1750 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is almost completely destroyed by fire.
1848 – Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent v England)
1985 – Refurbished space shuttle Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden
1989 – 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)
1989 – President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
1990 – NYC police arrest “Dartman” (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
1991 – Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
1991 – Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
1993 – Mike Smith aboard Sky Beauty wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch thoroughbred racing’s Triple Tiara for fillies
2010 – FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title