June 30<\/p>\n
1909 \u2014 Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to a no decision in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title.<\/p>\n
1916 \u2014 Amateur Chick Evans Jr. wins the U.S. Open with a record 286 total.<\/p>\n
1929 \u2014 Bobby Jones beats Al Espinosa by 23 strokes in a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n
1962 \u2014 Murle Lindstrom wins the U.S. Women\u2019s Open by two strokes over Jo Anne Prentice and Ruth Jessen.<\/p>\n
1965 \u2014 The NFL grants Atlanta a franchise. Rankin Smith Sr., an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia, pays $8.5 million for the franchise. It\u2019s the highest price paid in league history at the time.<\/p>\n
1975 \u2014 Muhammad Ali retains world heavyweight boxing crown by beating Englishman Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in a re-match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/p>\n
1978 \u2014 Willie McCovey becomes the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs.<\/p>\n
1991 \u2014 Wimbledon breaks 114 years of tradition by playing on the middle Sunday of the tournament, a move forced by a huge backlog of matches caused by rain earlier in the week.<\/p>\n
1991 \u2014 Meg Mallon sinks a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to break a tie with Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto and win the LPGA Championship.<\/p>\n
1993 \u2014 NBA Draft: Michigan center Chris Webber first pick by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State).<\/p>\n
1994 \u2014 Diego Maradona is kicked out of the World Cup by FIFA for failing a drug test following Argentina\u2019s June 25 victory over Nigeria in Foxboro, Mass.<\/p>\n
1994 \u2014 Tonya Harding is stripped of her national title and banned for life from the U.S. Figure Skating Association because of her role in an attack on Nancy Kerrigan.<\/p>\n
1995 \u2014 Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians becomes the second switch-hitter and the 20th player in baseball history to reach 3,000 hits when he singles in the sixth inning against the Minnesota Twins. Murray joins Pete Rose, the career hits leader with 4,256.<\/p>\n
1996 \u2014 UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Oliver Bierhoff scores his second goal in extra time as Germany beat Czech Republic, 2-1.<\/p>\n
1999 \u2014 NBA Draft: Duke power forward Elton Brand first pick by Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n
2002 \u2014 Ronaldo scores both goals to lead Brazil to a 2-0 victory over Germany for the team\u2019s record fifth World Cup title.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan becomes the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win every point of a set on her way to beating French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4 in the third round of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 Inbee Park wins the U.S. Women\u2019s Open for her third straight major this year. Babe Zaharias is the last player to win three straight majors on the calendar, but that was in 1950 when that\u2019s all there were.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nathan MacKinnon #1 pick by Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n
2015 \u2014 The United States defeat Germany 2-0 in semifinals at Women\u2019s World Cup. Carli Lloyd converts a penalty kick for Team USA and a 1-0 lead. Substitute Kelley O\u2019Hara scores in the 84th minute off a Lloyd cross to seal the U.S. team\u2019s 2-0 victory.<\/p>\n
2016 \u2014 Coastal Carolina capitalizes on two errors on the same play for four unearned runs in the sixth inning, and the Chanticleers win their first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. The Chanticleers are the first program since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance.<\/p>\n
2018 \u2014 FIFA World Cup: Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (19) becomes only 2nd teenager (Pel\u00e9 1st 1958) to score twice in a World Cup match as France eliminate Argentina 4-3 in Kazan.<\/p>\n
2020 \u2014 FC Barcelona\u2019 Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi scores his 700th career goal in a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n
2021 \u2014 Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner ties the major league record with his third hit for the cycle in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n
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