ON THIS DATE
1941: Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak ends at 56 games. (Told you.)
1941: Daryle Lamonica, former Oakland Raiders quarterback aka The Mad Bomber, is born in Fresno.
1956: Ted Williams hits his 400th career home run.
1960: Scott Norwood is born in Alexandria, Va., and grows up to miss a 46-yard field goal in the Super Bowl. (That was hardly a chipshot in 1991.)
1961: Ty Cobb dies of cancer at 74.
1966: Jim Ryun becomes the first American to hold the record in the mile since 1937, running it in 3:51.3 in a meet at Cal.
1969: Jim Kaat, Gold Glove winner for seven straight years, makes three errors. And he still wins the game.
1974: Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher in major league history with 3,000 strikeouts, joining Walter
Tom Watson poses with the trophy after winning his fifth and final British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Course on July 17, 1983. Johnson, who got his 51 years earlier.
1974: Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies of a heart attack in Reno, Nev., at 63. 1978: Doc Medich of the Texas Rangers saved the life of a 61-year-old fan who had a heart attack just before a scheduled game at Baltimore. Medich, a medical student, administered heart massage until help arrived.
1983: Tom Watson wins his second straight and fifth career British Open title.
1990: The Minnesota Twins became the first team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in one game. (They set the bar even higher by losing the game 1-0.)
1994: Brazil wins a record fourth World Cup soccer title, taking the first shootout in championship game history over Italy.
2005: Tiger Woods wins the British Open, by five strokes, for his 10th career major.
2016: Henrik Stenson shoots an 8-under 63 to beat Phil Mickelson by three strokes, becoming the first man from Sweden to win the British Open.
2018: Liz Cambage of the Dallas Wings scores 53 points in a game, breaking the WNBA record.