2014 Event Argentina beats The Netherlands in the World Cup semifinals with a score of 4-2; the team will play Germany in the final match 2014 Event After advancing to the World Cup semifinals, Brazil loses star player Neymar, who suffered a broken vertebra after a knee to the back during the Colombia match 1999 Death Gene Rayburn, game show host, Match Game, dies at 81 1997 Event Diners Club Senior Golf Match 1997 Event Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (U.S. Open) 1997 Event Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue 1996 Event Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England 1996 Event Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match 1996 Event Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad vs Leeward Is 1995 Event 1st 1st-class match at Hurstville Oval, Sydney (NSW vs. W Prov) 1995 Event Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan 1995 Event Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs. Kerala 1994 Event 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago 1993 Event 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match 1993 Event Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 minutes U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM 1993 Event Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets 1992 Event Dawn Coe-Jone wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship 1992 Event Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, vs. India at Harare 1992 Event Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in U.S. Open history (5hr 26min) 1991 Event Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship 1991 Event Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon 1991 Event Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 1991 Event 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa 1990 Event Betsy King wins Itoman LPGA World Match Play Golf Championship 1989 Event Chris Evert last U.S. Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison 1988 Event Andre beats Hulk Hogan in 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 years 1988 Event Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match 1987 Event 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1985 Event R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane 1985 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 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 Death 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match 1985 Event World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23 1985 Event Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts 1984 Event Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide) 1984 Event Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 1984 Event Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1984 Event 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazilie-France 1984 Event Johan Cruyffs last competitive match 1983 Event Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament 1983 Event New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England 1983 Event Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia 1983 Event Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) 1982 Event Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY 1982 Event Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore 1982 Event Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England 1981 Event Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0) 1981 Event Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg 1979 Event Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match 1979 Event Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated 1979 Event Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours 1979 Event Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins 1978 Event Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston 1977 Event Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG 1976 Event Big win for WI at The Oval Michael Holding 14-149 for match 1975 Event 1st night match at U.S. Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith) 1974 Event 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt 1973 Event Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 1973 Event Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California 1971 Event A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66 1970 Event Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA, vs. England 1970 Birthday Paul Strang, cricketer, Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994- 1969 Event Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match 1969 Event Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon 1968 Event 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) 1966 Event Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria) 1964 Event England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw 1964 Event Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex 1963 Death Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18 1962 Event "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn 1960 Event Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1959 Death Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi 1957 Event Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 vs. England, 13 wkts for match 1956 Event Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match vs. Aus, Karachi 1956 Event Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match 1956 Event 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United 1955 Event 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) 1953 Event Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3 1950 Event University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1948 Event H H H Johnson bowls WI to win vs. England 10-96 match on debut 1943 Death Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 1940 Event Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA vs. West Australia 1939 Event 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer 1938 Event Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Netherlands-Germany 1938 Event Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico 1937 Event O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Australia 1935 Event Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia 1934 Event Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match 1933 Event 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London 1933 Event Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match 1932 Death Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide 1932 Birthday Brian Moore, British commentator, Big Match 1931 Event 1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day 1930 Event 1st International bridge match is held in London. U.S. team defeats England 1928 Event 1st televised tennis match 1928 Event Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam) 1927 Event Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam 1926 Event Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, vs. NSW 1926 Event Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's 1926 Event Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match 1925 Event 1st international handball match held 1921 Event Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier) 1921 Event KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) 1917 Birthday Gene Rayburn, born in Christopher, Illinois, TV game show host, Match Game 1916 Event Women are allowed to attend a boxing match 1911 Event MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie 1909 Birthday Lall Singh, cricketer, scored 15 and 29 in India's 1st Test match 1909 Event 1st rugby match (Twickenham) 1905 Event 2nd official International soccer match, Netherlands beats Belgium 4-0 1904 Event Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match 1902 Event Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25 1900 Event Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris 1900 Event Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match 1900 Event 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match 1898 Event Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl 1892 Event Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company 1892 Event Diamond Match Co patented book matches 1892 Event Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby 1890 Event D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw 1889 Event 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs. England 1888 Event Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1885 Event Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set 1884 Event 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval 1884 Event 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's 1882 Event Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match vs. England (7-46 and 7-44) 1882 Event 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground 1879 Event 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG 1878 Event Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match 1878 Event Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match 1877 Event Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match 1876 Event Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0) 1876 Event Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 1874 Event 1st Grand International Rifle match held 1869 Event 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian 1868 Event Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey vs. Sussex 1865 Event Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match 1860 Event 1st U.S. intercollegiate billiard match, Harvard vs. Yales 1859 Event Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins 1840 Event 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City 1838 Birthday Nat Thompson, cricketer, 1st batsman dismissed in a Test match 1836 Event A. Phillips patents match 1826 Event John Walker invents friction match in England 1814 Event 1st match at the present Lord's, MCC vs. Herefordshire 1751 Event 1st American cricket match is played 1733 Event 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni 1681 Event 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
