2014 Event Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams 2014 Event Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2014 Event Last year's World Cup victor Spain is defeated by Chile in the tournament today, eliminating the champion team's chances for a second title 2014 Event Renaud Lavillenie, French champion pole vaulter, breaks the previous height record, held by athlete Sergey Bubka, at the Pole Vault Stars meet in Donetsk, Ukraine; Lavillenie reached 6.16 meters indoors, exceeding Bubka's world record of 6.15 m indoors achieved in 1993 2014 Event Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, 2008 French Open Champion and former world number one, beats Serena Williams, a five-time Australian Open champion, during the fourth round of the 2014 Australian Open 2013 Event At the U.S. Open, defending men's singles champion Andy Murray is beaten in straight sets by Swiss player, Stanislas Wawrinka 2012 Event U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps wins a record 19th Olympic medal, with gold in the 4x200metres freestyle relay 2012 Event Elena Vesnina beats five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, in the first round at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships 2011 Event Former U.S. Olympic champion Carl Lewis is granted a place on the ballot for the Democratic primary election for a New Jersey Senate seat 2003 Death "DeVon ""Robot Man"" Smith", world champion hitchhiker, dies at 76 1997 Death Bruce Woodcock, boxer, British and Empire heavyweight champion 1945 - 1950, dies at 76 1997 Event 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 1995 Death Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1995 Death Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion, dies at 71 1995 Event 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 1995 Event 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64 1995 Event Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion 1994 Death Ralph Champion Shotter Michael, actor, dies at 87 1994 Death Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70 1994 Event 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 1993 Death Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26 1993 Event 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 1992 Death Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55 1992 Event 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 1992 Death William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81 1991 Event Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion 1991 Event Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53) 1991 Birthday Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion 1991 Event Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars) 1991 Event 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 1991 Event 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 1990 Event Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House 1989 Event 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime 1988 Event Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313) 1988 Event 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54 1988 Birthday Carly Patterson, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, singer, gymnast, Olympic All-Around Champion, 2004, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame inductee 1987 Event 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 1987 Event Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor 1987 Event Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater 1986 Event Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany) 1986 Event Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater 1985 Event Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion 1985 Event Cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes world champion 1985 Birthday Sarah Hughes, born in Great Neck, New York, professional ice skater, 2002 Olympic gold medalist, biography 'Sudden Champion: The Sara Hughes Story' 1985 Event 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 1985 Event Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater 1984 Death Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81 1983 Event Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1982 Birthday Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship 1981 Death Machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80 1980 Event Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City 1980 Death Gower Champion, dancer (Marge and Gower Champion Show), dies at 60 1980 Event Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater 1979 Event 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan State beats Indiana State. 75-64 1978 Event Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion 1978 Birthday Will Champion, English Musician 1976 Event Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion 1975 Death Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 1974 Event Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion 1973 Birthday Ato Boldon, born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, athlete, world's fastest human sprinter, 4-time World Champion and Olympic medalist 1973 Event Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion 1972 Birthday Shinjiro Otani, born in Yamaguchi City, Japan, professional wrestler, WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, created Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE with Shinya Hashimoto, acting president of ZERO1 1972 Event Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion 1971 Birthday Scott Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, 1996 World Mens' Champion 1971 Death Fernandel, Contandin, French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67 1970 Birthday Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Event Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater 1970 Event Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater 1970 Birthday Trudi Jeffrey, Brisbane QLD, golfer, 1990 Australian, Jr. Champion 1969 Birthday Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy, 5-time all-around world champion 1969 Birthday Rudy Galindo, born in San Jose, California, 1996 U.S. Mens' Champion 1969 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR 1968 Birthday Mika Hakkinen, born in Vantaa, Finland, racing driver, Formula One World Champion, seven times world champion 1968 Death Francis McDonald, actor (Will-Adv of Champion), dies at 77 1968 Birthday Akira Nogami, born in Narashino, Chiba, professional Japanese wrestler, actor, wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, NJPW, in 1991, reigned as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2000, appeared in television show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, competed part-time after 2004, regularly wrestling with Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro Wrestling 1968 Birthday Kent Carlsson, Sweden, born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, professional tennis player, won nine career titles, three-time European Champion 1967 Birthday Karina Orum, Denmark, golfer, Scandinavian champion 1989 1967 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1967 Birthday Juli Furtado, born in New York City, mountain cyclist, world champion 1991, 92 1967 Event Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater 1967 Birthday Sergei Grinkov, born in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion 1967 Birthday Manabu Nakanishi, born in Kyoto, Japan, professional wrestler, former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, wrestler for New Japan Pro Wrestling, competed in 1992 Summer Olympics 1966 Event Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater 1965 Death U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33 1964 Death Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71 1964 Birthday Jeff Fenech, born in Marrickville, Australia, professional boxer, boxing trainer, world champion, represented Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles 1963 Birthday Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts 1963 Birthday Gary Kasparov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1985- 1963 Birthday Garry Kasparov, born in Azerbaijan, Soviet Union, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist 1962 Event Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater 1961 Event Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion 1961 Event 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) 1961 Event Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater 1960 Event NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP 1960 Birthday Patti Rizzo, born in Hollywood, Florida, golfer, Mexican Amateur champion 1980 1960 Birthday Barry McGuigan, born in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, professional boxer, world featherweight champion, number one featherweight challenger in the World Boxing Association 1959 Birthday Mike Moore, born in Eakly, Oklahoma, pitcher, professional baseball player, played for Seattle Mariners, World Series champion, 1989 1959 Birthday Tony Meo, English billiards champion, snookers 1958 Event 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels 1958 Birthday Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion 1957 Birthday Bernhard Langer, born in Anhausen, West Germany, professional golfer, two-time Masters champion, ranked as the world's first official number one player in 1986 1957 Birthday Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Alberta Canada, WWF champion 1955 Event Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician 1955 Birthday Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1955 Birthday Tony Allcock, born in Leicestershire, England, bowler, two-time world outdoor singles champion, 1992, 1996, world singles champion 1986, 1987, 2002, won silver medal in men's singles event at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada 1955 Birthday Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990 1955 Birthday John Nunn, born in London, England, champion chess player, chess writer, publisher, mathematician, once ranked among the world's top ten, two-time champion in chess problem solving 1955 Birthday Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion 1953 Birthday Lucinda Green, born in Andover, England, born Lucinda Jane Prior-Palmer, champion equestrian, journalist, won gold at 1982 World Championships 1953 Event Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter 1953 Birthday Hulk Hogan, Georgia, WWF heavyweight champion, 1984-89 1953 Event Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA 1952 Birthday John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1952 Birthday Jonjo O'Neill, born in Castletownroche, Ireland, racehorse trainer, former jockey, won British Champion Jockey title, Cheltenham Gold Cup 1951 Event Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion 1951 Birthday John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion 1951 Birthday Anatoli Karpov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1975-85 1951 Birthday Dale Earnhardt, auto racer, 7-time NASCAR national champion 1951 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB 1949 Birthday Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion 1949 Birthday Dennis Taylor, British snooker champion 1949 Birthday Geoff Capes, born in Holbeach, England, shot putter, two-time winner, World's Strongest Man title, two-time Commonwealth Games shot put champion 1949 Event 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 1949 Event Piet Van de Pol (Netherlands) becomes world champion billiard player 1949 Birthday Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84 1948 Event Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player 1948 Event Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion 1948 Event Dick Button becomes 1st U.S. figure skating Olympic champion 1948 Event Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st U.S. woman Olympic slalom champion 1948 Event Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US 1948 Birthday Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player 1947 Birthday Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion, 1981-84, 1985- 1946 Birthday Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion 1946 Death Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident 1945 Birthday Jane Blalock, champion golfer 1944 Birthday Takamiyama, Jesse Kuhaulua, Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion 1944 Birthday Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion 1991 1944 Birthday Joe Frazier, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, heavyweight boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medal, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1968 - 1973 1943 Event "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 1943 Event 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34 1943 Birthday Bobby Fischer, born in Chicago, eleventh World Chess Champion, American chess Grandmaster 1942 Birthday Kees Verkerk, skater World Champion, 1967, Olympics gold 68 1942 Birthday Amos Tom Wargo, born in Marlette, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1993 PGA Seniors Champion 1942 Birthday Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion 1941 Birthday Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player, 1966-73 1941 Event 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1940 Birthday David Broome, Show Jumper, world champion 1970 1939 Death Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies 1939 Event 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1937 Event German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany 1937 Birthday Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61 1937 Event Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4) 1937 Birthday Craig Breedlove, born in Louisiana, auto-racing champion, 613 MPH-Spirit of America 1937 Birthday Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion 1937 Birthday Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1969-72 1936 Birthday Al Oerter, born in New York City, American athlete, four-time, consecutive, Olympic Champion in the discus throw 1936 Event German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis 1936 Death Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies 1934 Birthday Barry Briggs, New Zealand auto maker, World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66 1934 Birthday Maureen Connally, champion tennis player, Wimbledon 1934 Birthday John V. Tunney, born in New York City, New York, heavyweight boxing champion, Representative-D-California 1965-1971 and Senator-D-California 1971 - 1977 1934 Birthday Borge Andersen, born in Denmark, Danish Chess Champion, 1967, 68 1933 Birthday Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist, world champion, 1961 1933 Birthday Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist, 8x European Champion at Derny-drive 1933 Event Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist 1931 Birthday David Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host 1929 Birthday Tigran Petrosyan, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1963-69 1928 Event Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists 1927 Birthday Althea Gibson, born in Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Birthday Geoffrey WT Atkins, British World Champion racket player, 1954-72 1925 Birthday Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player 1925 Death Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51 1923 Birthday Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer, 1952 - 1956 1923 Birthday Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion 1921 Birthday Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1949-51 1921 Birthday Gower Champion, choreographer, 42nd Street, Showboat 1921 Birthday Bruce Woodcock, born in England, boxer, British and Empire heavyweight champion 1945 - 1950, European heavyweight champion 1946 - 1949, events attracted sellout crowds 1919 Birthday Marge Champion, born in Los Angeles, California, dancer, Marge and Gower Champion Show 1918 Birthday Margaret Dupont, tennis champion 1918 Birthday Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion 1917 Birthday Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer 1915 Event Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion 1914 Birthday Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1937 - 1949 1914 Birthday Arnold S Denker, New York, U.S. chess champion, 1944-46 1913 Birthday Jean Urruty, France, Jai-Alai champion 1913 Birthday Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player, 1941-57 1912 Birthday Glen Morris, born in Missouri, Olympic champion/actor, Tarzan 1912 Event U.S. Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion 1911 Birthday Mikhail Botvinnik, of U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1948-63 1910 Birthday William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist 1907 Birthday Henry Cotton, English golf champion, won 3x British Open 1905 Event Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater 1901 Birthday Jack Whiting, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor/singer, Marge and Gower Champion Show 1901 Birthday Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion, 1935-37 1901 Birthday Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter, 17 splits 1901 Birthday Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer 1899 Birthday Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion, 6-times 1898 Birthday Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1926-30 1895 Birthday Jack Dempsey, born in Manassa, Colorado, 'Manassa Mauler', heavyweight boxing champion, 1919 - 1926 1894 Event Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player 1892 Birthday Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion, 1927-35, 37-46 1891 Birthday Francis McDonald, Bowling Green, Kentucky, actor, Will-Adv of Champion 1889 Birthday John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly 1888 Birthday Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuba, world chess champion, 1921-27 1884 Event Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1882 Event Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss 1879 Birthday Stanislas Bizot, French world checker champion, 1925 1878 Birthday Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist, 1899 1876 Birthday Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion 1874 Death Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies 1873 Birthday Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling and speed skating 1868 Birthday Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion, 1894-21 1866 Birthday James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer, 1892-97 1863 Event Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign 1860 Birthday Jackson Showalter, 1st U.S. chess champion 1851 Birthday James Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach, Ten Eyck Trophy namesake 1845 Birthday Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion, 1866 1836 Birthday Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94 1822 Birthday Charles Champion Gilbert, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion, 1851-66 1726 Birthday Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion
