TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 19TH

1846 - First offically recognised baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules)

NY Nines 23 defeat Knickerbockers 1 at Hoboken, New Jersey.
1867 - First Belmont: J Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05.

1903 - Lou Gehrig [Henry Louis Gehrig], "Iron Horse",

1st baseman for NY Yankees (d. 1941) is born.

1936 - German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis.

1938 - Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless baseball innings

to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th.
1942 - Paul Waner is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits.
1946 - First TV sports/boxing spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn.
1952 - Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0.

1955 - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100.
1955 - Phillies beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history.
1961 - NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs.

1973 - Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000.
1974 - KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0.

1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player and Dallas Maverick superstar is born.

1985 - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place.

1988 - 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,

to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins.
1991 - NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987.

1992 - Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96.

1992 - Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1992 - NY Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards.

2000 - Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers 4-2 in

NBA finals MVP: Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
2000 - Tiger Woods wins golf's US Open by 15 shots, a record for all majors,

with a US Open to-par record score of -12.

2006 - Stanley Cup: first time winners Carolina Hurricanes defeat Edmonton Oilers 4-3

2010 - Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962) dies from acute kidney

failure and complications from Stevens–Johnson syndrome at the University of

Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.  He was survived by

10 children, six with his first wife, Atong, and four with his second wife, Ajok