ON THIS DATE

1920: Man o’ War wins the Belmont Stakes, which was run at 13⁄8-miles, in 2:141⁄5. He shatters the world record by 31⁄5 seconds and

sets the American dirt-course record for that distance.

1948: Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Belmont Stakes

and the Triple Crown with an eight-length victory over Better Self.

1948: Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open with a record 276, five

fewer than Ralph Guldahl’s 1937 record.

1979: Bobby Orr becomes the youngest player in NHL history to be selected for the Hockey Hall of Fame. The 31-year-old is inducted months after officially ending his NHL career as the Hall waives its usual three-year waiting period.

1990: Egypt, a 500-1 shot, stuns the Netherlands when Magdi Abdel-Ghani makes a penalty kick with eight minutes remaining to tie the World Cup favorites 1-1.

1991: The Chicago Bulls win the first NBA championship in the team’s 25-year history with a 108-101 victory in Game 5 over the Los Angeles Lakers.

2009: Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot scores two second-period goals as the Penguins beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.

2011: The Dallas Mavericks win their first NBA title by winning Game 6 of the finals in Miami, 105-95.

2016: Sidney Crosby sets up Kris Letang’s go-ahead goal midway through the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins win the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.

2017: Kevin Durant caps his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home an NBA championship.

2021: Danish soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match with Finland in Copenhagen.