Thursday, June 19, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 19TH

1846 - First baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1.
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.
1973 - Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000.
1974 - KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0.
1985 - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place.
1991 - NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987.
1992 - Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
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.

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