30th of June
1909 – Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title.
1916 – Newbie Chick Evans Jr. wins the US Open with a file complete of 286.
1929 – Bobby Jones beats Al Espinosa by 23 strokes in a 36-hole playoff to win the US Open.
1962 — Murle Lindstrom wins the US Girls's Open by two pictures over Jo Anne Prentice and Ruth Jessen.
1965 – The NFL grants Atlanta a franchise. Rankin Smith Sr., an govt vice chairman of the Georgia-based life insurance coverage firm, is paying $eight.5 million for the franchise. It’s the highest worth paid in league historical past on the time.
1975 – Muhammad Ali retains his world heavyweight boxing crown, defeating England's Joe Bugner by unanimous factors determination in a bout in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1978 – Willie McCovey turns into the 12th participant in main league historical past to hit 500 house runs.
1991 — Wimbledon breaks 114 years of custom by taking part in on the center Sunday of the event, a transfer compelled by an enormous delay in matches brought on by rain earlier within the week.
1991 – Meg Mallon sinks a 10-foot birdie putt on the ultimate gap to interrupt a tie with Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto and win the LPGA Championship.
1993 — NBA Draft: Michigan heart Chris Webber, first decide by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State).
1994 – Diego Maradona is banned from the World Cup by FIFA for failing a drug check after Argentina's June 25 victory over Nigeria in Foxboro, Mass.
1994 – Tonya Harding is stripped of her nationwide title and banned for all times from the US Determine Skating Affiliation for her function in an assault on Nancy Kerrigan.
1995 – Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians turns into the second reliever and 20th participant in baseball historical past to succeed in Three,000 hits when he singles within the sixth inning towards the Minnesota Twins. Murray joins Pete Rose because the profession chief with Four,256.
1996 — UEFA European Championship Last, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Oliver Bierhoff scores the second aim in additional time as Germany beat the Czech Republic 2-1.
1999 — NBA Draft: Duke ahead Elton Model first decide by Chicago Bulls.
2002 – Ronaldo scores each objectives to steer Brazil to a 2-Zero win over Germany for the group's file fifth World Cup title.
2012 — Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova turns into the primary Grand Slam participant to win each level in a set on her option to a 6-Zero, 6-Four, 6-Zero, 6-Four win over French Open runner-up Sara Errani within the third spherical at Wimbledon.
2013 — Inbee Park wins the US Girls's Open for her third straight main this 12 months. Babe Zaharias is the final participant to win three straight majors on the calendar, however that was in 1950, when that's it.
2013 — NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) heart Nathan MacKinnon, decide no. 1 by the Colorado Avalanche.
2015 — The USA defeated Germany 2-Zero within the semifinals of the Girls's World Cup. Carli Lloyd converts a penalty kick for Group USA to steer 1-Zero. Substitute Kelley O'Hara scored within the 84th minute off a cross from Lloyd to seal a 2-Zero win for Group USA.
2016 — Coastal Carolina capitalizes on two errors in the identical play for 4 unearned runs within the sixth inning and the Chanticleers win their first nationwide championship in any sport with a Four-Three win over Arizona in Sport Three of the Faculty World Collection remaining. The Chanticleers are the primary program since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS look.
2018 — FIFA World Cup: Kylian Mbappé (19) turns into solely the second teenager (Pelé first in 1958) to attain twice in a World Cup match as France beats Argentina Four-Three in Kazan.
2020 — FC Barcelona's Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi scores his 700th profession aim in a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid.
2021 — Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner ties the most important league file together with his third hit for the cycle in a 15-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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