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July 22 1926
- At Mitchell Field in New York, Babe Ruth caught a ball that had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.
July 21 1957
Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title when she won the Women’s National clay-court singles competition.
July 20th, 1952
On this day in 1952, Emile Zatopek runs an Olympic Record 10K in 29:17.0
July 19th, 1981
On this day in 1981, at the 110th British Golf Open, American Bill Rogers shoots a 276 to win at Royal St. George.
July 18th, 1927
On this day in 1927, the Detroit Tigers' Ty Cobb singled for his 4,000th career hit.
July 17th, 1922
On this day in 1922, the Detroit Tigers' Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year.
July 16th, 1950
On this day in 1950, Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1 on their home field to win soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
July 15th, 1876
On this day in 1876, pro baseball's 1st no-hitter was thrown by St Louis' George Bradley who victimized the Hartford team.
July 14th, 1967
On this day in 1967, the long-time Brave Eddie Matthews hit his 500th career home run off of the Giants' Juan Marichal while playing for the Houston Astros.
July 13 1930
The first soccer World Cup competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay. Thirteen teams were in the competition.
July 12 1901
Cy Young (Boston Red Sox) got his 300th career victory. He ended his career with 511 wins.
July 11 1985
Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first major league pitcher to earn 4,000 strikeouts in a career.
July 10 1943
Arthur Ashe, the first African-American inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, was born. He had won 33 career titles.
July 9th, 1953
On this day in 1953, the Philadelphia Phillies' Robin Roberts has his streak of 28 consecutive complete games ended against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
July 8 1889
1889 - John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain, in the last championship bare-knuckle fight. The fight lasted 75 rounds.
July 7 1985
1985 - Boris Becker became the youngest, the first unseeded and the first German player to win the Wimbledon men's finals.
July 6 1957
Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title. She was the first black athlete to win the event.
July 5 1997
1997 - Martina Hingis, at age 16, became the youngest Wimbledon winner in 110 years when she beat Jana Novotna in the women's final
July 4 1910
1910 - Race riots broke out all over the United States after African-American Jack Johnson knocked out Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match
July 3 1912
1912 - Rube Marquard of the New York Giants set a baseball pitching record when earned his 19th consecutive win.
July 2 1994
Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar was shot to death in Medellin. 10 days earlier he had accidentally scored a goal against his own team in World Cup competition.
July 1 1920
Suzanne Lenglen became the first player to win three titles at Wimbledon in one year. She won the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
June 30 1994
The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
June 29 1897
The Chicago Cubs scored 36 runs in a game against Louisville, setting a record for runs scored by a team in a single game.
June 28 1997
Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, NV.