1880 - It was the first day of Test cricket in England and the fourth Test overall. England’s first century was scored by William Gilbert (WG) Grace. His 152 guided England to 410 runs for eight wickets. On the second day, Australia were bundled out cheaply and were asked to follow on. Billy Murdoch hit an unbeaten 153 for Australia but could only set England a target of 57. They lost five wickets in reaching it!

[caption id="attachment_159375" align="alignnone" width="458"] The first-ever England team to play Test cricket on home soil, in September 1880. Standing eighth from left is W.G. Grace[/caption]

1968 - Birth of Pakistani opener, Saeed Anwar. His first Test ton (169) came against New Zealand in Wellington in 1993-94. He also hammered 176 against England at The Oval in 1996, as well as an unbeaten 188, his highest Test score, in Calcutta in 1998-99

[caption id="attachment_159376" align="alignnone" width="354"] On 21 May 1997, the highest ODI individual score of the time was recorded in Chennai when Saeed Anawar, who was born today, whacked India a 146-ball 194, with 22 fours and five sixes. It remains the 10th-highest score now[/caption]

1972 - Summer Olympics resumed in Germany after the ‘Munich Massacre’ killed 11 Israeli athletes by ‘Black September’ Palestinian terrorist organisation

[caption id="attachment_159377" align="alignnone" width="458"] A scene from Munich Massacre where five Israel athletes and six Coaches, along with six others, were murdered during Munich Summer Olympics during 5 and 6 September 1972 when the Israel-Palestine political conflict spilled over tragically to sports. A Fairfax photographer captured one of the defining images of the massacre, a Palestinian terror group member who took 12 Israeli athletes hostage[/caption]

1992 - Gay Kelleway makes history by becoming the first -- and still the only -- woman to ride a winner at Royal Ascot when Sprowston Boy landed the Queen Alexandra Stakes in 1987

[caption id="attachment_159378" align="alignnone" width="358"] Gay Kelleway, the first and only woman to ride a winner at Royal Ascot, in 1992[/caption]

1995 - Birth of the renowned Bangladeshi left-arm fast-bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who burst into the scene with 11 wickets in his first two One-Day Internationals (ODI) for Bangladesh, against India

2008 - Serena Williams wins her third US Open title beating Jelena Janković of Serbia 6-4, 7-5

2016 - Australia broke the record for the highest total in T20 International when they score 263 against Sri Lanka in Pallekelle. Glenn Maxwell made 145 not out off 65 balls, with 110 of those runs coming from boundaries and sixes. Aussies won the match by 85 runs

2018 - World Surf League is announced to be held from 2019. There would be equal prize money for men and women across elite tour events. It was the first US-based global sports league and one of the first in the world to provide gender pay parity

2019 - Sri Lankan cricket fast-bowler Lasith Malinga takes four wickets in four balls and finishes with 5/6 as New Zealand were cleaned up for 88 in a 37-run defeat in the third T-20I in Pallekele

[caption id="attachment_159379" align="alignnone" width="460"] Prolific Lasith Malinga takes ‘four in four’ against New Zealand in a T20I at Pallekele[/caption]

2020 - World’s No. 1 tennis player Novak Dokovic was disqualified in the fourth round of US Open after hitting a ball in frustration and striking a line judge. He was trailing Pablo Carreño Busta 5-6 in the first set