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1935 鈥� Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs in Pittsburgh, Boston Braves still lose the game 11鈥�7 to the Pirates.
1935 鈥� Legendary American athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in 45 minutes at a Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan; remembered as 鈥渢he greatest 45 minutes ever in sport鈥�.
1948 鈥� Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship, beating Mike Turnesa in the final round, 7 and 6.
1951 鈥� NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5).
1965 鈥� Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston a minute into the first round in the controversial rematch for Ali鈥檚 heavyweight title. Listed as the fastest knockout in a heavyweight title bout, Liston goes down on a short right-hand punch.
1967 鈥� European Cup Final, Est谩dio Nacional, Lisbon: Glasgow Celtic beats Internazionale, 2-1; first British team to win the Cup.
1972 鈥� Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander.
1975 鈥� The Golden State Warriors become the third team to sweep the NBA finals, beating the Washington Bullets 96-95 on Butch Beard鈥檚 foul shot with 9 seconds remaining.
1977 鈥� 21st European Cup: Liverpool beats Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 at Rome.
1978 鈥� The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 6 for their third straight Stanley Cup.
1980 鈥� Johnny Rutherford wins his third Indianapolis 500 in seven years and becomes the first driver to win twice from the pole position.
1983 鈥� 27th European Cup: Hamburg beats Juventus 1-0 at Athens.
1986 鈥� KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit.
1987 鈥� Herve Filion becomes the first harness racing driver to win 10,000 races. Filion reaches the milestone driving Commander Bond to victory in the third race at Yonkers Raceway.
1988 鈥� 32nd European Cup: PSV Eindhoven beats Benfica (0-0, 6-5 on penalties) at Stuttgart.
1989 鈥� Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4-2 to win series 4 games to 2; Flames鈥� first SC title.
1991 鈥� The Pittsburgh Penguins, led by Mario Lemieux, win the Stanley Cup for the first time with an 8-0 rout of the Minnesota North Stars.
1998 鈥� Princeton punctuates its claim as one of college lacrosse鈥檚 great programs by beating Maryland 15-5 for its third straight NCAA Division I title and fifth in seven years.
2002 鈥� Boston sets an NBA record, overcoming a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit in a 94-90 win over New Jersey. The Celtics outscore the Nets 41-16 in the quarter.
2003 鈥� Juli Inkster shoots a 10-under 62 鈥� tying the lowest final-round score by a winner in LPGA Tour history 鈥� to beat Lorie Kane by four strokes in the LPGA Corning Classic.
2005 鈥� 13th UEFA Champions League Final: Liverpool beats Milan (3-3, 3-2 on penalties).
2007 鈥� Bjarne Riis is the first Tour de France winner to admit using performance-enhancing drugs to win the sport鈥檚 premier race, further eroding cycling鈥檚 credibility after a series of doping confessions. His admission means the top three finishers in the 1996 Tour are linked to doping 鈥� with two admitting to cheating.
2008 鈥� Seven crashes and spinouts mar the first Indianapolis 500 since the two warring open-wheel series (CART and IRL) came together under the IndyCar banner. Scott Dixon stays ahead of the trouble to win the race.
2008 鈥� Senior PGA Championship, Oak Hill CC: Jay Haas wins his second title in the event by 1 stroke from Germany鈥檚 Bernhard Langer.
2009 鈥� Syracuse rallies from a three-goal deficit in the final 3:37 of regulation to beat Cornell 10-9 and win its second straight and unprecedented 11th NCAA lacrosse title.
2013 鈥� UEFA Champions League Final, London: Arjen Robben scores twice as Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 in first all-German final.
2014 鈥� Senior PGA Championship, GC at Shore Harbor: Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins first of 3 Champions Tour majors by 4 strokes from Tom Watson.
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