TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1892 — 16th Wimbledon: Wilfred Baddeley beats Joshua Pim (4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2)
1914 — Baltimore Orioles’ owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty.
1923 — Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning.
1924 — Robert LeGendre of US, sets long jump record of 25’ 5½”.
1928 — Edward Hamm of US, sets long jump record of 25’ 11”.
1934 — Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship.
1939 — 52nd Wimbledon: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (6-2, 6-0)
1939 — 74th British Open: Dick Burton shoots a 290 at St. Andrews, Scotland
1948 — Cleveland Indians sign Leroy “Satchel” Paige.
1950 — 79th British Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon.
1951 — 58th Wimbledon: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (6-1, 6-0).
1953 — 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich.
1955 — 1st LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson.
1956 — 63rd Wimbledon: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (6-3, 6-1).
1961 — 75th Wimbledon: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (6-3, 6-1, 6-4).
1962 — 69th Wimbledon: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (6-4, 6-4).
1962 — Bill Hartack becomes the 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races.
1968 — 23rd US Women’s Open won by Susie Maxwell Berning.
1972 — 79th Wimbledon: Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong (6-3, 6-3).
1973 — 80th Wimbledon: Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert (6-0, 7-5), 1st all-US women’s Wimbledon final.
1973 — 87th Wimbledon: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli (6-1, 9-8, 6-3).
1974 — FIFA World Cup: West Germany beats the Netherlands 2-1 for football’s 10th World Cup in Munich.
1974 — New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa due to Apartheid policies.
1978 — 85th Wimbledon: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert (2-6, 6-4, 7-5).
1979 — 93rd Wimbledon: Bjorn Borg beats Roscoe Tanner (6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4).
1980 — Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1984 — 91st Wimbledon: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert (7-6, 6-2).
1985 — 92nd Wimbledon: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert (4-6, 6-3, 6-2).
1990 — New Jersey Devils sign Russians Viacheslav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov.
1991 — 105th Wimbledon: Michael Stich beats Boris Becker (6-4, 7-6, 64).
1992 — South Africa’s national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, win South Africa’s first ever FIFA sanctioned match.
1995 — Memphis Mad Dogs first CFL home game (vs. BC Lions).
1996 — 17th US Seniors Open won by Dave Stockton.
2002 — 109th Wimbledon: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams (7-6, 6-3).
2013 — 127th Wimbledon: Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic (6-4 7-5 6-4) becoming the first British man to win a Wimbledon tennis title since 1936.