Wednesday, June 12, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 12TH

1839 - First baseball game played in America.
1880 - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, 
Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0.
1916 - Tennis legend Bill Tilden's first appearance at US tennis championship.
1920 - 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 2:14.2.
1922 - St Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times.
1922 - St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8.
1928 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7.
1930 - Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a foul in 4 for heavyweight boxing title.
1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY.
1947 - Babe Didrikson is first American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ.
1948 - 80th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:28.2.
1954 - Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0.
1957 - Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak).
1959 - SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game.
1970 - Pittsburgh Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0.
1981 - Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike.
1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title.
1990 - Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past 
Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list.
1991 - 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1.
1997 - First ever baseball inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3.

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