#ThisDayInSportsHistory - Brought to you by #AllSportsNetwork #June 4, 2014 1932 Jockey Tommy Malley guided Faireno to a 1-1/2 length victory over Osculator in the Belmont Stakes. 1966 Ameroid captured the Belmont Stakes with a 2-1/2 length win over Buffle. 1974 Henry Aaron blasted his National League record 16th career grand slam. 1977 Shadyside Trixie, driven by Ken McNutt, set an all-age record for geldings pacing on a mile track by finishing in 1:54.3 at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. 1980 NHL Hall-of-Famer Gordie Howe announced his retirement after 23 seasons. 1983 Cam Fella, driven by Pat Crowe, won the Graduate in a stakes record 1:53.4 at the Meadowlands en route to Horse of the Year honors. 1988 West Germans Steffi Graf won the French Open for the second straight year. 1990 Penn State was voted into the Big 10. The Nittany Lions became the 11th member of the league. 1991 Herve Fillon reached win No. 13,000 by driving Thats Dancing to victory at Yonkers Raceway in New York. 1996 Colorados Patrick Roy started in his record 133rd consecutive playoff game in Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers. 2002 The Pittsburgh Pirates selected RHP Bryan Bullington with the first pick in the MLB Draft. 2005 Justine Henin-Hardenne won her second career French Open title. 2005 Ricky Hatton captured the International Boxing Federation junior welterweight title when Kostya Tszyu refused to answer the bell for the 12th and final round. 2007 Chicago Bears DT Tank Johnson was suspended for the first eight games of the 2007 regular season for violating the NFLs personal conduct policy. 2007 Bill France Jr., who ran NASCAR when his father Bill France Sr. retired in 1972, passed away at the age of 74. 2008 Chris Osgood made a save on a backhand try from Pittsburghs Sidney Crosby in the closing seconds as the Red Wings captured their fourth Stanley Cup title in 11 seasons by beating the Penguins, 3-2, at Mellon Arena. 2009 The Colorado Avalanche named Joe Sacco their new head coach. 2009 San Francisco LHP Randy Johnson recorded his 300th career victory. 2010 Legendary UCLA mens basketball coach John Wooden passed away at the age of 99. 2010 The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Dave Trembley. 2010 Cleveland Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry resigned. He was replaced Chris Grant. 2011 Li Na became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam, beating Francesca Schiavone in straight sets in the womens French Open final. 2012 The Houston Astros selected INF Carlos Correa from the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy with the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft. 2012 The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired goaltender Tomas Vokoun from the Washington Capitals for a 7th-round pick in the NHL Draft. 2012 The Washington Wizards made interim head coach Randy Wittman the permanent head coach. 2012 The Portland Trail Blazers named Neil Olshey their new general manager. 2013 Keilani Ricketts homered and drove in four runs, as top-seeded Oklahoma won the NCAA softball championship by beating Tennessee 4-0 in Game 2 of the Womens College World Series finals.
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