2015 Event Golfer Jordan Spieth, 21 years old, wins the U.S. Open, making him the youngest to win since Bobby Jones over 90 years ago 2015 Event New Zealand professional golfer Lydia Ko, age 17, becomes the youngest No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, beating the record set by Tiger Woods in 1997 at age 21 2014 Event The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their work in advocating children's rights; 17-year-old Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban in retaliation for her activism, is the youngest recipient in history 2014 Event 16-year-old Cole Custer wins the NASCAR Truck Series, becoming the youngest winner of the race 2014 Event A new world record is achieved by the United Kingdom's Lewis Clarke of Bristol; the 16 year-old becomes the youngest person to trek to the South Pole 2013 Event Born without a trachea, a 2-year-old Korean-Canadian child is the youngest patient in history to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells; she received the transplanted organ at the Children's Hospital of Illinois 2012 Event Lydia Ko, a 15-year old amateur golfer, wins the Canadian Women's Open; she is the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour and first amateur to win since JoAnne Carner in 1969 2012 Event Twenty-five year old Alaskan, Dallas Seavey becomes the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 2011 Event Germany's Sebastian Vettel becomes the youngest driver to win the Formula One World Championship twice 2011 Event In Canada, Kathryn Gray becomes the youngest person to ever discover a supernova; she is ten years old 2010 Event Solicitor General Elena Kagan is the youngest Justice and third woman nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States 1997 Event At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history 1996 Event Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player 1996 Birthday Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1996 Event Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series 1996 Event Ken Griffey, Jr., 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs 1996 Death Jessica Dubroff, hoped to be youngest to fly across U.S., crashed at 7 1996 Death Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7 1995 Event Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds 1995 Event World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai 1995 Death Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 1992 Event Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame 1992 Event Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves 1992 Event Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years 1991 Event Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32) 1991 Event Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches 1989 Event Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals 1988 Birthday Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1987 Event 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1987 Event Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest 1985 Event Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award 1985 Event Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1985 Event Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d) 1984 Event Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points 1984 Event New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year 1984 Death Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks 1984 Birthday Holly Roffey, Englnd, youngest heart transplant 1983 Event Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel 1981 Event Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest International gymnastics participant 1981 Birthday Lleyton Hewitt, born in Adelaide, South Australia, professional tennis player, youngest male ever ranked number one in the World, at age 20 1979 Event Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in U.S. Tennis Open, she loses 1979 Event Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel 1972 Event Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship 1971 Birthday Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel 1971 Birthday Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 1988 Olympics 1967 Event Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament 1966 Event Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout 1966 Birthday Mike Tyson, born in Brooklyn, New York, professional boxer, youngest man to win WBC, WBA IBF world heavyweight titles, nickname 'Iron Mike' 1963 Birthday Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned 1961 Birthday Jay Aston, London, England, singer, youngest member of British pop group, Bucks Fizz, founded Jay Aston Theatre Arts School 1961 Event Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC 1957 Birthday Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 1956 Event White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses) 1955 Event Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ 1953 Event Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie 1945 Event Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a home run 1945 Event Tommy Brown, Brooklyn Dodger becomes youngest home run hitter (17) 1945 Birthday Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1944 Death Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25 1944 Event Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league 1944 Event Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall 1943 Event Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's 1939 Event Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games 1936 Event Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d) 1924 Event Philip Barry's "Youngest," premieres in New York City 1924 Event Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators) 1914 Event Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager 1879 Event Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days 1876 Death Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1837 Birthday Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Major Gen
