1866 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins his 3rd title; beats his brother Davie Park by 2 strokes
1872 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris, Jr. wins 4th consecutive title; beats fellow Scot Davie Strath by 3 strokes
1883 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia
1902 Chicago Cubs infielders Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, & Frank Chance appear together as teammates for 1st time, creating the famed double-play combination of ”Tinker to Evers to Chance”
1907 Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) forms with merge of Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) and Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal FC (QRFU)
1910 Regina Rugby Club forms
1924 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0)
1925 Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1
1930 PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Fresh Meadow CC: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Gene Sarazen 1-up in the final for the second of his 3 major titles
1930 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St John’s Rugby, 7-3
1930 50th US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills NY: John Doeg beats Frank Shields 10-8, 1-6, 6-4, 16-14 for his lone major singles title
1932 NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
1934 Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000
1936 17 year old Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF pitcher Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 Philadelphia A’s in 5-2 win at League Park, Cleveland
1942 Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning
1946 Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
1951 St Louis Cards beat NY Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
1953 Pitcher Bob Trice becomes the first black player for Philadelphia Athletics
1953 Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari retains Formula 1 World Drivers Championship although forced to retire (engine trouble) in season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza; wins title by 6.5 points from Juan Manuel Fangio
1954 Cincinnati first baseman Ted Kluszewski scores a run in his record 17th consecutive game as Reds lose 5-4 to Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field
1959 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Neale Fraser wins first of 2 straight US singles titles; beats Alex Olmedo of Peru 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
1963 Jim Bouton’s 20th win clinches Yanks 28th pennant
1964 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her 3rd US singles title; dominates American Carole Graebner 6-1, 6-0
1969 Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
1969 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
1970 New York City Marathon: inaugural event won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38
1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
1974 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
1976 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
1978 New York Yankees recover from 14 games behind to gain sole possession of AL East 1st place with 7-3 win over the Tigers in Detroit
1981 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)
1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
1983 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
1983 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season
1987 Tampa Bay quarterback Steve DeBerg establishes a franchise record with 5 touchdown passes in the Buccaneers 48-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons
1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
1989 Fay Vincent elected baseball’s 8th commissioner
1990 Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner
1991 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
1992 NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28
1997 Carolina Hurricane’s 1st exhibition game beat NY Islanders 4-1
1998 US Open Men’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Patrick Rafter retains title; beats Mark Philippoussis 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
2008 New Zealand beats Australia, 28-24 in Brisbane to clinch their 4th straight Tri Nations Rugby Series; flyhalf Dan Carter scores a try and lands 4 conversions for the All Blacks
2013 Jim Furyk fires 12-under-par 59 in the 2nd round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms GC in Lake Forest, Illinois, becoming just the 6th player to shoot sub-60 in a PGA Tour event
2017 International Olympic Committee announces Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) will host the Olympic games
2018 Amazon live streams âThursday Night Footballâ? Cincinnati beats Baltimore 34-23; first all-female broadcast booth in NFL history; Andrea Kremer calls game with Hannah Storm
2020 ANA Inspiration Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Mirim Lee of South Korea wins her first major title; beats Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda with a birdie on first playoff hole
2020 Chicago Cubs pitcher Alec Mills no-hits the Milwaukee Brewers, 12-0 at Miller Park, Milwaukee
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