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
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, NYC
1938 ”Yankee Clipper” completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic
1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
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
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
1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
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 MLB debut as a NY Yankee, 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 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
2021 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: World #1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia wins her second major title; beats Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
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