1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005) is born.
1906 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back is born.
1906 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back is born.
1914 - Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore
& Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty.
1923 - Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning.
1934 - Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship.
1948 - Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
1955 - 1st LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson.
1960 - Ralph Sampson, NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets) is born.
1974 - West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich.
1980 - Michele Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98) is born.
1991 - Nolan Ryan possible 8th no-hitter ends in the 8th inning.
2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) dies.
2013 - 127th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic
(6-4 7-5 6-4) becoming the first British man to win a Wimbledon tennis title since 1936.
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