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What happened in history on this day: June 16?
On June 16 in ...
- 1903 - First New York Highlanders (Yankees) shut-out victory 1-0 over Chicago White Sox.
- 1916 - Boston Braves' pitcher Tom Hughes scores second no-hitter beating Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.
- 1927 - Tommy Armour wins golf's US open.
- 1938 - Saint Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx six times in a row.
- 1946 - Lloyd Mangrum wins golf's US open after two playoffs.
- 1951 - Ben Hogan wins golf's US open for second year in a row.
- 1953 - Despite Johnny Mize's 2,000th hit, New York Yankees lose, ending 18-game win streak.
- 1957 - Chicago White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits two home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6.
- 1968 - Lee Trevino is first to play all four rounds of golf's US open under par.
- 1975 - Milwaukee Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber and Walt Wesley to Los Angeles Lakers for four players.
- 1977 - Ron Guidry's first complete game, 7-0 over Kansas City Royals.
- 1978 - Cincinnati Reds' player Tom Seaver no-hits Saint Louis Cardinals, 4-0.
- 1979 - Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit.
- 1983 - Charlos Vieira completes 191-hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal.
- 1984 - Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-metre hurdles race.
- 1985 - T C Chen, ahead by four strokes in final round of US Open, loses by one stroke to Andy North.
- 1985 - Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11.5 inches) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1987 - Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida opens.
- 1989 - Four golfers shoot a hole-in-one on the same hole at the US Open.
- 1991 - Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row.
- 1991 - Otis Nixon steals National League record six bases in one day.
- 1991 - With three runs in the 9th, Baltimore Orioles end Minnesota Twins' 15-game win streak 6-5.
- 1995 - Salt Lake City, Utah, is selected as host city for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- 1996 - The Chicago Bulls win their fourth NBA Championship by defeating the Seattle Supersonics in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 2.
- 1998 - The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Washington Capitals in four games in the 1998 NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
- 1999 - Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras wins the Libertadores Cup.
- 2008 - In France, the 24 Hours of Le Mans race concludes. Audi scores its fifth straight victory, with drivers Allan McNish of Scotland, Rinaldo Capello of Italy, and Tom Kristensen of Denmark. This is a record eighth victory for Kristensen.
- 2008 - Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. This is Woods' 14th major and third U.S. Open.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Seattle Mariners by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Detroit Tigers by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Washington Nationals by score 10-1.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Colorado Rockies by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 10-2.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Chicago Cubs by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Boston Red Sox by score 4-3.
- 2022 - NBA Championship won by Golden State Warriors over Boston Celtics in six games.
Births of sports figures on June 16
- 1942 - Birth of Giacomo Agostini in Lovere, Italy; world motorcycle race champion.
- 1944 - Birth of Takamiyama [Jesse Kuhaulua] in Hawaii; first non-Japanese sumo champion.
- 1951 - Birth of Roberto Duran; boxer (fists of stone, no más).
- 1952 - Birth of Aleksandr Zaitsev in the USSR; pairs figure skating (Olympic-gold-1976, 1980).
Deaths of sports figures on June 16
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