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| 1936 |
American Jesse Owens set a 100-meter record at 10.2 seconds. |
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| 1960 |
Floyd Patterson knocked out Ingemar Johansson and became the first heavyweight boxer to regain his crown. |
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| 1980 |
Roberto Duran scored a unanimous 15-round decision over Sugar Ray Leonard (27-1) and won the WBC welterweight championship. |
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| 1982 |
Pete Rose became the third baseball player to appear in 3,000 games, |
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| 1982 |
Tom Watson won the U.S. Open by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus. |
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| 1987 |
The Dallas Sidekicks won the MISL title with a 4-3 overtime victory in the seventh game over the Tacoma Stars. |
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| 1993 |
John Paxson hit a three-pointer with 3.9 seconds left as the Chicago Bulls captured their third consecutive NBA title with a 99-98 victory over the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the finals. |
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| 1998 |
Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa belted two homers for the 2nd straight game to set a MLB record with 16 HRs in June. |
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| 1999 |
The Dallas Stars defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in triple over time to win their first Stanley Cup in six games. |
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| 1999 |
Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open. |
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| 2002 |
Florida's Luis Castillo made history when he had a hit in his 34th straight game, which marked the longest streak by a second baseman in major league history. |
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| 2003 |
The Philadelphia 76ers named Randy Ayers their new head coach. |
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| 2004 |
Retief Goosen won the 104th U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills. |
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| 2004 |
Cincinnati's Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 500th career home run. |
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| 2006 |
Dwyane Wade's 36 points led the Miami Heat to the franchise's first NBA championship with a 95-92 win over the Dallas Mavericks. |
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| 2006 |
The Vancouver Canucks named Alain Vigneault their new head coach. |
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| 2007 |
Texas' Sammy Sosa became the fifth member of the 600 home run club, joining Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds and Willie Mays. |
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| 2007 |
Baltimore Orioles named Andy MacPhail as their President of Baseball Operations. |
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| 2008 |
The Toronto Blue Jays fired manager John Gibbons. Cito Gaston was named the new manager. |
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| 2008 |
The Atlanta Thrashers named John Anderson head coach. |
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| 2008 |
The Tampa Bay Lightning selected centerman Steven Stamkos with the first overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft. |
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| 2009 |
USC named Kevin O'Neill basketball coach. |
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| 2010 |
Graeme McDowell won the 110th U.S. Open. |
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| 2012 |
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player. |
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| 2012 |
Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers was selected the winner of the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender. |
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| 2012 |
St. Louis Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach. |
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| 2012 |
Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche was named the winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie. |
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| 2012 |
A record 10 men's basketball teams, including three-time national champion Connecticut, were banned from next season's NCAA tournament because of subpar work in the classroom. |
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| 2012 |
The Orlando Magic named Rob Hennigan general manager. |
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| Birthdays |
Len Dawson (1935) - NFL player; Mike Grace (1970) - MLB player; LaVar Arrington (1978) - NFL player; Darko Milicic (1985) - NBA player. |
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