1900 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats rival and fellow BritonCharlotte Cooper 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

1912 NY Giants pitcherRube Marquard tiesTim Keefe's 1888 MLB record 19 game win-streak with 2-1 win v Brooklyn Dodgers; has 21 with 2 end-of-season in 1911

1913 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: New ZealanderAnthony Wilding wins 4th straight Wimbledon title beating AmericanMaurice McLoughlin 8-6, 6-3, 10-8

1920 Wimbledon Men's Tennis:Bill Tilden, becomes first American male to win Wimbledon beating defending championGerald Patterson of Australia 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

1925 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Suzanne Lenglen of France takes her 6th Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Briton Joan Fry

1931 German boxerMax Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in 15 in Cleveland in his first heavyweight title defense; first major fight broadcast live on national radio

1936 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home favouriteFred Perry beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 for his third straight Wimbledon singles title

1948 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Louise Brough beats fellow AmericanDoris Hart 6-3, 8-6 for the first of 3-straight Wimbledon singles titles

1951 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakmont GC:Sam Snead beats Walter Burkemo, 7 & 6 for his 3rd PGA C'ship title

1953 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: AmericanVic Seixas wins his only Wimbledon singles title with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-4 over DaneKurt Nielsen

1954 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: BabeDidrikson-Zaharias wins by a record 12 strokes from Betty Hicks in her comeback event 14 months after radical colon cancer surgery

1959 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: 23-year-old South AfricanGary Player wins the first of his 9 major titles, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Fred Bullock and Flory Van Donck

1959 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American-based PeruvianAlex Olmedo wins his only Wimbledon title beatingRod Laver of Australia 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

1964 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian finalRoy Emerson beatsFred Stolle 6-4, 12-10, 4-6, 6-3; Emerson's 1st of 2 straight Wimbledon titles

1965 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith beatsMaria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 7-5, her second of 3 Wimbledon singles titles

1966 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: American Sandra Spuzich wins by 1 fromCarol Mann for her only LPGA major title

1970 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Margaret Court beatsBillie Jean King 14-12, 11-9 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title, and 3rd leg of her successful Grand Slam

1971 Wimbledon Men's Tennis:John Newcombe of Australia beats AmericanStan Smith 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his third and final Wimbledon singles title

1974 Pitching in MLB-record 13th consecutive game for the LA Dodgers, Mike Marshall savesTommy John's 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds

1976 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden'sBjörn Borg beatsIlie Năstase of Romania 6-4, 6-2, 9-7 for the first of 5 straight Wimbledon titles

1981 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title

1982 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Martina Navratilova beatsChris Evert 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 for the first of 6-straight Wimbledon singles titles

1983 American Calvin Smith sets new world record of 9.93 for 100m in Colorado Springs, beatsJim Hines 1968 mark by 0.02 seconds

1983 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: AmericanJohn McEnroe wins 5th career Grand Slam title; outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2

1987 Controversial NY Mets MLB starDarryl Strawberry threatens teammates for criticising his play; he is now an ordained minister

1988 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC:Sally Little wins by 1 stroke fromLaura Davies of England

1993 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, GermanSteffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4

1994 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: AmericanPete Sampras successfully defends title againstGoran Ivanišević of Croatia 7-6, 7-6, 6-0

2004 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Maria Sharapova becomes first Russian player to win Wimbledon beating defending championSerena Williams 6-1, 6-4

2005 Wimbledon Men's Tennis:Roger Federer makes it 3 straight Wimbledon titles beating AmericanAndy Roddick 6-2, 7-6, 6-4

2006 Detroit Red Wings legendSteve Yzerman officially retires from the NHL, finishing with 692 goals and 1,755 points

2006 US Open Women's Golf, Newport CC:Annika Sörenstam wins her 10th and final major title by 4 strokes in a playoff with Pat Hurst

2007 America's Cup: Swiss defender Alinghi beatsTeam New Zealand by 1 second to take the series 5-2 off Valencia, Spain

2010 Wimbledon Women's Tennis:Serena Williams successfully defends her crown overpowering Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2

2011 Wimbledon Men's Tennis:Novak Đoković of Serbia beats SpaniardRafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 for his first Wimbledon title