JUNE 13 — THIS DATE IN HISTORY

■ 1913 — James Rowe, who had won back-to-back Belmont Stake races in 1872-3 as a jockey, sets the record for most number of Belmont Stakes wins by a trainer, eight, when he sends Prince Eugene to victory.

■ 1935 — Jim Braddock scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Max Baer in New York to win the world heavyweight title.

■ 1953 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time, with a six-stroke victory over Sam Snead.

■ 1959 — Billy Casper wins the U.S. Open golf tournament over Bob Rosburg.

■ 1971 — Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA championship by four strokes over Kathy Ahern.

■ 1982 — Jan Stephenson wins the LPGA championship with a twostroke triumph over Joanne Carner.

■ 1991 — The National, the nation’s first all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication.

■ 1992 — Sergei Bubka of Ukraine breaks his own world outdoor record in the pole vault by soaring 20 feet, one-half inch. The jump is the 30th time that Bubka has set the record indoors or outdoors, surpassing the 29 world records by distance runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland in the 1920s.

■ 1993 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA Championship for a third time, with a 2-under 69 for a onestroke victory over Lauri Merten.

■ 1997 — Chicago wins its fifth

NBA championship in the last seven years, as Steve Kerr’s lastsecond shot gives the Bulls a 90-86 Game 6 victory over the Utah Jazz.

■ 2003 — Vijay Singh matches the best score in major championship history, shooting a 7-under 63 for a share of the second-round lead in the U.S. Open with Jim Furyk. Singh and Furyk (66) have 7-under 133 totals, the lowest 36-hole score in the U.S. Open. Singh also had a 63 in the 1993 PGA Championship and joins Greg Norman as the only players to shoot 63 in two majors.

■ 2003 — Roger Clemens reaches 300 wins and becomes the third pitcher with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2.

■ 2010 — Zenyatta wins her

17th consecutive race, giving her the longest winning streak by a modern day thoroughbred in unrestricted races. The 6-year-old mare, ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, wins the $200,000 Vanity Handicap by a half-length over St Trinians at Hollywood Park. With the victory, Zenyatta surpasses the 16-race winning streaks of Cigar, 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, and Mister Frisky.

■ 2012 — Matt Cain pitches the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches by outfielders Melky Cabrera and Gregor Blanco to beat the Houston Astros 10-0.

■ 2014 — The Netherlands thrashes Spain 5-1 in the World Cup’s first shocker, toying with an aging team that dominated global football for the past six years and avenging a loss in the 2010 final.

■ 2014 — The Los Angeles Kings wins the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5. Alec Martinez scores 14:43 into the second overtime to end the longest postseason in franchise history. Jonathan Quick makes 28 saves and Conn Smythe Trophy winner Justin Williams scores an early goal for Los Angeles.