TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1935 — Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera in boxing at Yankee Stadium in New York. 1937 — Chicago Cubs’

Augie Galan becomes the first player to switch hit home runs in a game.

1948 — Joe Louis knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 rounds to retain the heavyweight boxing championship.

1961 — The Baltimore Orioles and California Angels use a record 16 pitchers in a game (eight each) in 14 innings.

1962 — New York Yankees’ Jack Reed’s 22nd-inning home run wins a seven-hour game,

9-7 over the Detroit Tigers.

1968 — Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his first major-league game

(San Francisco Giants).

1969 — In the longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in a 112-game marathon (5 hours 12 minutes). 1978 — Argentina defeats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time, to win the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Buenos Aires.

1983 — India wins the Prudential Cup (Cricket World Cup).

1988 — The Netherlands defeats the Soviet Union, 2-0, to win Euro 88.

1999 — The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks, 78-77, in Game 5 of the NBA finals to take home the title in a strike-shortened season.

2010 — Edwin Jackson throws 149 pitches in a no-hitter, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Mario Kempes of Argentina, right, celebrates after scoring Argentina’s second goal against the Netherlands during its World Cup final soccer match, at the River Plate Stadium, in Buenos Aires. It was Argentina’s first World Cup triumph, 40 years ago...