TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1914 — New York Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 in 21 innings. 1918 — Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings in the longest errorless
Major League Baseball game.
1919 — New York Yankees get 21 hits and St. Louis Browns get 17; Browns win, 7-6 in 17 innings, on squeeze play. 1923 — New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays gives up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 loss to Cleveland. 1924 — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jesse Haines no-hits the Boston Braves, 5-0.
1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak ends.
1966 — Jim Ryun runs world record mile (3:51.3).
1974 — Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher to strike out 3,000. 1976 — Opening ceremony is held for the Games of the XXI Olympiad in Montreal.
1976 — ABA merges into the NBA. 1979 — National League beats American League 7-6 in the 50th all-star game in Seattle.
1979 — Sebastian Coe runs world record mile (3:49)
1987 — New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games.
1988 — Florence Griffith Joyner sets world record in women’s 100 metres (10.49).
1990 — New York Yankees player Deion Sanders hits an inside-the-park homer.
1990 — The Minnesota Twins become the first team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game, against the Boston Red Sox.
1994 — Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3-2 in penalties.
1997 — Daniel Komen runs world record two miles (7:58.61).