TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1922 — Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat.
1926 — Hack Wilson is first to hit a home run off Chicago’s Wrigley Field scoreboard.
1941 — Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on disqualification in 7 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1944 — Polo Grounds host first New York City night baseball game since 1941.
1953 — 79th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8.
1964 — Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45). 1968 — AC Milan wins 8th Europe Cup II in Rotterdam.
1978 — American League approves transfer of Boston Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for US$15 million.
1979 — Borussia Mönchengladbach wins 8th UEFA Cup at Düsseldorf.
1984 — Detroit Tigers win 16th straight road game, tying American League record.
1984 — Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London, England.
1990 — A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna, Austria. 1990 — New York Yankees hit six home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0.
1991 — Philadelphia Phillies’ Tommy Greene no-hits Montreal Expos, 2-0.
1991 — San Diego Sockers win fourth consecutive Major Soccer League championship.
1999 — Canadian professional wrestler Owen Hart dies after falling 90 feet as he was being lowered into the ring for the “Over the Edge” sports entertainment event in Kansas City.
2001 — Bayern München wins the UEFA Champions League.
2010 — The Czech Republic hockey teams wins gold in Cologne, Germany, with a 2-1 win over Russia in the final of the IIHF World Hockey Championship. Sweden defeats Germany 3-1 for the bronze medal.