June 03
1851 1st baseball uniforms worn when the NY Knickerbockers wear a uniform of straw hats, white shirts and blue long trousers
1888 Baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" 1st published by the San Francisco Examiner
1899 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
1925 Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits Baseball Legend Eddie Collins
1929 French Championships Men's Tennis: René Lacoste wins his 3rd French title, beating fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6
1929 French Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu 6-3, 6-4
1930 Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
1932 MLBs Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
1933 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
1937 Josh Gibson HR's just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium (580' drive)
1939 71st Belmont: James Stout riding Johnstown wins in 2:29.6
1944 76th Belmont: G L Smith riding Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
1950 French Championships Men's Tennis: Budge Patty wins first of 2 Grand Sam titles that year; beats Jaroslav Drobný 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5
1950 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Patricia Todd 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 for her 1st of 2 French singles titles 1951 50th French Championships Men's Tennis: Jaroslav Drobný representing Egypt beats Eric Sturgess 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
1951 50th French Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for her only French singles title 1955 Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
1958 Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
1959 European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos 1961 93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2
1967 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
1967 French Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 for his 12th and final Grand
1967 French Championships Women's Tennis: Local favourite Françoise Dürr beats Lesley Turner of Australia 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1968 Yanks turn 21st tripleplay in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
1971 Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0 1971 Test Cricket debut of
1971 Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Englandl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
1972 French Open Women's Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3
1973 French Open Men's Tennis: Ilie Nastase of Romania wins his second Grand Slam singles title; beats Czech star Niki Pilić 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
1976 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
1977 Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals) 1978 Phillies Dave Johnson
1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
1980 NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
1984 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Defending champion Patty Sheehan finishes 10 strokes ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel
1985 Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
1987 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
1988 Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
1989 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
1989 Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day
1991 MLB Draft: East Carteret HS pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees
1991 Thomas Hearns captures WBA light heavyweight title
1995 Expos pitcher Pedro
Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 2001 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Defending champion Karrie Webb of Australia repeats by 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak; largest margin in 21 years
2010 Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia 2012 Tiger Woods claims his 73rd PGA tour victory with a 2 stroke win over Andrés Romero & Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village GC; equals Jack Nicklaus's record
2014 Hashim Amla becomes the first non-white captain of the South African national cricket team
2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final
2018 US Open Women's Golf, Shoal Creek GC: Ariya Jatanugarn of Thailand gives up 7-shot lead but wins in playoff with South Korean Kim Hyo-joo
2018 Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with 9 in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball Superstar Stephen Curry
2019 MLB Draft: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman first pick by Baltimore Orioles
June 04
1838 First baseball-type game in Canada played at Beachville, Upper Canada
1870 4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59.5
1 884 18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42 1899 MLB Boston Beaneat
1899 MLB Boston Beaneaters pitcher John Clarkson 1st to throw an “immaculate inning” (strikes out three batters on nine pitches) against Philadelphia Quakers
1927 1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper
1928 French Championships Men’s Tennis: Henri Cochet wins his 2nd of 4 home titles; beats countryman René Lacoste 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1928 French Championship Women’s Tennis: Helen Wills beats England’s Eileen Bennett 6-1, 6-2 for her first of 4 French singles titles
1932 64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8
1938 10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland wins 7½-4½ at the Old Course at St Andrews
1938 70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6
1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman’s Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
1941 Nazis forbid Jews access to beaches & swimming pools
1950 Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
1951 Pirate’s’ Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
1953 Pittsburgh pirates trade outfielder Ralph Kiner & catcher Joe Garagiola to Chicago Cubs
1955 French Championships Men’s Tennis: Defending champion Tony Trabert beats Sven Davidson of Sweden 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
1955 French Championships Women’s Tennis: Angela Mortimer of England beats American Dorothy Knode 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 for her first Grand Slam singles title
1958 San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and Bob Schmidt are first in NL history to hit consecutive pinch-hit HRs in 10-9 win over the Milwaukee Braves
1961 LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Belle Meade CC: Mary Lena Faulk wins by 6 strokes ahead of runner-up
1964 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax tosses his 3rd career no-hitter; beats Phillies, 3-0 in Philadelphia
1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1966 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6
1967 Curt Flood’s record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games)
1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings
1970 San Diego Padres draft Mike Ivie #1
1971 Oakland A’s beat Washington Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
1971 Pakistani cricketer Zaheer Abbas scores 274 vs England at Edgbaston in 544 minutes
1972 French Open Men’s Tennis: Andrés Gimeno of Spain wins his only major singles title; beats Frenchman Patrick Proisy 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks
1977 French Open Women’s Tennis: Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia wins her lone Grand Slam singles title; beats Florenca Mihai of Romania 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 Tennis Player and French Open Champion Mima Jausovec
1978 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 8 strokes from Hollis Stacy
1983 French Open Women’s Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia 6-1, 6-2 for her 15th Grand Slam title and 5th French singles crown
1984 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years
1984 MLB Draft: New York Mets take Mechanicsburg Area Senior HS outfielder Shawn Abner at #1
1987 American hurdler Edwin Moses’ 122 race winning streak which extends to nearly 10 years ends when he is beaten by countryman Danny Harris in Madrid, Spain
1988 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
1988 French Open Women’s Tennis: Steffi Graf dominates Natalia Zvereva of Belarus 6-0, 6-0; shortest women’s singles Grand Slam final in Open Era; 32 minutes
1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
1990 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
1993 Cricket’s “Ball of the Century” - Australian spin bowler Shane Warne bowls England batsman Mike Gatting with his first ball of an Ashes series; Australia wins 1st Test at Old Trafford by 179 runs
1994 French Open Women’s Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain beats Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-4 for her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd French singles crown
1995 New Zealand creates world record score for a Rugby Union international in thrashing Japan, 145-17 in the World Cup in Bloomfontein, RSA; Marc Ellis 6 tries, Simon Culhane 20 conversions
1998 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2
1999 NHL Western Conference Final: Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
2005 French Open Women’s Tennis: Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne wins 1st of 3 straight French titles; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-1, 6-1
2005 Panamanian jockey Eddie Castro sets a North American record with 9 wins on the 13-race card at Calder Race Course in Miami, Florida
2008 Stanley Cup Final, Civic Center, Pittsburgh, PA: Detroit Red Wings defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2 for a 4-2 series win; Red Wings’ 11th Championship
2011 French Open Women’s Tennis: Li Na becomes first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title; beats Italian defending champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6
2012 MLB Draft: Puerto Rico Academy & HS shortstop Carlos Correa first pick by Houston Astros
2015 Australian cricket batsman Adam Voges becomes the oldest player to hit a century on debut in 1st Test v West Indies in Roseau; 35 year old Voges scores 130 not out during Australia’s 9 wicket win
2016 French Open Women’s Tennis: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain beats Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 to claim her 1st Grand Slam title
2019 SF MLB manager Bruce Bochy reaches 1,000 win mark with the club as Giants beat Mets, 9-3 in NYC; second after legendary John McGraw to reach milestone