TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 20

2007  Sammy Sosa hits his 600^th 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 500^th HR

2001  Barry Bonds hits his 38^th HR – most ever before All-Star break – ends season with 73

1998  Sammy Sosa hits his 21^st 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 6^th inning

1993  Chicago Bulls win 3^rd 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 513^th HR to move pass Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews on all time list – ends with 563

1982  Pete Rose plays in his 3,000^th 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 22^nd time – Rickey Henderson holds all time record with 81

1970  Brooks Robinson gets his 2,000^th hit – ends with 2,848

1968  St. Louis beats Chicago Cubs 1-0 – it is the Cubs 5^th consecutive shutout loss in a row

1965  Al Kaline gets his 1,000^th RBI – ends with 1,583

1960  Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 rounds for the heavyweight championship

1915  Honus Wagner becomes the 1^st player in MLB history to connect on 100 HRs – ends career with 101