TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1934 — Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship.
1962 — Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races.
1972 — Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbledon tennis women’s singles.
1973 — First all-U.S. women’s Wimbeldon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert.
1973 — Glenda Reiser (Canada) sets record women’s mile (4:34.9).
1974 — Federal Republic of Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer’s 10th World Cup in Munich.
1978 — Martina Navratilova captures Wimbledon defeating Chris Evert.
1982 — David Moorcroft of United Kingdom sets record for the 5,000metre race at 13:00.41.
1982 — Steve Scott of the U.S. runs the mile in a record 3:47.69.
1985 — Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever (17) to win the men’s singles tennis at Wimbledon. He is also the first German to win the title.
1987 — New York Yankees trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 and 5 in 8th; beat Minnesota Twins 12-7.
1990 — Greg LeMond wins his third Tour de France (90:43:20, average 23.3 mph).
1990 — Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison for record 9th Wimbeldon title.
1991 — Michael Stich beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon title.
1999 — In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded — 3:43:13.
2007 — The 2007 Tour de France begins, with the grand départ being from London.
2007 — The Asian Cup 2007 Football (Soccer) tournament begins, taking place in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
2007 — Venus Williams wins the Women’s Singles, at Wimbledon for a fourth time. Sunday 1889 — John L. Sullivan wins by knockout in 75 rounds in last bareknuckle bout.
1967 — Billie Jean King concludes Wimbeldon sweep (singles, doubles and mix).
1967 — Helen Weston of Detroit bowls a record 4,585 in 24 games.
1970 — San Francisco Giants’ Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get six RBIs in an inning (5th).
1973 — New York Mets are 12.5 games back in National League, and go on to win the pennant.
1978 — Björn Borg of Sweden wins third consecutive title at Wimbledon.
1984 — John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors for Wimbledon singles. 1990 — Federal Republic of Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 for soccer’s 14th FIFA World Cup at Rome, Italy. 1990 — Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon title. 1990 — Trailing 7-0, Milwaukee Brewers tie California Angels and then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7. 1996 — Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon in the ladies’ doubles event.
2005 — In Singapore, the International Olympic Committee takes a secret vote on the approval of the 28 current summer Olympic events scheduled to be played at the 2012 Summer Games in London. Baseball and softball are eliminated.
2007 — Roger Federer wins the Men’s singles at Wimbledon for the fifth time in a row.