This Day in Sports History: June 27

Unforgettable Games and Remarkable Records

• 1876: Dave Force of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes the first National League player to get six hits in a 9-inning baseball game.
• 1890: George Dixon became the first black boxer to win a world championship.
• 1891: Mabel Cahill won the U.S. National Championships for women’s tennis. She beat the defending champion, Ellen Roosevelt.
• 1903: Willie Anderson captured the U.S. Open title, securing a two-stroke victory over David Brown in a playoff.
• 1909: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman won her first of three straight U.S. National Championships. She took down the defending women’s singles champion, Maud Barger-Wallach.
• 1914: Jack Johnson beat Frank Moran on a points decision after 20 rounds, retaining his heavyweight boxing title.
• 1924: Walter Hagen won the British Open for the second time.
• 1931: The U.S. reigned victorious over Great Britain in the Ryder Cup with a score of 9-3.
• 1939: The Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Bees wound up in a 2-2 tie after 23 innings. The game lasted 5 hours and 15 minutes and was called because it had gotten dark.
• 1950: Chandler Harper won the PGA Championship, bringing home his only major title.
• 1954: Hungary beat Brazil 4-2 in the FIFA World Cup quarterfinal. The match became known as the Battle of Berne after a fight broke out on the field and spilled into the locker rooms.
• 1959: Mickey Wright defended her US Open Women’s Golf title.
• 1963: The Philadelphia Phillies’ Johnny Callison hit for the cycle.
• 1971: JoAnne Carner won the US Open for Women’s Golf by seven strokes.
• 1977: Willie McCovey became the first player to hit two home runs in one inning for the second time.
• 1979: Muhammad Ali failed to retire from boxing for the third time.
• 1980: Jerry Reuss, pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers, threw a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants.
• 1983: The Seattle Mariners memorably batted out of order against the Chicago White Sox during the second inning.
• 1984: France defeated Spain 2-0 to win the UEFA European Championship Final.
• 1988: Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks in just 91 seconds.
• 1993: Jim Colbert won the Senior Players Championship, which was his only major career title.
• 1999: Juli Inkster won the LPGA Championship and became a member of the Career Grand Slam club.
• 1999: Tony Hawk set a record by becoming the first skateboarder to land a “900” (rotating 2 ½ times while airborne) in the ESPN X Games Five.
• 2001: Kwame Brown, Glynn Academy’s leading rebounder and shot-blocker, was the Washington Wizards’ first pick in the NBA Draft.
• 2010: Cristie Kerr won the LPGA Championship and set a tournament record by finishing 19 strokes under par. This was her second major title victory.
• 2021: Nelly Korda took home the trophy at the Women’s PGA Championship, marking her first major title.