July 7 has a long sports history packed with big moments.
1890: Willoughby Hamilton beat seven-time champion William Renshaw for his only Wimbledon title.
1900: Kid Nichols of the Boston Beaneaters won his 300th career game.
1912: Jim Thorpe took Olympic pentathlon gold in Stockholm, winning four of five events. His medal was stripped in 1913 for playing pro baseball and restored in 1982.
1919: Wimbledon’s men’s final was the first all-Australian match. Gerald Patterson beat Norman Brookes 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.
1923: The Cleveland Indians set a new AL record with 27 runs, beating the Boston Red Sox 27-3.
1924: Robert LeGendre set a long jump world record at 25′ 5½”. Edward Hamm broke it on July 7, 1928, with 25′ 11″.
1934: Dorothy Round Little won her first Wimbledon title over Helen Jacobs.
1936: The fourth MLB All-Star Game gave the National League its first win, helped by four Cubs who scored.
1939: Bobby Riggs swept Wimbledon, winning singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
1950: Bobby Locke won the British Open, two strokes ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo.
1961: Rod Laver won his first of four Wimbledon singles crowns.
1972: Billie Jean King won her eighth Grand Slam singles title, beating Evonne Goolagong.
1974: West Germany beat the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup final. Don Money set an MLB record with 78 consecutive errorless games at third base.
1978: The Buffalo Braves swapped ownership with the Boston Celtics; the Braves later moved and became the Clippers.
1980: Larry Holmes defended his WBC heavyweight title, knocking out Scott LeDoux in round seven.
1982: David Moorcroft broke the 5000m world record, running 13:00.41.
1984: Martina Navratilova won her 26th Grand Slam, defeating Chris Evert.
1985: Boris Becker became the youngest Wimbledon men’s champion at 17.
1990: Navratilova won a record ninth Wimbledon singles title.
1992: South Africa returned to FIFA play after 20 years, beating Cameroon 1-0.
1998: The 69th MLB All-Star Game was the highest-scoring ever, with the AL winning 13-8.
July 7 has hosted All-Star games, World Cups, and major golf and tennis moments. Fans remember the records and the big wins.
