On
this day
1906 : Hongar Szisz won 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans,
France)
1910 : US National Championship Women's Tennis,
Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beat Louise
Hammond 6-4, 6-2
1911 : US Open Men's Golf, Chicago GC: 19-year old
John McDermott becomes first American born champion; won in a playoff with Mike
Brady and George Simpson
1916 : Cleveland Indians experimented with numbered
jerseys (one game)
1937 : Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at
Lord's, scoring 0 & 1
1945 : England won the second Victory test cricket
at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1954 : Jim Peters ran the marathon in 2:17:39.4
1972 : Australian bowler Bob Massie took 16 wickets
(8-84 & 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs England
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