Today’s highlights in sports history:
In 1980, the Summer Olympics opened in Moscow without the United States and 64 other boycotting nations.
On this date:
1877 – Spencer Gore defeats William Marshall in 48 minutes (6-1, 6-2, 6-4) in the first Men’s Singles Tennis Championship held at the All England Club in Wimbledon.
1909 – Cleveland shortstop Neil Ball makes the first unassisted triple play in modern major league history.
1910 – Cy Young earns his 500th career win as the Cleveland Indians defeat the Washington Senators, 5-4, in 11 games.
1922 – Johnny Weissmuller becomes the first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier in the 100m freestyle (58.6 seconds).
1936 – Future Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller makes his MLB debut.
1957 – Don Bowden becomes the first American to run the mile in under four minutes, clocking 3:58.7 in Stockton, California.
1986 – Tim Witherspoon knocks out Frank Bruno in the 11th round to win the heavyweight boxing title.
1987 – Britain’s Nick Faldo wins the British Open by one stroke, beating American Paul Azinger, who bogeyed four times on the back nine.
1990 – Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hit leader, is sentenced to five months in prison and three months in a rehabilitation facility for tax evasion.
1997 – Kenyan Daniel Komen breaks the eight-minute barrier for the two-mile, setting a world record of 7:58.61 at the Hechter Night of Track in Belgium. Haile Gebrselassie had set the world record of 8:01.08 on May 31.
2008 – In the WNBA’s first outdoor game, the Indiana Fever overcomes New York heat and humidity to defeat the Liberty, 71 to 55. Arthur Ashe Stadium, home of the U.S. Open, has a basketball court laid over the tennis court.
2009 – Tom Watson misses the chance to become the oldest major champion in golf history when, at 59, he misses an eight-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the British Open and loses by six strokes to Stewart Cink in a four-hole playoff.
2009 – At age 81, Herschel McGriff became the oldest driver to compete in a national NASCAR series race when he placed 13th in the Camping World West Series at Portland International Raceway.
2014 – Rookie Shaunie Schimmel, who was not a starter for her team, had a record-breaking performance, scoring 29 points to help the East defeat the West, 125-124, in the first overtime game in a WNBA All-Star game. Tamika Catchings gave the East the lead with a layup with 6.9 seconds left in the game and then sealed the win with a defensive knockback that knocked the ball away from Skylar Diggins.
2020 – World Formula One Drivers’ Champion Lewis Hamilton wins the Hungarian Grand Prix for a record eighth time.
