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Today in sports history
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1908 : Lucien Petit-Breton completed his second consecutive Tour de France victory, becoming the first rider to successfully defend the championship.
1930 : Canadian sprinter Percy Williams ran the 100 meters in 10.3 seconds to set a world record.
1936 : Helen Stephens, already the 100-meter champion, added a relay gold by helping the United States win the women’s 4x100-meter race at the Berlin Olympics.
1936 : Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal of the Berlin Olympics as the United States captured the 4x100-meter relay in world-record time, completing his sweep of the four events he entered.
1971 : Satchel Paige became the first player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily for his Negro Leagues career, opening the door for broader recognition of Negro Leagues greats.
1976 : Cal Hubbard entered the Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the only individual inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame.
1981 : Major League Baseball resumed play following the players’ strike with the All-Star Game in Cleveland, where Gary Carter homered twice and led the National League to a 5-4 victory over the American League.
1981 : Larry Nelson won the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club for the first of his three major titles.
1988 : The Edmonton Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky, Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski to the Los Angeles Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, three first-round draft picks and cash in one of the most consequential transactions in sports history.
1988 : The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 6-4 in the first official night game at Wrigley Field, one day after rain wiped out the ballpark’s initial game under permanent lights.
1998 : Atlanta Braves pitcher Dennis Martinez earned his 244th career victory, passing Juan Marichal as the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history.
2002 : San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his 600th career home run, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the milestone.
2007 : David Beckham made his Major League Soccer debut, entering as a second-half substitute for the Los Angeles Galaxy in a 1-0 loss to D.C. United.
2012 : Usain Bolt won the Olympic 200 meters in 19.32 seconds, becoming the first man to repeat as champion in both the 100 and 200 meters as Jamaica swept the medals.
2012 : Carli Lloyd scored twice as the United States defeated Japan 2-1 before an Olympic-record women’s soccer crowd at Wembley Stadium to win its third consecutive gold medal.
2016 : Michael Phelps reclaimed the Olympic 200-meter butterfly title and later helped the United States win the 4x200 freestyle relay, raising his record career total to 21 Olympic gold medals.
2016 : Simone Biles and the “Final Five” led the United States to a second consecutive Olympic women’s gymnastics team championship.
2020 : Max Verstappen defeated Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to win Formula One’s one-time 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone.
2022 : The Seattle Storm set a WNBA single-game record with 37 assists in a 111-100 victory over the Chicago Sky.
2024 : American Rai Benjamin defeated world-record holder Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic men’s 400-meter hurdles in 46.46 seconds. The United States also captured the women’s 4x100-meter relay.
2024 : Spain defeated host France 5-3 in extra time in Paris to win its second Olympic men’s soccer championship.
— USA TODAY Network
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