2007 Sammy Sosa hits his 600th HR – joins Aaron, Ruth, Bonds, and Mays
2006 Miami Heat beat Dallas to win NBA title – Dwayne Wade MVP
2004 Ken Griffey Jr. gets his 500th HR
2001 Barry Bonds hits his 38th HR – most ever before All-Star break – ends season with 73
1998 Sammy Sosa hits his 21st HR in 30 days – unprecedented in MLB history
1997 Aaron Boone makes his MLB debut – has a hit, RBI, and stolen base – was also ejected from the game in 6th inning
1993 Chicago Bulls win 3rd straight NBA title by beating Phoenix in 6 games – Michael Jordan MVP with average of 41 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists
1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move pass Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews on all time list – ends with 563
1982 Pete Rose plays in his 3,000th game – only Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, and Carl Yastrzemski had done so – Rose ended with 3,562
1980 Roberto Duran beats Sugar Ray Leonard to win the WBC welterweight title in a 15 round unanimous decision
1973 Bobby Bonds hits a leadoff HR for NL record 22nd time – Rickey Henderson holds all time record with 81
1970 Brooks Robinson gets his 2,000th hit – ends with 2,848
1968 St. Louis beats Chicago Cubs 1-0 – it is the Cubs 5th consecutive shutout loss in a row
1965 Al Kaline gets his 1,000th RBI – ends with 1,583
1960 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 rounds for the heavyweight championship
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