This Day in Sports History: July 7

Unforgettable Games and Remarkable Records

• 1912: Jim Thrope takes home the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics. He won 4 out of 5 events. His medal would be stripped in 1913 due to playing professional baseball, but he would have it reinstated in 1982.
• 1919: Wimbledon's Men's Championships featured the first-ever all-Australian players. Gerald Patterson would beat Norman Brookes 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.
• 1923: A new AL record of 27 runs was set by the Cleveland Indians. They defeated the Boston Red Sox 27-3.
• 1924: Robert LeGendre broke the long jump world record with a jump of 25' 5-1/2". The record would be broken on July 7 again by Edward Hamm in 1928 with a jump of 25' 11".
• 1934: Dorothy Round Little wins her first Wimbledon title. She beat Helen Jacobs 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
• 1936: The fourth-ever MLB All-Star game was played. Four different Cubs players would score runs to give the NL their first ALL-Star win.
• 1939: Bobby Riggs sweeps Wimbledon with wins in the men's open, doubles & mixed doubles.
• 1950: Bobby Locke wins the British Men's Golf Open again. He beat Roberto De Vicenzo by two strokes.
• 1972:  Billie Jean King takes home her eighth Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon. She beat Evonne Goolagong 6-3, 6-3.
• 1974: West Germany beat the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup final.
• 1974: Don Money sets the MLB record for the most consecutive errorless games at 3rd base with 78. 
• 1978: The Buffalo Braves would swap ownership with the Boston Celtics. The Braves would eventually be moved to San Diego and renamed the Clippers.
• 1980: Larry Holmes knocks out Scott LeDoux in the seventh round, defending his WBC heavyweight title.
• 1982: The 5000m world record was broken by David Moorcroft. He was 5 seconds faster than the previous world record with a time of 13:00.41.
• 1984: Martina Navratilova grabs her 26th Grand Slam Title. She beat Chris Evert 7-6, 6-2.
• 1985: Boris Becker becomes the youngest Wimbledon singles champion at 17 years old. He beat Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. 
• 1992: South Africa competed in their first FIFA-sanctioned match in 20 years. They would beat Cameroon 1-0.
• 1998: The 69th MLB All-Star Game was played. The game would be the highest-scoring All-Star game with the AL winning 13-8.
• 2001: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the Pepsi 400. This was his first appearance at Daytona since the death of his father.
• 2002: Juli Inkster takes home her second US Women's Golf Open title. She finished 2 strokes ahead of Annika Sörenstam.
• 2006: Travis Hafner becomes the first MLB player to hit 5 grand slams before the All-Star break.
• 2012: Serena Williams takes home her fifth Wimbledon singles title. She beat Agnieszka Radwańska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Williams would later go on to take home the doubles title 5 hours later with her sister, Venus.
• 2019: The US wins its fourth Women's FIFA World Cup title. They defended the title against the Netherlands with a 2-0 win.
• 2021: The Tampa Bay Lightning takes home the Stanley Cup in back-to-back years (their third total). They beat the Montreal Canadians in Game 5, 1-0.