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What happened in history on this day: July 29?
On July 29 in ...
- 1874 - Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court.
- 1899 - First motorcycle race, in Manhattan Beach, New York, USA.
- 1899 - Southern California Golf Association forms.
- 1908 - Saint Louis Browns' pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics' players.
- 1911 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 5-0.
- 1924 - Paul Runyan wins the PGA golf championship.
- 1948 - (to August 14) The Games of the XIV Olympiad are held in London, England.
- 1955 - Smokey Burgess hits three home runs to help Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds 16-5.
- 1956 - Cathy Cornelius wins the US Women's Golf Open in a playoff.
- 1965 - Major league record 26 strikeouts in a game: Philadelphia Phillies (16), Pittsburgh Pirates (10).
- 1968 - Cincinnati Reds' player George Culver no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 6-1.
- 1974 - Saint Louis Cardinals' player Lou Brock steals his 700th base.
- 1978 - Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7 hours 40 minutes.
- 1983 - Steve Garvey ends his National League record 1,207 consecutive game streak.
- 1986 - New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL US$1 in damages.
- 1986 - Sparky Anderson becomes the first baseball manager to win 600 games in both the National and American Leagues.
- 1989 - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8 feet) in San Juan.
- 1989 - Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's number 32.
- 1989 - Vince Coleman's record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases.
- 1990 - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game.
- 1991 - First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 6-0).
- 2007 - Iraq wins its first Asian Cup football championship, beating Saudi Arabia 1-0.
- 2008 - Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own pole vault world record, clearing 5.04m at the Super Grand Prix meeting in Monaco.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats San Francisco Giants by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Minnesota Twins by score 10-1.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Los Angeles Angels by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Colorado Rockies by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Seattle Mariners by score 11-1.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Chicago White Sox by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Boston Red Sox by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Washington Nationals by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Kansas City Royals by score 11-5.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Miami Marlins by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Cincinnati Reds by score 6-2.
Births of sports figures on July 29
- 1926 - Birth of Russel Firestone; polo great (Circle F-1959 champions).
- 1950 - Birth of Radu Voina in Romania; team handball (Olympics-silver/2 bronze-1972, 1976, 1980).
- 1959 - Birth of Nelli Kim; USSR gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1976).
- 1981 - Birth of Fernando Alonso; Spanish two time Formula 1 World Champion.
Deaths of sports figures on July 29
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