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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. Babe Ruth is ejected for arguing and Shore relieves with nobody out and a man on first, who was thrown out stealing.

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.

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