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June 18 - On this day in sport
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17 June 2008
1958: Douglas Jardine, the England cricket captain for the controversial 'Bodyline' series in 1932-33, died, aged 57.
1963: Henry Cooper rocked the boxing world by putting Cassius Clay on the canvas - but the super-confident fighter hit back to win with Cooper bleeding heavily from a cut over the eye.
Henry's hammer: It is 45 years to the day that Henry Copper prepared to throw a left which knocked Cassius Clay down
1986: Spain's Emilio Butragueno scored four goals in a World Cup clash with Denmark.
2003: Manchester United confirmed to the Stock Exchange they had reached agreement to transfer David Beckham to Real Madrid for approximately £25million.
2005: Bangladesh beat Australia by five wickets in a NatWest Series match at Cardiff.
2006: Australian Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open after Colin Montgomerie and Phil Mickelson double-bogeyed the final hole at Winged Foot.
2007: Michael Vaughan stood down as captain of England's one-day side with immediate effect. Paul Collingwood was later chosen as his replacement.
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