2009 Tony LaRussa of St. Louis wins his 2,500th game as manager – only 3rd to ever do so
2005 NYY down 11-7 score 13 runs in the 8th to beat Tampa Bay 20-11 – 77 combined total bases ties AL record
1994 Steffi Graf loses in the first round at Wimbledon – 1st time a defending champion lost in the first round of a major
1988 LA Lakers beat Detroit 108-105 in game 7 of NBA finals – James Worthy had triple double with 36 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists – all three Lakers series went to a game 7
1986 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson signs with the Kansas City Royals
1974 Braves fire manager Eddie Mathews – played 15 years with the franchise – record 149-161 as manager
1973 Dave Winfield of San Diego hits his 1st HR – ends with 465
1971 Ken Harrelson announces his retirement from baseball to play pro golf
1970 Brazil beats Italy 4-1 to win World Cup
1970 In 2nd game of a doubleheader, Cesar Gutierrez goes 7 for 7 in a 12 inning game to tie MLB record set in 1892 – he will have 7 total hits in 1971 and 128 for his career
1968 Cubs beat Reds 3-2 – they are Chicago’s first runs in 48 innings to tie MLB record
1964 Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning pitches a perfect game vs. Mets – Mets get only 3 hits in the doubleheader
1959 Hank Aaron hits 3 HRs as Braves beat Giants 13-3 – surprisingly this is his only 3 HR game of his career total of 755 HRs
1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit – ends with 2,214
1941 Red Sox lose to Browns 13-9 – it is Lefty Grove’s 1st loss at Fenway in 20 straight games
1939 NYY announce that Lou Gehrig will retire
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