June 5

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1903
- 1.2 1927
- 1.3 1948
- 1.4 1973
- 1.5 1967
- 1.6 1977
- 1.7 1979
- 1.8 1981
- 1.9 1982
- 1.10 1991
- 1.11 1992
- 1.12 2000
- 1.13 2001
- 1.14 2002
- 1.15 2003
2 Debuts
- 2.1 1963
- 2.2 1989
3 Finales
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] 1903

Arsenal Manager Harry Bradshaw bought full-back Fred Dwight from Fulham. He played just once.

[edit] 1927

Johnny Weissmuller set two world records in swimming events. The 100-yard and 200-yard free-style events.

[edit] 1948

Richie Ashburn, a Philadelphia Phillies outfielder, extends his hitting streak to 23 games, tying a major league rookie record.

[edit] 1973

Jim Crowford made the first hole-in-one in the British Amateur golf championship.

[edit] 1967

The National Hockey League awarded six new franchises. The Minnesota North Stars (later moved to become the Dallas Stars), Oakland Seals (now defunct), Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers and the St. Louis Blues received their NHL franchises.

[edit] 1977

The Los Angeles Dodgers retire the number 24 in honor of Walt Alston

[edit] 1979

Willie Horton of the Seattle Mariners hits his 300th homerun becoming the 43rd major leaguer to reach the milestone.

[edit] 1981

Nolan Ryan walks 2 batters as the Houston Astros defeat the New York Mets, 3-0. That made 1777 walks for Ryan's career and he passes Early Wynn as the all-time walks leader.

[edit] 1982

Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings begins and will last for 904 games

[edit] 1991

Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues won the Hart Trophy. The feat created the first father-and-son team to win the Hart Trophy. His father Bobby Hull won the trophy in 1964-65 and 1965-66.

[edit] 1992

Eddie Murray knocks in 2 runs giving him 1509 for his career, enough to pass Mickey Mantle as the all-time RBI leader among switch-hitters.

[edit] 2000

The Chicago Cubs select pitcher Dontrelle Willis in the 8th round of the amateur draft.

[edit] 2001

Manny Ramirez is intentionally walked 4 times, tying a major league record, as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-3 in an 18 inning game that would take 5 hours and 52 minutes to complete.

Barry Bonds becomes the quickest player in major league history to reach the 30 homer mark for a season. It took the slugger 57 games, 6 fewer than the 63 that it took Babe Ruth to reach the same mark in 1928

[edit] 2002

The Houston Astros rename their field to Minute Maid Park. The stadium had opened up as Enron Field, but when Enron went belly up in a huge scandal, Houston paid them $2.1 million to get the naming rights back.

Juan Gonzalez hits his 400th career home run. He becomes the 34th major leaguer and first Puerto Rican born player to reach the milestone.

Barry Bonds hits his 587th career home run to pass Frank Robinson and move into 4th place on the all-time home run list.

[edit] 2003

John Franco becomes the 8th pitcher in major league history to appear in 1000 games

[edit] Debuts

[edit] 1963

The NHL held its first amateur draft. Twenty-one players were selected with the Montreal Canadiens selecting Garry Monahan first overall.

[edit] 1989

The Skydome becomes the new home of the Toronto Blue Jays

[edit] Finales

[edit] Births

See the All-Time Team for June 5th birthdays

[edit] Deaths

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