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1899 | R.F. Doherty defeats Arthur Gore in five sets to win his third straight Wimbledon crown.
1906 | Hungary’s Ferenc Szisz wins the first motor racing Grand Prix event in Le Mans, France.
1911 | 19 -year old John McDermott wins the U.S. Open in a playoff against Mike Brady and George Simpson. McDermott is the first American born golfer to win the tournament.
1916 | Cleveland Indians become first team to experiment with putting numbers on baseball jerseys in a game against the Chicago White Sox.
1925 | Jim Barnes wins the Open Championship by one stroke over Ted Ray and Archie Compston.
1938 | Lonny Frey of the Cincinnati Reds gets a total of eight hits in a double header against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1955 | Patty Berg wins her 5th Western Open with a two stroke victory over Louise Suggs and Fay Crocker.
1959 | Ingemar Johansson defeats Floyd Patterson with a TKO in the third round at Yankee Stadium in New York for a heavyweight title.
1962 | Boston Red Sox pitcher Earl Wilson throws a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Angels.
1970 | Baltimore Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson hits two grand slams against the Washington Senators.
1976 | Muhammad Ali and Japanese professional wrestler fought to a 15- round draw at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
1991 | Charlotte Hornets select Larry Johnson with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1992 | Denmark stuns Germany with a 2-0 win at the UEFA European Championship Final in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1993 | The Ottawa Senators select Alezandre Daigle with the first pick in the NHL Entry Draft.
1994 | Kirby Puckett passes Rod Carew as the Minnesota Twins all-time hits leader with 2,088 career hits.
1996 | Allen Iverson selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the first pick of the 1996 NBA Draft.
1999 | The Atlanta Thrasher select Patrik Stefan with the first pick of the NHL Entry Draft.
2002 | The Houston Rockets select Yao Ming with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2003 | The Cleveland Cavaliers select Lebron James with the first pick of the NBA Draft.
2005 | Birdie Kim wins the U.S. Women’s Open by two strokes at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.
2008 | Derek Rose is selected by the Chicago Bulls with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2011 | Yami Tseng gets her four major title with a 10 stroke win over Morgan Pressel for the LPGA Championship.
2014 | Argentina’s Luis Suarez is expelled from the 2014 FIFA World Cup for biting another player.
2014 | Andrew Wiggins selected with the first pick in the NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2015 | The Edmonton Oilers select Connor McDavid with the first pick of the NHL Entry Draft.
2016 | Chile defeats Argentina in 4-2 in penalty kicks at the Copa America Final at MetLife Stadium in Eat Rutherford, New Jersey.
2017 | Team New Zealand defeats Team USA 7-1 in Bermuda for the America’s Cup.
2021 | During Stage 1 of the Tour de France, a spectator with a sign caused the largest pile up in the tour’s history. The spectator was later tracked down and arrested.
2022 | The Colorado Avalanche defeat the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. It is the third championship for the Avalanche franchise.
2022 | South Korea’s Chun In-gee secures a one stroke win over Lexi Thompson and Minjee Lee for the Women’s PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.
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