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1959 - San Francisco Giants' Mike McCormick no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0 in five-inning game.

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1967 - Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings.

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1970 - Pittsburgh Pirates' player Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0.

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1981 - Major League Baseball goes on strike, forcing the cancellation of 38 percent of the schedule.

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1989 - Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids.

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1990 - New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field; Chicago Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning.

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1990 - New York Yankees' reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves.

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1990 - Oakland Athletics' Rickey Henderson becomes second to steal 900 bases.

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1991 - The Chicago Bulls win their first NBA championship by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 1.

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2002 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the New Jersey Nets four games to zero to win the 2002 NBA Finals.

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