TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1858 — A fee is charged for the first time to see a baseball game (50 cents) as New York beats Brooklyn 22-18.
1893 — 10th Wimbledon: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley (6-8 6-1 6-4).
1893 — 17th Wimbledon: Joshua Pim beats Wilfred Baddeley (3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2).
1924 — 18th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.
1938 — Finland awarded 1940 Olympic Games after Japan withdraws.
1944 — Browns’ Nelson Potter is the first pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs.
1947 — 34th Tour de France won by Jean Robic of France.
1952 — Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 10K in 29:17.0.
1957 — 44th Tour de France won by Jacques Anquetil of France.
1958 — 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC, PA.
1963 — 18th U.S. Women’s Open Championship won by Mary Mills.
1965 — New York Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam home run.
1969 — 56th Tour de France won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium.
1975 — 30th U.S. Women’s Open Championship won by Sandra Palmer.
1975 — 62nd Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France.
1976 — Hank Aaron hits his 755th and last home run off California Angels’ Dick Drago.
1980 — 109th British Open: Tom Watson shoots a 271 at Muirfield, Gullane.
1980 — 67th Tour de France won by Joop Zoetemelk of Netherlands. 1984 — Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m.
1992 — 121st British Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 272 at Muirfield, Gullane.
1994 — O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife’s killer.
1997 — 126th British Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271, at Royal Troon.
2000 — The leaders of Salt Lake City’s bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud and racketeering.
2003 — 132nd British Open: Ben Curtis shoots a 283, at Royal St George’s Golf Club.
2008 — 137th British Open: Padraig Harrington shoots a 283, at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.
2008 — 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win.
2014 — 143rd British Open: Rory McIlroy shoots a 271, at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
2015 — 144th British Open: American Zach Johnson wins in a four-hole playoff (-1) at St Andrews.