12 June, 2015

Today in Sports History

1839 - First baseball game played in America.
1880 - First baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester Ruby Legs beats Cleveland Blues.
1907 - New York Yankees commit 11 errors and lose 14-6 to the Detroit Tigers.
1922 - Saint Louis Browns get record ten hits in a row and beats Philadelphia Phillies 14-8.
1931 - Cricket player Charlie Parker equals J.T. Hearne's record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets.
1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
1947 - Babe Didrikson is first American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Championships.
1948 - Eddie Arcaro becomes first jockey to win the triple crown twice.
1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Jim Wilson no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0.
1957 - Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850kg (6,270 pounds).
1959 - San Francisco Giants' Mike McCormick no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0 in five-inning game.
1967 - Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings.
1970 - Pittsburgh Pirates' player Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0.
1981 - Major League Baseball goes on strike, forcing the cancellation of 38 percent of the schedule.
1989 - Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids.
1990 - New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field; Chicago Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning.
1990 - New York Yankees' reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves.
1990 - Oakland Athletics' Rickey Henderson becomes second to steal 900 bases.
1991 - The Chicago Bulls win their first NBA championship by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 1.
2002 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the New Jersey Nets four games to zero to win the 2002 NBA Finals.
2009 - The Pittsburgh Penguins win the NHL's Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history, defeating the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7.
2014 - (to July 13) The 2014 FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil, and is won by Germany.

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