Today’s highlights in sports history:
In 2022, 25-year-old gymnast Simone Biles will become the youngest person to receive the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.
On this date:
1889 – John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrane in the 75th round for the United States Heavyweight Championship in Richburg, Mississippi. This is the last bare-knuckle boxing match before the Marquis of Queensberry rules are implemented.
1922 – Suzanne Lenglen defeats Mora Bursted Mallory 6-2, 6-0 to win her fourth consecutive Wimbledon singles title.
1939 – Bobby Riggs beat Elwood Cook in five sets to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title.
1941 – Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hits a three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the American League a dramatic 7-5 victory in the All-Star Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
1955 – Peter Thomson wins his second consecutive British Open, beating John Fallon by two strokes. Thomson shoots 7-under 281 on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland.
1967 – Billie Jean King sweeps three titles at Wimbledon. King defeats Ann Hayden Jones 6-3, 6-4 for the singles title, pairs with Rosie Casals for the women’s doubles title, and pairs with Owen Davidson for the mixed doubles title.
1978 – Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to win his third consecutive men’s singles title at Wimbledon.
1984 – John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 in 100 degree weather to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title.
1990 – West Germany wins the World Cup, beating defending champions Argentina 1-0 in a foul-filled final, with Andreas Brehme scoring six minutes from time.
1991 – Michael Stich wins the men’s singles title at Wimbledon, defeating three-time champion Boris Becker 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
1994 – A preliminary hearing determines there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson.
1995 – World No. 1 Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 to win her sixth Wimbledon singles title.
1995 — NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Brian Berard is selected first overall by the Ottawa Senators.
1996 – Martina Hingis of Switzerland teamed up with Helena Sukova to defeat Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neyland 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 in the women’s doubles to become the youngest Wimbledon champion in history at 15 years and 282 days old.
2000 – Venus Williams defeats Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6 (3) to win her first Grand Slam title. Williams becomes the first black woman to win Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1957-58.
2007 – Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal 7–6 (7), 4–6, 7–6 (3), 2–6, 6–2 to win his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, marking Federer’s 11th Grand Slam title.
2010 – Paul Goydos became just the fourth golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot 59. Goydos shot a 12-under, bogey-free round on the first day of the John Deere Classic. Goydos turned in 4-under and birdied all but one of the back nine holes on the 7,257-yard TPC Deere Run Course.
2012 – Roger Federer equals Pete Sampras’ record of seven men’s singles titles at the All England Club, defeating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to win his 17th Grand Slam title.
2014 – Germany stunned hosts Brazil with a 7-1 victory in the semi-finals, handing them their worst defeat in World Cup history. Miroslav Klose scored a record 16th World Cup goal in a five-goal first half as Germany became the most-scoring team in a World Cup semi-final.
2016 — Roger Federer loses in the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time in his career, losing 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 to Milos Raonic on Centre Court. The 34-year-old Federer had won 10-0 in Wimbledon semifinals and seven of his final matches.
2018 – South Korean golfer Ki Se-young wins the Thornberry Creek Classic with a score of 31-under par 257, breaking the LPGA 72-hole score record.
2021 — San Diego Padres relief pitcher Daniel Camarena hits his first MLB hit, a grand slam, in his second at-bat against Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals.
