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ON THIS DATE
June 23
1917 – In baseball’s greatest relief effort, Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox retires all 26 batters he faces for a 4-0 victory over Washington. Starting pitcher Babe Ruth is ejected for arguing and Shore relieves with nobody out and a man on first, who was thrown out stealing.
1963 – Jimmie Piersall, playing for the Mets in New York, hit his 100th career home run and celebrated by running around the bases backward.
1971 – Rick Wise of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds and hit two homers. Wise became the first pitcher to hit two homers while throwing a no-hitter.
1972 – President Richard Nixon signs the Higher Education Act of 1972. Title IX of this congressional act bars sex bias in athletics and other activities at colleges receiving federal assistance.
1992 – Bob Johnson, Rick Kehoe and Jean Pronovost are named charter members of the Pittsburgh Penguins Hall of Fame.
1994 – Rob Phillips, who coached Waynesburg College to three Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s basketball championships in four years and a berth in the NCAA Division III tournament, resigns to become head coach at Urbana University in Ohio.