THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday 1827 1st U.S. swimming school opens in Boston Mass. 1866 Cincinnati baseball club, the Red Stockings, forms. 1921 Edward Gourdin of U.S. sets long jump record of 25 feet 2 ¾ inches. 1922 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium. 1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his first of 23 career grand slam home runs. 1931 France announces it can’t afford to send a team to 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games. 1933 27th Tour de France won by Georges Speicher of France. 1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1960 15th U.S. Women’s Open Championship won by Betsy Rawls. 1967 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France. 1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in his 6th straight game. 1978 33rd U.S. Women’s Open Championship won by Hollis Stacy. 1978 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France. 1984 Kansas City Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save. 1994 Don Mattingly becomes the sixth New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits. 1995 124th British Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St Andrews, Scotland. 1995 82nd Tour de France won by Miguel Indurain of Spain. 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settles with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them. 2000 129th British Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 269 at Royal Lytham. 2006 135th British Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 270 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club 2006 93rd Tour de France won by Oscar Pereiro of Spain. 2009 Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0. Sunday 1904 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France. 1908 John Hayes wins fourth Olympic marathon in a world record 2:55:18.4. 1909 Brooklyn Dodger Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates. 1921 15th Tour de France won by Leon Scieur of Belgium. 1941 Boston Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game. 1946 Nine Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash. 1949 Cleveland Indian pitcher Bob Lemon hits two home runs to beat the Washington Senators, 7-5. 1949 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy. 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K in14:06.6. 1958 Red Sox Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans, again. 1960 42nd PGA Championship: Jay Hebert shoots a 281, at Firestone CC, Akron. 1969 Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in the U.S. army on appeal. 1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes nine-point tie break rule. 1977 32nd U.S. Women’s Open Championship won by Hollis Stacy. 1977 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France. 1979 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th home run. 1983 70th Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France. 1994 81st Tour de France won by Miguel Indurain of Spain. 2005 92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seven consecutive time, but is disqualified in 2012 for doping. 2011 98th Tour de France won by Cadel Evans of Australia.