1933 – The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago. The American League beat the National League 4-2.
1957 – Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title. She was the first black athlete to win the event.
1983 – Fred Lynn of the California Angels hit the first grand slam in an All-Star game. The American League defeated the National League 13-3.
1985 – Martina Navratilova won her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title.
1995 – In Los Angeles, the prosecution rested at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
1996 – Steffi Graf won her seventh Wimbledon title.
2000 – In Orlando, FL, the body of Cory Erving was found in his vehicle in a pond near his family’s home. Julius “Dr. J” Erving had reported his son missing on June 4, 2000.
2000 – A jury awarded former NHL player Tony Twist $24 million for the unconsented use of his name in the comic book Spawn and the HBO cartoon series. Co-defendant HBO settled with Twist out of court for an undisclosed amount.
2010 – It was reported that GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, would be renamed Rogers Arena.