July is a busy month for sports fans, and July 24 has delivered some of the most memorable moments. Here are the highlights in a clear, music-news friendly style.
Early 1900s: Henri Cornet was declared winner of the 1904 Tour de France after disqualifications. In 1908, Johnny Hayes set an Olympic marathon record in London (2:55:18.4). Nap Rucker struck out 16 in 1909.
1921–1956: Léon Scieur won the 1921 Tour. Paavo Nurmi set a two-mile world record in 1931 (8:59.6). Fausto Coppi won the Tour in 1949. Emil Zátopek set an Olympic 5k record in 1952 (14:06.6). Jack Burke Jr. won the PGA Championship in 1956.
1960s–1970s: Jay Hebert won the PGA in 1960. Casey Stengel resigned from the Mets in 1965. Al Geiberger won the PGA in 1966. Hoyt Wilhelm broke the pitching appearances record in 1968. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, John Naber broke two minutes in the 200m backstroke (1:59.19), and Mac Wilkins set a discus Olympic record. Hollis Stacy won the U.S. Women’s Open in 1977. Pete Rose tied a 37-game hitting streak in 1978. Carl Yastrzemski hit his 400th homer in 1979.
1980s–1990s: Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in the 1983 Federation Cup. The Pine Tar Game also happened that year when George Brett’s home run was overturned. The U.S. and Jamaica drew 0-0 in the 1988 World Cup. Miguel Indurain claimed his fourth straight Tour in 1994. Patty Sheehan won the U.S. Women’s Open that same year.
2000s–2020s: Tom Watson won his second Senior Open in 2005. Cadel Evans won the Tour in 2011, the first Australian to do so. That year Uruguay beat Paraguay to win Copa América. Paul Broadhurst and Russ Cochran won senior majors in 2016 and 2011 respectively. In 2019, Kristóf Milák smashed Michael Phelps’s 200m butterfly record by 0.78 seconds.
These are the big moments tied to July 24. Short, powerful, and worth remembering.
