June 30

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1962
- 1.2 1970
- 1.3 1978
- 1.4 1981
- 1.5 1984
- 1.6 1987
- 1.7 1994
- 1.8 1999
- 1.9 2009
2 Debuts
3 Finales
4 Births
- 4.1 1966
5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] 1962

Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched his first no-hitter in a game with the New York Mets.

[edit] 1970

The Cincinnati Reds moved into Riverfront Stadium.

[edit] 1978

Willie McCovey hit his 500th career home run.

[edit] 1981

The Pittsburgh Penguins signed goaltender Michel Dion as a free agent.

[edit] 1984

The longest professional football game took place in the USFL as the Los Angeles Express beat the Michigan Panthers 27-21 after 93 minutes and 33 seconds.

[edit] 1987

David Wells made his MLB debut for the Toronto Blue Jays. He took the loss in a 4-0 game to the New York Yankees by allowing 4 runs in 4 innings on 9 hits and 2 walks. Willie Randolph did the most damage with a 2 run double and Don Mattingly scored twice.

[edit] 1994

The United States Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.

[edit] 1999

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger bought the club's first ever Brazilian, Silvinho from Corinthians.

[edit] 2009

The Baltimore Orioles made team history by rallying from a nine run deficit to defeat the Boston Red Sox 11-10.

[edit] Debuts

[edit] Finales

[edit] Births

[edit] 1966

Mike Tyson, former heavyweight champion boxer

[edit] Deaths

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