ON THIS DATE

1919: Hall of Fame broadcaster Lindsey Nelson, voice of the Giants from 1979-1981, is born in Pulaski, Tenn. (d. 1995).

1932: Basketball great K. C. Jones is born in Taylor, Tex.

1940: Stan “The Man” Musial (age 19) becomes Stan “The Husband” Musial, marrying his high school sweetheart Lillian Labash in Daytona Beach, Fla. Only in death did they part, her in 2012, him eight months later.

1941: Boston’s Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for the first time during the season en route to .406.

1948: Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship in a landslide, beating Mike Turnesa in the final round, 7 and 6.

1951: Willie Mays, a highly touted rookie for the Giants, goes 0-for-5 in his debut.

1965: Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston a minute into their rematch for the heavyweight title.

1978: The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for the third year in a row.

1980: Johnny Rutherford wins his third Indianapolis 500 in seven years and becomes the first driver to win twice from the pole position.

1981: Carl Yastrzemski plays his 3,000th game, joining Ty Cobb, Stan Musial and Hank Aaron in that exclusive club.

1982: Ferguson Jenkins becomes the seventh pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters. (And, of course, the Cubs lose.)

1984: The Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner

1991: The Pittsburgh Penguins, led by Mario Lemieux, win the Stanley Cup for the first time with an 8-0 rout of the Minnesota North Stars.

1994: Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman is born in Needham, Mass.

1997: The Minnesota Twins retire No. 34 in honor of Kirby Puckett.

2002: Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits two homers, giving him seven in three games, a record.

2003: Juli Inkster, Santa Cruz native and the pride of San Jose State, wins the Corning Classic with a 62, matching the lowest final-round score by a winner in LPGA Tour history.

2011: Mariano Rivera becomes the first pitcher in major league history to make 1,000 appearances with one team.

2011: Wilson Valdez becomes the first position player in 11 years to be credited as the winning pitcher, working the 9th and final inning in the Phillies’ 5-4 win over the Reds.

2014: Josh Beckett of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches the first no-hitter of his career and the first in the majors this season.