June 24
1882 National League expels umpire Richard Higham from baseball for dishonesty after his links with gambling on games are confirmed
1899 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Marion Jones beats Maud Banks 6-1, 6-1, 7-5 for her first of 2 US singles titles
1905 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Elisabeth Moore wins her 4th US singles title; beats Helen Homans 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
1910 50th British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: James Braid wins Championship for a 5th time, 4 strokes ahead of fellow Scot Sandy Herd (1902 champion)
1913 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Englishman J H Taylor wins Championship for a 5th and final time, 8 strokes ahead of defending champion Ted Ray
1922 American Professional Football Association renamed the National Football League
1922 Charter NFL club Chicago Staleys renamed Chicago Bears by team founder, owner and head coach George Halas
1928 US Open Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Johnny Farrell defeats amateur Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a 36-hole playoff to win his only major title
1936 Rookie outfielder Joe DiMaggio ties 3 MLB records in New York's 10-run 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting 2 home runs for 8 total bases; Yankees beat Chicago, 18-4
1947 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Plum Hollow CC: Jim Ferrier becomes first Australian to win a major title; beats Chick Herbert, 2 & 1
1947 Future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Jackie Robinson steals home for first of 19 times in his career as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2 Baseball Player Jackie Robinson
1950 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins her 4th Western Open; beats Peggy Kirk, 5 & 3
1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff) Baseball Player Harmon
1956 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Marlene Hagge wins her only major title; beats Patty Berg by 2 strokes in a sudden-death playoff 1962 Outfielder Jack Reed
1962 Outfielder Jack Reed hits his only MLB home run in the 22nd-inning as NY Yankees edge Detroit Tigers, 9-7 in slowest extra-inning game in league history; 7:00 hours
1968 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Canadian Sandra Post wins an 18-hole playoff against Kathy Whitworth by 7 strokes
1968 Joe Frazier stops Mexican challenger Manuel Ramos in 2nd round TKO at NYC's Madison Square Garden in his first heavyweight boxing title defence Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Frazier
1972 South African runner Danie Malan sets a new 1,000m world record 2:16.0 in Munich, Germany
1974 India is dismissed for 42 in 17 overs in 2nd Test defeat to England at Lord's; lowest total in country's Test cricket history; Chris Old 5-21, Geoff Arnold 4-19
1974 Kansas City pitcher Steve Busby retires first 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batsmen retired; Royals still lose, 3-1 to Chicago 1979 Rickey Henderson
1979 Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base MLB Outfielder Rickey Henderson
1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million
1983 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters
1984 Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265 MLB Hall of Fame Infielder and Broadcaster Joe Morgan
1984 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Arnold Palmer wins 2nd straight Champions Tour major by 3 strokes ahead of Peter Thomson of Australia
1987 CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers
1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
1988 Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves
1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
1989 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases
1991 NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
1992 Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball
1992 NBA Draft: LSU center Shaquille O'Neal first pick by Orlando Magic
1995 Stanley Cup Final, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ: New Jersey Devils beat Detroit Red Wings, 5-2 for a 4-0 series sweep; Devils' first Stanley Cup finals appearance
1995 3rd Rugby World Cup, Ellis Park, Johannesburg: Springboks fly-half Joel Stransky lands the winning drop goal in extra time as South Africa beats New Zealand, 15-12
1997 Despite an AL record 19-strikeout performance by Randy Johnson, A's first baseman Mark McGwire hits a massive 538 foot home run in Oakland's 4-1 defeat of Seattle Mariners MLB First Baseman Mark 1998 NBA Draft: Pacific center Michael Olowokandi first pick by Los Angeles Clippers
2001 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: 26 year old Australian Karrie Webb becomes youngest woman to win career slam; beats runner-up Laura Diaz by 2 strokes
2004 NBA Draft: Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy power forward Dwight Howard first pick by Orlando Magic
2009 Mike Babcock is named head coach of Team Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics (they would win the gold medal)
2010 In the longest match in tennis history, American John Isner defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon after 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over 3 days
2010 NBA Draft: Kentucky point guard John Wall first pick by Washington Wizards
2011 NHL Draft: Red Deer Rebels (WHL) center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins first pick by Edmonton Oilers
2012 Female athletes will be allowed to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the first time
2013 Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2 for 4-2 series victory; Blackhawks' 5th Championship
2014 Sidney Crosby wins the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award for the 2014 NHL season
2015 Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price wins the 2014-15 Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP
2016 NHL Draft: ZSC Lions (NLA) center Auston Matthews first pick by Toronto Maple Leafs
2017 World record for highest altitude football match ever played at 18,799ft on Mount Kilimanjaro by women's international team
June 25
1892 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Mabel Cahill beats Elisabeth Moore 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1903 NY Yanks & Chicago White Sox end deadlocked game at 6-6 in 18
1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
1904 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: May Sutton beats defending champion Elisabeth Moore 6-1, 6-2 for her first of 3 major titles
1909 US Open Men’s Golf, Englewood GC: Englishman George Sargent sets a new Open scoring record to win his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
1912 British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Ted Ray wins wire-to-wire by 4 shots from defending champion Harry Vardon
1921 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: former local Jock Hutchison (resident in US) wins his only Open Championship by 9 strokes in a 36-hole playoff over amateur Roger Wethered
1926 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American amateur Bobby Jones wins the first of his 3 Claret Jugs, 2 strokes clear of runner-up Al Watrous; 5th victory by an American in 6 years
1927 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
1932 US Open Men’s Golf, Fresh Meadow CC: Reigning British Open champion Gene Sarazen shoots tournament record final round 66 to beat Bobby Cruikshank and Philip Perkins by 3 strokes
1932 Commencement of India’s 1st cricket Test v England at Lord’s, London (England initially rattled but go on to win)
1934 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2
1934 NY Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times
1935 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis moves to 20-0 with 6th round KO of former champion Primo Carnera of Italy at Yankee Stadium, NYC Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
1947 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Big Spring CC: Jim Turnesa wins 1-up over Chick Harbert in the Wednesday final
1957 2nd Rugby League World Cup: New Zealand beats Great Britain 29-21
1960 South Africa beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg
1961 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord’s as England hang on against the Windies 1968 Bobby Bonds hits a
1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (San Francisco Giants)
1969 American Pancho González (41) beats Puerto Rican Charlie Pasarell (25) in 5 hour and 12 minute, 112-game marathon at Wimbledon
1976 Texas Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
1977 8th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 13-12 1978 FIFA World Cup Final, El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time
1983 Cricket World Cup, Lord’s, London: India upsets West Indies by 43 runs to win first title; Mohinder Amarnath 3/12 off 7 overs, Player of the Match
1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
1986 Philadelphia Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release Baseball Pitcher Steve Carlton
1988 MLB player Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1988 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Ruud Gullet & Marco van Basten score as the Netherlands beats Soviet Union, 2-0
1991 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, beating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the 1st round Tennis Player Martina Navratilova
1993 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame 1994 FIFA World Cup:
1994 FIFA World Cup: 1,500th goal in Cup’d history scored by Caceres of Argentina
1994 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
1997 NHL approves franchises in Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minnesota-St Paul
1997 NBA Draft: Wake Forest power forward Tim Duncan first pick by San Antonio Spurs NBA Power Forward Tim Duncan NBA Power Forward Tim Duncan
1999 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat New York Knicks, 78-77 in Game 5 for first title in franchise history; MVP: Tim Duncan
2000 LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, DuPont CC: Juli Inkster goes back-to-back; beats Stefania Croce of Italy on second hole of a sudden-death playoff
2000 WLAF World Bowl 8, Waldstadion, Frankfurt: Rhein Fire beats Scottish Claymores, 13-10
2009 NBA Draft: Oklahoma power forward Blake Griffin first pick by Los Angeles Clippers
2010 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) left wing Taylor Hall first pick by Edmonton Oilers
2014 Luis Suárez is charged with biting at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
2015 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns first pick by Minnesota Timberwolves
2018 Oakland pitcher Edwin Jackson takes the mound in a 5-4 win at Detroit; A’s are his 13th MLB club, tying Octavio Dotel’s record
2019 NHL Draft: Barrie Colts (OHL) defenceman Aaron Ekblad first pick by Florida Panthers
2020 Liverpool FC clinches first EPL soccer title in 30 years with 7 games to spare as Chelsea beats second-placed Manchester City, 2-1 at Stamford Bridge