On this day in sports: September 6

1. 1995 Cal Ripken Jr. (pictured) played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig. Source
2. 1995 Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years. Source
3. 2000 The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Pride Night in Major League Baseball history. Source
4. 2001 Born: Terrence Clarke, American basketball player (died 2021) Source
5. 2014 Died: Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933) Source
6. 2020 Died: Lou Brock, American baseball player (born 1939) Source

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