TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 13TH

1903 - Harold "Red" Grange, Forksville Pennsylvania, American "Galloping Ghost"

of football (University of Illinois, Chicago Bears) is born.

1905 - NY Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0.
1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1915 - J Donald Budge, US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles) is born.

1921 - Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8.

1935 - James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1937 - Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns.

1947 - First night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3).
1948 - Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th.

1951 - Mike Weaver, Gatesville Texas, WBA World Heavyweight Champion is born.

1955 - Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France.
1957 - Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season.

1973 - Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey & Bill Russell play together for 1st time,

set record of staying together as an infield for 8½ years (LA Dodgers).

1987 - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete

cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina.

1991 - The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication.

1995 - Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0.
1995 - NJ Devils beat Phila Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals.

2002 - Scotty Bowman wins his 9th Stanley Cup

as a coach, an NHL record, and retires.
2004 - 50th LPGA Championship won by Annika Sörenstam.
2012 - San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain pitches first perfect game

in the franchise's history against the Houston Astros.
2014 - Stanley Cup: Los Angeles Kings defeat the New York Rangers in 5 games.

2014 - Chuck Noll, NFL head coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of natural causes at 82.