Wednesday, Jun 24, 2026
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1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title.
1970 - Bobby Murcer ties record of four consecutive home runs.
1980 - Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, first horse to win $2 million.
1983 - Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters.
1984 - Joe Morgan sets career home run mark for second basemen with number 265.
1988 - Cleveland Indians' pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves.
1995 - The New Jersey Devils sweep the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings to win their first Stanley Cup in the lock-out shortened season.
2010 - American tennis player John Isner defeats Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3) 70-68 in their first-round encounter at Wimbledon. The longest match in history took 11 hours and five minutes over three days. The game broke the previous records for the longest match, the longest set, the most games in a set and a match, the most aces in a match and the most aces by a player.
