1991: Brown caused a sensation at Wimbledon that year. Ranked No. 591 in the world at the time, he faced the 10th seed and previous year's semi-finalist Goran Ivanisevic in the second round and beat him in four sets, to the delight of the British crowd. He eventually lost in the third round to France's Thierry Champion.

Other memorable events on this day…

1950: The US beat England 1-0 at the World Cup in Brazil through Joe Gaetjens. They wouldn’t win at the tournament again until 1994.

1969: On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial’s NL record for consecutive games played (896).

1995: George Foreman relinquishes his IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz.