Saturday

1874 - Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court.

1899 - First motorcycle race is held, in Manhattan Beach, New York.

1899 - Southern California Golf Association forms.

1908 – St. Louis Browns' pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics' players.

1924 - Paul Runyan wins the PGA golf championship.

1948 - The Games of the XIV Olympiad begin in London, England.

1955 - Smokey Burgess hits three home runs to help Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds 16-5.

1956 - Cathy Cornelius wins the U.S. Women's Golf Open in a playoff.

1965 - Major league record 26 strikeouts in a game: Philadelphia Phillies (16), Pittsburgh Pirates (10).

1974 – St. Louis Cardinals' player Lou Brock steals his 700th base.

1978 - Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7 hours, 40 minutes.

1983 - Steve Garvey ends his National League record 1,207 consecutive games played streak.

1986 - New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages.

1986 - Sparky Anderson becomes the first baseball manager to win 600 games in both the National and American Leagues.

1989 - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8 feet) in San Juan.

1989 - Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's No. 32.

1989 - Vince Coleman's record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases.

1990 - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game.

2008 - Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own pole vault world record, clearing 5.04m at the Super Grand Prix meeting in Monaco.