time winner as Germany beats Argentina, 1-0
2014 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Oak Tree National: Scotsman Colin Montgomerie wins by 1 stroke after a 3-hole playoff with Gene Sauers
2018 Chelsea FC sacks high profile manager Antonio Conte despite winning 201617 EPL and
2018 FA Cup, replaced by ex-Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri 2018 Kevin Anderson of South Africa beats American John Isner 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 6-4, 26-24 in the longest (6 hours 36 mins) semi final in Wimbledon history
2019 After Atlantic League-MLB partnership rule changes, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs’ outfielder Tony Thomas becomes first player in professional baseball history to steal first base in 7-2 win v Lancaster Barnstormers
2019 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Simona Halep beats Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 in just 55 minutes; first Romanian to win a Wimbledon singles title
2021 91st MLB All Star Game, Coors Field, Denver, CO:AL beats NL, 5-2 fo rtheir eighth consecutive victory