On this day in:
• 1894Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings
• 1938 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
• 1955Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
• 1955 Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1976 Stanley Cup Final, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA: Guy Lafleur and Pete Mahovlich each have a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3 for a 4 games series sweep
• 1977Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1979FC Barcelona of Spain wins 19th European Cup Winner's Cup against Fortuna Düsseldorf of West Germany 4-3 in Basel
• 198034th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
• 1982Stanley Cup Final, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC: 3-peat for NY Islanders; sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games with a 3-1 Game 4 win
• 1984Juventus of Italy win 24th European Cup Winner's Cup against Porto of Portugal 2-1 in Basel
• 1985 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
• 1994Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana
• 1996 Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
• 2010ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados: Elise Perry with 3 for 18 off 4 overs leads Australia (106/8) to 3 run victory over New Zealand 103/6
• 2014Paris Saint-Germain F.C. & Manchester City F.C. are each fined €60 million for breaching Fair Play Regulations