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What happened in history on this day: June 9?
On June 9 in ...
- 1899 - Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons for the heavyweight boxing crown.
- 1901 - New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13.
- 1914 - Honus Wagner becomes the first Major League Baseball player to get 3,000 hits.
- 1934 - Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by three strokes for the US Open.
- 1936 - Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by one stroke for the US Open.
- 1946 - 66,545 fans help New York Yankees break million attendance mark.
- 1946 - New York Giants' Mel Ott becomes the first manager to be ejected from both games of a doubleheader.
- 1960 - ABC-TV and AFL sign a five-year broadcasting contract.
- 1963 - First Sunday night game in baseball: San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0.
- 1965 - Michel Fazy runs the mile in 3 minute 53.6 seconds.
- 1973 - Secretariat wins Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown.
- 1978 - Larry Holmes wins a decision over Ken Norton for the WBC crown.
- 1979 - Philadelphia Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for first and last time.
- 1979 - Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome.
- 1980 - Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants end their game at 3:11 AM.
- 1984 - Swale wins the Belmont Stakes (eight days later Swale dies).
- 1984 - Jürgen Hingsen of Federal Republic of Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 points.
- 1985 - Los Angeles Lakers beats Boston Celtics in six games for NBA title.
- 1986 - California Angels' Don Sutton (298 wins) beats Chicago White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0.
- 1989 - Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of University of Oklahoma's football.
- 1989 - Michael Chang's French Open win makes him youngest male (age 17) to go to finals.
- 1990 - Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer.
- 1990 - Go and Go wins the 122nd Belmont Stakes horse race.
- 1990 - Monica Salas beats Steffi Graff for French Open women's tennis title.
- 1991 - Hansel wins the Belmont Stakes.
- 1991 - Jim Courier beats Andre Agassi for the French Open.
- 1991 - World Bowl-World League of American Football first championship.
- 1993 - The Montreal Canadiens win their 24th National Hockey League Stanley Cup.
- 2001 - The Colorado Avalanche win their second Stanley Cup Championship with a 3-1 victory in Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals over the defending champion New Jersey Devils at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.
- 2003 - The New Jersey Devils defeat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3-0 in Game Seven of the 2003 NHL Stanley Cup Finals to win their third Stanley Cup championship.
- 2006 - The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany.
- 2007 - At Jamsil Stadium in Seoul Yang, Jun-hyuk of the Samsung Lions becomes the first player in the 26-year history of the Korean baseball league to collect 2,000 hits.
- 2008 - In Maryland, USA, 19-year-old Yani Tseng of Taiwan wins the LPGA Championship.
- 2008 - Ken Griffey Junior becomes the sixth major league player to hit 600 career home runs.
- 2022 - The LIV golf tour has its inaugural event near London, England. 54 holes over 3 days.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Boston Red Sox by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Baltimore Orioles by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Minnesota Twins by score 10-7.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Oakland Athletics by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Washington Nationals by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats San Francisco Giants by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Chicago White Sox by score 11-9.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Cincinnati Reds by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL Eastern Conference Final, game 5: Tampa Bay Lightning beats New York Rangers by score 3-1, leading series 3-2.
Births of sports figures on June 9
- 1921 - Birth of Agnes Keleti in Hungary; gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 1956).
- 1924 - Birth of Christine Goitschel in France; slalom (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 1934 - Birth of Helga Haase in Germany; 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 1951 - Birth of Dave Parker; baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, National League Most Valuable Player 1978).
Deaths of sports figures on June 9
- 2022 - Death of Billy Bingham at age 90; football manager (Northern Ireland, World Cup finals 1982, 1986).
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