June 28, 1997 – Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round of his bout against Evander Holyfield for biting Holyfield’s ear. Tyson explained his actions after the fight by saying: “My defense is impregnable, my hunger insatiable. Praise be to Allah.”

June 29, 1950 – The U.S. soccer team shocks Great Britain, 1-0, to win the world soccer championship. This is looked on as the greatest moment in U.S. soccer history, outside of the introduction of halftime orange slices.

June 30, 1962 – Sandy Koufax pitches the first of his four career no-hitters, as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Mets. The bigotry in America at that time was made clear in the headline the Associated Press ran after the game: “Stingy Koufax Jews down Mets to a no-hitter.”

July 1, 1973 – Eighty-three tennis players boycott Wimbledon in support of suspended player Nikki Pilic. The players did not think Pilic should be suspended for her love of grass.

July 2, 1994 – Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar is shot to death in Medillin just 10 days after he had accidentally scored a goal against his own team in World Cup competition. It was later discovered that Escobar was trying to shoot at a would-be attacker, but accidentally shot himself in the face.

July 3, 1954 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, making a miraculous recovery from cancer, wins the women’s U.S. Open by a record 12 shots. Zaharias had been suffering from prostate cancer.

July 4, 1919 – Jack Dempsey knocks out 6-foot-6 Jess Willard in the third round, putting him on the canvas seven times in the first round, to win the heavyweight championship. Dempsey was much shorter than Willard and was aided by the fact that every jab he through struck Willard square in the nads.