1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner
1863 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park, Sr. wins his 2nd title; beats rival Tom Morris Sr. by 2 strokes
1903 Phillies’ Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0
1909 Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A’s beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det
1926 US National Championship Men’s Tennis: Frenchman René Lacoste wins first of 2 straight US titles; beats countryman Jean Borotra 6-4, 6-0, 6-4
1928 St. Louis beat Phillies, 4-2 at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia; 20th Cards’ win of 22 starts between the 2 clubs in 1928
1929 Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
1930 Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (UK) in 15th America’s Cup
1930 NY Yankee future Baseball HOF pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-6 at Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis
1938 Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
1938 Despite losing a double header (4-3, 8-7) to the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman’s Park III, the New York Yankees clinch their 10th AL pennant
1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
1954 Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2)
1962 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
1963 Final MLB game at Polo Grounds, New York City; 1,752 see Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets 5-1
1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
1967 Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America’s Cup
1968 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
1971 Ryder Cup Golf, Old Warson CC: US beats Europe, 18½-13½; after leading by 1 match, GB loses all Friday morning 4-ball matches to lose momentum
1972 1st black NL umpire is Art Williams for Los Angeles vs San Diego
1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America’s Cup
1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31
1987 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #30 off Bill Wegman in 5th inning of Tigers’ 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; first 40 year old to hit 30 MLB HRs in a season
1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
1991 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
1991 NCAA places Tennessee on 2 years probation for football recruiting violations
1991 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
1993 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
1993 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
2016 Evian Championship Women’s Golf, Evian Resort GC: Chun In-gee of South Korea wins her 2nd major title by 4 strokes from Ryu So-yeon & Park Sung-hyun; 21-under-par score a record for all women’s majors
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