Saturday, June 14, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 14TH

1901 - First golf championship is played
1919 - First nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) leaves Newfoundland
1933 - Lou Gehrig & Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended
3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games
1952 - Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with
18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss
1952 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
1963 - NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR
1965 - Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0
1966 - Miami beats St Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings
longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball
1969 - Oakland As' Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7
1974 - Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings
1979 - NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record
1985 - Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Balt Orioles
1989 - Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
1992 - 46th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trailblazers, 4 games to 2
2005 - Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men's 100 meters world record
of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium

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