Babe Ruth’s debut; Nolan Ryan’s 4,000 th strikeout among highlights
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Nolan Ryan was with the Houston Astros from 1980 to 1988. He became the first in history to strike out 4,000 batters in 1985. Courtesy photo
July 10
1884 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out
1922 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1926 US Open Men’s Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa
1929 In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning
1934 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York
1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game
1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1953 British Open Men’s Golf, Carnoustie: In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevails by 4 strokes over Dai Rees, Antonio Cerdá, Peter Thomson, Frank Stranahan
1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
1960 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1
1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
1964 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, 5 strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus
1968 US Major League baseball announces it will split into 2 divisions for 1969
1971 100th British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan
1975 Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair
1976 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Johnny Miller wins his only Open championship, 6 strokes clear of Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus; Miller’s second and last major title
1976 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Johnny Miller wins his only Open championship, 6 strokes clear of Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus; Miller’s second and last major title
1990 All Star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
1992 John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners
1992 US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
1997 Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a NY Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: US beats China, 5-4 on penalties; 0-0 a.e.t; US second World Cup
2001 72nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Safeco Field, Seattle
2005 Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Peter Jacobsen wins his second Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Hale Irwin
2007 78th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-4 at AT&T Park, San Francisco
2012 83rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
2016 UEFA European Championship, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Eder scores in extra time as Portugal upset France, 1-0
2016 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his 2nd Wimbledon and 3rd Grand Slam title
2016 US Open Women’s Golf, CordeValle GC: American Brittany Lang wins her first major title by 3 strokes in a 3-hole playoff over Anna Nordqvist of Sweden
2018 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2m, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time
July 11
1900 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in a 1900 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport
1914 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox; earns 4-3 win against the Cleveland Naps at Fenway Park
1923 Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M
1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/ AL manager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
1952 British Golf Men’s Open, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: 3 titles in 4 years for Bobby Locke of South Africa beating Australian Peter Thomson by a stroke
1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA
1967 All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cincinnati Reds)
1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles
1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
1976 1st US football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American)
1976 US Open Women’s Golf, Rolling Green GC: JoAnne Carner wins in a playoff with Sandra Palmer
1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
1978 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers) collects his second award
1982 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Portland GC: Miller Barber wins by 4 strokes from Dan Sykes & Gene Littler; his first of 3 Senior Open titles
1982 FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany, 3-1 in front of 90,000
1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1984 All Star MVP: Gary Carter (Montreal Expos) awarded for 2nd time
1985 Astros’ Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets’ Danny Heep)
1987 Orioles’ Cal Ripken becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
1989 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All Star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)
1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
1991 Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
1993 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus wins by 1 stroke ahead of Tom Weiskopf for his second US Senior tit 1995 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
1995 All Star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
1999 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Des Moines G & CC: Dave Eichelberger wins by 3 strokes ahead of Ed Dougherty for his lone major title
2000 71st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-3 at Turner Field, Atlanta
2004 Canadian Open Women’s Golf, Legends on the Niagara GC: Meg Mallon wins by 4 strokes from Beth Daniel
2004 Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain
2006 77th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh
2010 FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title
2010 US Open Women’s Golf, Oakmont CC: Paula Creamer wins her first major championship, 4 shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen
2011 US Open Women’s Golf, The Boardmoor: Ryu So-yeon wins her first major in a playoff with fellow South Korean Hee Hung Seo
2012 Steve Nash is traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers
2015 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4
July 12
1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course
1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game
1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs
1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
1928 1st televised tennis match
1930 US Open Men’s Golf, Interlachen CC: Defending champion Bobby Jones wins record-tying 4th US Open title by 2 strokes from Macdonald Smith; third consecutive major title
1934 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)
1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games
1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
1951 NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0
1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded
1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during Yankee-Red Sox game
1964 US Open Women’s Golf, San Diego CC: Mickey Wright wins her 4th Open in a playoff with Ruth Jessen
1966 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St Louis
1966 Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson voted MLB All Star game MVP
1969 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Tony Jacklin wins the first of his 2 major titles, 2 strokes ahead of Bob Charles of New Zealand; first Briton to win The Open since 1951
1970 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders by 1 stroke in event’s first 18-hole playoff to win the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships
1970 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders by 1 stroke in event’s first 18-hole playoff to win the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships
1979 “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers.