TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 24TH

1894 - Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years

1895 - Jack Dempsey, Heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26) is born

1922 - AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears

1931 - Billy Casper, SD Ca, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year ('66, '68, '70) is born

1936 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in one inning, Yanks beat Browns 18-4

1947 - Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career
1950 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open

1962 - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest NY Yankee game in history
1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Manuel Ramos in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1974 - Steve Busby, Kansas City Royals, retires 1st 9 White Sox

to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired
1979 - Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base

1984 - Clarence Campbell, Canadian NHL president, dies at 78

1987 - Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak

1987 - Lionel Messi, Rosario Argentina, Argentine footballer (FC Barcelona) is born
1988 - Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak

1992 - Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball
1994 - Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 HRs in an inning
1995 - Stanley Cup: NJ Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games

1997 - Mark McGwire hits a 538 foot home run
2009 - Mike Babcock is named head coach of Team Canada

for the 2010 Winter Olympics (they would win the gold medal)
2010 - John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France

at Wimbledon, in the longest match in tennis history.
2012 - Female athletes will be allowed to compete for

Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the first time
2013 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Boston Bruins

to win the NHL Stanly Cup Finals 4-2
2014 - Sidney Crosby wins the Hart Memorial Trophy and

the Ted Lindsay Award for the 2014 NHL season