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ON THIS DATE
July 9
1964 – Tom Davies submits his resignation as Trinity High School’s basketball coach to become an assistant at Bloomsburg State College.
1967 – Willie Stargell leads off the bottom of the ninth inning with a solo home run off Cincinnati’s Jim Maloney that gives the Pirates a 2-1 win. Stargell’s homer clears the right-field roof at Forbes Field. It’s only the 11th ball hit over the stands since they were erected in 1925.
1976 – Houston’s Larry Dierker pitches a no-hitter as the Astros beat Montreal, 6-0. Dierker strikes out eight and walks four.
1978 – Jane Blalock shoots a final round of even-par 72 and wins the $75,000 Wheeling LPGA Golf Classic by seven strokes over runner-up Kathy Martin.