TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 12

2007  Justin Verlander of Detroit no hits Milwaukee – gave up 4 walks

2004  San Francisco beats Baltimore 9-6 – in the game Barry Bonds hit his 675^th HR and Rafael Palmeiro hit his 537^th to pass Mickey Mantle

2002  LA Lakers sweep New Jersey to win 3^rd straight NBA title

1997  1^st inter league game played – San Francisco beats Rangers 4-3

1991  Chicago Bulls win NBA championship for 1^st time

1991  Steve Avery of Braves beats NY Mets 6-1 – he also had 4 hits

1984  Boston beats LA Lakers 111-102 to win 15^th NBA title – Cedric Maxwell scored 24

1981  Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 rounds for heavyweight title

1975  Billy Williams hits his 400^th HR – ends career .290 average, 426 HRs, 1,475 RBI

1967  Longest night game in MLB history (22 innings, 6 hours 38 minutes) – Washington beats White Sox 6-5

1959  Casey Stengel gets his 1,000^th win as NYY manager – career 3,766 games, 1,905 wins

1954  Bob Feller gets his 2,500^th strikeout – ends with 2,581

1948  Citation wins the Belmont and is the 8^th Triple Crown winner

1939  Hall of Fame dedicated in Cooperstown – among those present were Ty Cobb, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Cy Young

1928  Lou Gehrig hits 2 HRs and 2 triples for 5 RBI in 15-7 win over White Sox

1920  Man O’ War wins the Belmont