THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 5TH

1904 - Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 innings.
1914 - Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, & winWorld Series.

1919 - Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his first of 72 times.

1935 - Chicago Cubs are 10½ games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant.
1937 - Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer.

1943 - Curt Blefary [Curtis Le Roy], Brooklyn, New York, baseball player

(1965 AL rookie of year, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year) is born.

1947 - Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians - first black player in AL.
1949 - NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their first blacks.
1951 - Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7½ games (Giants will win pennant).

1951 - Richard "Goose" Gossage, relief pitcher (Yankees, Padres, A's) is born.

1956 - James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders) is born.

1968 - Philadelphia 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to LA Lakers.

1973 - Christy Rowe, St Paul Minn, soccer defender (Olympics-96) is born.

1979 - Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87.

1987 - A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break.

1989 - Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner).
1989 - Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East.

1998 - Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916) dies.
2002 - Ted Williams, baseball hall of famer and last player to bat 

over.400 in a single season (Boston Red Sox) dies at 84.

2009 - Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam in tennis, 

winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.