1991 Event Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive) 1990 Event Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph) 1990 Event Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45 1990 Event Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53 1989 Event Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1 1988 Event Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313) 1987 Event Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42 1987 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) 1987 Event Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history 1987 Event Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time 1986 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded 1986 Event Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500 1985 Event Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time 1984 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg 1983 Event Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852 1983 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time 1980 Event George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good 1980 Event Kansas City Royals' George Brett, batting avg reach .400 1972 Event Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234 1970 Event Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game 1968 Event Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown 1968 Event Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts) 1967 Death Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies 1960 Birthday Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka 1958 Event Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (avg went from .230 to .322) 1956 Death Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 1950 Event Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7 1950 Birthday Robbie McIntosh, drummer, Avg White Band-Show your Hand 1946 Birthday Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper, avg 86.33 in 3 Tests 1941 Event Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg 1941 Event Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941 1927 Birthday Eddie Leadbeater, cricketer, England leg-spinner with an avg of 109 1927 Birthday John Warr, England, cricket bowler, avg 281, president, MCC 1925 Birthday Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner, South Africa 1947-58 avg 64.08 1925 Birthday Eric Dempster, cricketer, New Zealand slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling avg 109.5 1922 Event Rogers Hornsby's 3-for-5 ups avg to .401 1919 Event Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) 1918 Birthday Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer, pace bowler of late 40's avg 101 1910 Event Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won 1903 Birthday Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, .320 avg 1902 Birthday Al Simmons, Milwaukee, outfielder, A's, lifetime batting avg of .334 1895 Event America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH 1884 Event Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg 1855 Event Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg) 1852 Event Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg)
