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THE 18TH OF JULY

1896 - 2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinneco ck Hills NY

1896 - George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket

1896 - Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford

1897 - 3rd US Golf Open: James Foulis wins

1942 - 1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens

1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 for hw boxing title

1954 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament

1959 - 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)

1960 - Baseball\'s NL votes to add Houston and NY franchises

1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open

1969 - Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL

1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic

1982 - 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon

1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic

1986 - 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a
280 at Turnberry Scotld

1991 - Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants

1993 - Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1993 - 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George

1994 - Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights

1994 - NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker

1999 - 128th British Golf Open: at Camoustie Scot

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