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What happened in history on this day: June 19?
On June 19 in ...
- 1846 - In Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, the first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played (Cartwright Rules); New York Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1.
- 1867 - First Belmont Stakes, Ruthless wins.
- 1938 - Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's third World Cup at Paris, France.
- 1943 - NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (dissolves on December 5).
- 1946 - First TV sports spectacular-Joe Louis versus Billy Conn.
- 1952 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0.
- 1955 - Mickey Mantle hits career home run number 100.
- 1955 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs 1-0 in 15 innings, ties longest shut out in Philadelphia Phillies history.
- 1963 - Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame are chosen.
- 1973 - Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit number 2,000.
- 1974 - Kansas City Royals' Steve Busby second no-hitter, beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0.
- 1977 - Boston Red Sox set three-game record of 16 home runs, all against New York Yankees.
- 1978 - Cricketer Ian Botham becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take 8 wickets in 1 inning of a Test match.
- 1985 - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place.
- 1987 - Wee Willie Keeler's 44-game hitting streak ends.
- 1999 - The Dallas Stars defeat the Buffalo Sabres in triple overtime of game six of the Stanley Cup Finals to win their first Stanley Cup. Brett Hull scores the controversial cup-winning goal to seal the victory.
- 2000 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Indiana Pacers 116-111 in Game 6 of the 2000 NBA Finals, winning the series.
- 2006 - In the National Hockey League, the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 3 games to win the Stanley Cup.
- 2010 - Scotland records their first southern hemisphere Rugby Union series win with a 13-9 victory over Argentina in Mar del Plata's Estadio Jose Maria Minella.
- 2010 - Roberto Alomar, former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman, is inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Also inducted are former Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Paul Quantrill, late Minnesota Twins' owner Calvin Griffith, and late statistician Allan Roth.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Chicago White Sox by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Minnesota Twins by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Seattle Mariners by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Kansas City Royals by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats San Diego Padres by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Chicago Cubs by score 6-0.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Texas Rangers by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Cincinnati Reds by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats New York Mets by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats New York Yankees by score 10-9.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats San Francisco Giants by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 9-3.
- 2022 - FINA, the world swimming governing body, votes to bar transgenger women from women's events.
Births of sports figures on June 19
- 1903 - Birth of Henry Louis Gehrig AKA Lou Gehrig AKA Iron Horse; first baseman (New York Yankees) (dies 1941).
- 1924 - Birth of Leo Nomellini; NFL defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1986 - Birth of Marvin Williams, American basketball player.
Deaths of sports figures on June 19
- 1986 - Len Bias, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure (born 1963).
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