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What happened in history on this day: July 3?
On July 3 in ...
- 1888 - New York Giants' pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak.
- 1911 - Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game.
- 1912 - New York Giants' pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak.
- 1932 - First Sunday game at Fenway Park, New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 13-2.
- 1939 - Lou Gehrig day; baseball player Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech.
- 1944 - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1965 - Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice.
- 1966 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Tony Cloninger is first National League player to hit two grand slams in a game.
- 1968 - Cleveland Indians' Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins players.
- 1970 - California Angels' Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland Athletics, 8-0.
- 1973 - Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses.
- 1982 - Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbeldon.
- 1983 - Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 seconds for 100 metre dash).
- 1983 - John McEnroe regains men's singles title at Wimbledon.
- 1989 - Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase record (8:05.39) in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2008 - The NBA's Seattle SuperSonics basketball team announces they will move to Oklahoma City next season.
- 2009 - Brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin re-sign with the NHL's Vancouver Canucks for five-year deals worth US$30.5 million each.
- 2010 - Spain beats Paraguay with a lone goal in the quarter-finals of soccer's 2010 World Cup, to advance to the semi-finals for the first time.
- 2010 - American Serena Williams defeats Russian 21st seed Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2, to win a fourth women's singles tennis Wimbledon and 13th Grand Slam title.
- 2016 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen race is held, round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the Whelen Engineering Racing #5 Corvette DP driven by Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi, and Filipe Albuquerque.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype Challenge class and 7th overall is the Starworks Motorsport #8 ORECA FLM09 driven by Renger VanDer Zande and Alex Popow.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 11th overall is the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing #67 Ford GT driven by Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 22nd overall is the Scuderia Corsa #63 Ferrari 488 GT3 driven by Alessandro Balzan, Christina Nielsen, and Jeff Segal.
- 2022 - At the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the 2:40 hour SportsCar Grand Prix race is held, round 8 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Cadillac Racing #01 Cadillac DPi driven by Renger Van Der Zande and Sebastien Bourdais.
- Finishing 1st in LMP3 class and 7th overall is the Core Autosport #54 Ligier JS P320 driven by Colin Braun and Jon Bennett.
- Finishing 1st in GTD Pro class and 11th overall is Pfaff Motorsports #9 Porsche 911 GT3R driven by Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 14th overall is the Heart of Racing Team #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by Maxine Martin and Roman De Angelis.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Oakland Athletics by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats San Francisco Giants by score 13-4.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Chicago Cubs by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Minnesota Twins by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Los Angeles Angels by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Texas Rangers by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats New York Yankees by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Atlanta Braves by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Washington Nationals by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Detroit Tigers by score 7-4.
Births of sports figures on July 3
- 1861 - Birth of Peter Jackson; heavyweight, boxing hall of famer.
- 1940 - Birth of Lance Larson; American 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960).
- 1945 - Birth of Iain MacDonald-Smith in England; yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968).
- 1951 - Birth of Richard Hadlee in Christchurch, New Zealand; leading cricket bowler.
- 1952 - Birth of Alan Autry; NFL player (Green Bay Packers) / actor (The Heat of the Night).
- 1959 - Birth of Stoyan Deltchev in Bulgaria; horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980).
Deaths of sports figures on July 3
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