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1973 - Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses.

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1982 - Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbeldon.

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1983 - Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 seconds for 100 metre dash).

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1983 - John McEnroe regains men's singles title at Wimbledon.

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1989 - Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase record (8:05.39) in Stockholm, Sweden.

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2008 - The NBA's Seattle SuperSonics basketball team announces they will move to Oklahoma City next season.

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2009 - Brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin re-sign with the NHL's Vancouver Canucks for five-year deals worth US$30.5 million each.

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2010 - Spain beats Paraguay with a lone goal in the quarter-finals of soccer's 2010 World Cup, to advance to the semi-finals for the first time.

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2010 - American Serena Williams defeats Russian 21st seed Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2, to win a fourth women's singles tennis Wimbledon and 13th Grand Slam title.

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