TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1900 — First night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids). 1918 — Babe Ruth’s blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk and the Red Sox win only 1-0 over Cleveland. Prevailing rules reduce Ruth’s home run to a triple. 1928 — Philadelphia Phillies set record of 25 errorless innings in a doubleheader. 1933 — 68th British Open: Denny Shute shoots a 292 at Old Course at St Andrews. 1938 — 73rd British Golf Open: Reg Whitcombe shoots a 295 at Royal St George’s Golf Club. 1946 — Major League Baseball approves a $5,000 minimum salary. 1949 — Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are the first black players to play for the New York Giants. 1955 — 84th British Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 281 at St. Andrews. 1967 — 74th Wimbledon: Billie Jean King beats Anne Jones (6-3, 6-4). 1970 — San Francisco Giant Jim Ray Hart becomes the eight player to get 6 RBIs in an inning. 1973 — New York Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant. 1978 — 92nd Wimbledon: Bjorn Borg beats Jimmy Connors (6-2, 6-2, 6-3). 1984 — 98th Wimbledon: John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors (6-1, 6-1, 6-2). 1990 — FIFA World Cup: Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for football’s 14th World Cup in Rome. 1990 — Greg LeMond wins his third Tour de France (90:43:20 averaging 23.3 m.p.h). 1990 — Trailing 7-0, the Milwaukee Brewers tie the California Angels and then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7. 1991 — Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann are shot trying to help two waitresses from being robbed. 1992 — Florida Marlins unveil their uniform. 1995 — Las Vegas Posse plays the Sacramento Gold in the CFL game between two U.S. teams. 2001 — 108th Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Venus Williams beats Justine Henin (6-1, 3-6, 6-0). 2007 — 114th Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Venus Williams beats Marion Bartoli (6-4, 6-1). 2007 — 121st Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal (7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2). 2012 — 126th Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Roger Federer beats Andy Murray (4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4). 2014 — FIFA World Cup: Germany defeats Brazil by a record 7-1 in the semifinals and goes on to win the World Cup. 2014 — FIFA World Cup: Miroslav Klose of Germany breaks the World Cup goal scoring record with 16 goals.