Today’s highlights in sports history:
In 1870, Ed Brown became the first African-American jockey to win the Belmont Stakes on Kingfisher.
On this date:
1927 – The United States defeats Great Britain, 9½ to 2½, to win the first Ryder Cup golf tournament.
1932 – Fairno, ridden by Tommy Murray, wins the Belmont Stakes by a length and a half over Osculator. Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Burg King does not race.
1966 – Ameroid, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Belmont Stakes by two and a half lengths over Baffle. Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Kauai King finishes fourth.
1974 – The NFL grants a franchise to the Seattle Seahawks.
1984 – 1960 winner Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the U.S. Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years.
1987 – At the Madrid Games, Danny Harris beat Edwin Moses in the 400m hurdles, ending the longest winning streak in athletics. Moses had won 122 consecutive races dating back to August 26, 1977.
1988 – Steffi Graf of West Germany beat 17-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union 6-0, 6-0 in 32 minutes to win her second consecutive French Open.
1990 – Penn State is elected to the Big Ten, becoming the league’s 11th member and the first to join the Midwest-based conference since Michigan State in 1949.
1994 – Haile Gebrselassie becomes the first Ethiopian to set a world record in the men’s 5,000 metres, clocking 12 minutes 56.96 seconds in Hengelo, Netherlands.
1998 – LA Galaxy’s Harut Karapetian scores three goals in five minutes to outscore the Dallas Burn 8-1, scoring the fastest hat trick in MLS history. The seven-goal margin of victory is an MLS record.
2005 – Justine Henin-Hardenne beats an upset and fumbling Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1 to win the French Open, her fourth Grand Slam title and second French Open title in her comeback from a blood virus.
2005 – Eddie Castro wins 9 of 13 races at Calder Race Track in Miami, setting a North American record for the most wins by a jockey at a single track in a single day.
2008 – The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game 6 to win their fourth Stanley Cup in 11 seasons.
2009 – Randy Johnson leads San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader to earn his 300th career win, becoming just the 24th major league pitcher to reach this milestone.
2011 – Li Na becomes the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title, defeating Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–6 (0) in the French Open final to win her fifth title and her first on clay.
2016 – Garbine Muguruza beat defending champion Serena Williams 7–5, 6–4 at the French Open to win her first Grand Slam title, denying an American player a record-tying 22nd major title.
2019 – San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th career win as a Giants manager with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets.
