1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
1904 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Reigning champion Dorothea Chambers beats Charlotte Cooper 6-0, 6-3
1919 Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees, winning 1st game, 2-0, losing 2nd game, 4-1 (Polo Grounds, NYC)
1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
1924 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord’s
1935 British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Alf Perry wins his only major title, by 4 shots from fellow Englishman Alf Padgham
1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A’s 23-2 & 10-0
1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
1958 American swimmer Nancy Ramey sets world record for 100m butterfly in 1:09.6 in Los Angeles, California
1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Houston to retain his WBA heavyweight boxing title
1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord’s
1975 Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and playing partners Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns
1975 The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
1980 The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
1987 Boston outfielder Don Baylor sets MLB career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 when plunked by Rick Rhoden in Red Sox, 6-2 win over NY Yankees
1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1993 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
1994 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers
1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up ”Nashville? NO WAY!” sign
1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
2006 NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy) power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors
2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers
2012 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
2015 US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
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