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1948: Legendary baseball player Babe Ruth, who made his name with the New York
Yankees, died aged 53.

1995: US amateur champion Tiger Woods, 19, was named in the American Walker Cup team.

1996: Former world middleweight title contender Herol Graham, after four years out of the ring, was cleared to fight again by the British Boxing Board of Control a month short of his 37th birthday.

1998: Vijay Singh claimed his first major title with victory in the US PGA Championship at the Sahalee Country Club near Seattle.

1999: The IAAF refused to accept a UK Athletics decision to clear Scottish sprinter Dougie Walker of doping allegations.

2000: Gary Butcher claimed four wickets in four balls in a spell of five for 18 in 7.3 overs in a County Championship match for Surrey against Derbyshire at The Oval.

2004: England beat West Indies by seven wickets in the third npower Test at Old
Trafford to take a 3-0 lead in the series.

Robert Key lashes out as England trounce west Indies

2006: Steve McClaren began his England reign in style with a 4-0 win over Greece.

Andy Murray beat world number one Roger Federer for the first time, 7-5 6-4 in
the second round of the Cincinnati Masters.

2007: David Beckham scored his first goal for Los Angeles Galaxy with a trademark free-kick after 28 minutes in the SuperLiga semi-final meeting against DC United.

West Ham signed England midfielder Kieron Dyer from Newcastle.