Today's events in sports history

April 27

• 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A's win 6-0
• 1908 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in London

• 1918 Giants' 9-0 winning start & Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped
• 1920 Sweden takes the figure skating double at the Antwerp Olympics when Gillis Grafström wins his first of 3 consecutive men's gold medals; Magda Julin earlier wins the women's singles event
• 1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
• 1926 In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance
• 1929 Ryder Cup Golf, Moortown GC: Great Britain beats US, 7-5 in bitterly cold and snowy conditions
• 1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns [1]
• 1935 Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Philadelphia A's 9-8
• 1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0

Sports History

1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and throughout the US


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek"

Sports History
1956 Undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, retires from the ring


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

• 1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio
• 1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark
• 1973 KC Royals pitcher Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
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• 1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
• 1982 NFL Draft: University of Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims first pick by New England Patriots

Baseball Record
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings

Sports History
1990 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery


Baseball PitcherOrel Hershiser

• 1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
• 1992 NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
• 1994 7th longest NHL game at 125 min 43 sec: Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 1-0 on a goal by Dave Hannan
• 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
• 1994 Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0
• 2017 NFL Draft: Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett first pick by Cleveland Browns

 

April 28

• 1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
• 1923 Wembley Stadium opens - Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)

• 1930 1st night organized baseball game played in Independence, Kansas
• 1931 Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field
• 1934 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms
• 1952 St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan

Baseball Record

1956 Cincinnati Reds outfielder Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs


Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson

• 1957 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Montgomery CC: Patty Berg wins her 6th WO by 1 stroke from Wiffi Smith

Sports History
1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1965 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts baseball game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
• 1966 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3

Sports History
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1972 Courts award 1968 Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner due to the winner being given drugs before the race

Sports History
1985 Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Sports History
1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherFernando Valenzuela

• 1987 NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami Fla in 1988 & Minneapolis Minn & Orlando Fla in 1989
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• 1987 NFL Draft: University of Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• 1988 Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
• 1988 NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
• 1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
• 1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die

Sports History
1993 NY Islanders beat Wash Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot


NHL StarPierre Turgeon

• 2002 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Superstition Mountain G&CC: Jim Thorpe wins his lone career major title with birdie on first playoff hole against John Jacobs

Sports History
2003 Andre Agassi recaptures the world no. 1 ranking to become the oldest top-ranked male in the history of the ATP rankings (33 years, 13 days)


Tennis LegendAndre Agassi

• 2007 NFL Draft: LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell first pick by Oakland Raiders

Sports History
2007 Cricket World Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados: Australia defeats Sri Lanka by 53 runs to win their 3rd consecutive World Cup; Glenn McGrath Player of Series


CricketerGlenn McGrath

• 2011 NFL Draft: Auburn quarterback Cam Newton first pick by Carolina Panthers
• 2016 NFL Draft: Cal quarterback Jared Goff first pick by Los Angeles Rams
• 2018 Shaquem Griffin is the first one-handed person to be drafted into the NFL, for the Seattle Seahawks
• 2019 American diver Victor Vescovo makes the deepest dive ever to the bottom of the Mariana trench at 10,927m (35,849ft), and finds a plastic bag

 

• April 29
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• 1751 The New York Gazette and Post Boy carries first public report of a cricket match played in America; New York XI v London XI on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, NYC
• 1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter

• 1901 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75

Sports History

1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays


Baseball PlayerTris Speaker

• 1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ in Tallinn, Estonia
• 1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games
• 1931 Cleveland Indians pitcher Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0
• 1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
• 1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5
• 1953 Milwaukee Braves' Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds center field bleachers
• 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports" debuts

Golf Tournament
1963 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Marilynn Smith beats Mickey Wright by 1 shot in 18-hole playoff


LPGA GolferMickey Wright

• 1980 NFL Draft: Oklahoma running back Billy Sims first pick by Detroit Lions

Baseball Record
1981 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1981 NFL Draft: South Carolina running back George Rogers first pick by New Orleans Saints
• 1985 Tony Tubbs beats defending champion Greg Page by unanimous decision in 15 rounds at Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo for WBA heavyweight boxing title

Sports History
1985 New York Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra 16 games into season, despite assurance from owner George Steinbrenner that he would be kept for the whole season. Billy Martin named as replacement.


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner
Baseball Record
1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners


MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens
Sports History
1986 NFL Draft: Auburn running back Bo Jackson first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers


NFL Running Back and Baseball OutfielderBo Jackson
Sports History
1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle


MLB StarAndre Dawson

• 1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses
• 1988 Baltimore Orioles end their record 21-game losing streak by beating the White Sox 9-0
• 1990 Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement
• 1995 KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
• 1997 KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
• 2006 NFL Draft: North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams first pick from Houston Texans

Sports History
2018 Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal equals his Open-era record for most wins at the same event (11 Monte Carlo) with his 11th Barcelona ATP title


Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal

 

April 30

• 1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant

Sports History

1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires


Chess PlayerPaul Morphy

• 1887 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
• 1900 Weighing in at 170 lbs British former world heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons KOs 270 lb American Ed Dunkhost in round 2 of a lop-sided bout in Brooklyn, New York
• 1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park, Manhattan; beat Washington Senators, 6-2
• 1905 First official soccer game between neighbouring countries Belgium-Netherlands; Dutch win, 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Antwerp
• 1910 Cleveland Naps Addie Joss limits St.Louis Browns to 8 hits in 2-1 victory
• 1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen
• 1919 Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings
• 1921 American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron
• 1921 1st American Professional Football Association Championship (1920): undefeated Akron Pros awarded inaugural title
• 1922 Chicago pitcher Charlie Robertson throws a perfect game as the White Sox beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Navin Field

Sports History
1938 Bradman scores 258 Aust v Worcs, 293 mins, 33 fours 1 five


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1938 The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End

Baseball Record
1939 Lou Gehrig sets a MLB record playing his 2,130th consecutive and final game for the New York Yankees.


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1940 Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0
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• 1944 NY Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time

Sports History
1946 Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller's 2nd career MLB no-hitter; beats New York Yankees, 1-0


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller
Baseball Record
1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
Golf Tournament
1961 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Mickey Wright wins her 5th major title by 1 stroke from Patty Berg & Louise Suggs


LPGA GolferMickey Wright

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
Baseball Record
1961 SF outfielder Willie Mays becomes just the 9th player in MLB history to hit 4 homers in one game in the Giants 14-4 win against the Braves in Milwaukee


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1962 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Mickey Wright wins her 8th major title in a playoff with Ruth Jessen
• 1967 MLB Baltimore Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers
• 1968 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
• 1969 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney records his second MLB no-hitter in 10-0 rout of Houston Astros
• 1970 Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games
• 1971 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games
• 1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments

Boxing Title Fight
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
• 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
• 1985 NFL Draft: Virginia Tech defensive end Bruce Smith first pick by Buffalo Bills

Sports History
1986 Bill Elliott sets all-time NASCAR qualifying record, winning pole for the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway; 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h; 44.998 seconds)


Auto RacerBill Elliott

• 1987 Lou Lamoriello is named NJ Devils President

Sports History
1987 NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1988 NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final

Sports History
1988 NY Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets AL & ties ML Rec


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDave Winfield

• 1989 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
• 1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
• 1997 Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
• 2012 Manchester City defeat Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League's history
• 2015 NFL Draft: Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers

 

May 1

• 1883 First National League baseball game in Philadelphia since 1876, Providence Greys beat Philadelphia Quakers, 4-3
• 1883 Bob Rogers is acknowledged as the first American pro sports trainer when he is hired by the NY Athletic Club

• 1884 Catcher Moses Walker is acknowledged as the first African-American to play major league baseball joining the Toledo Blue Stockings

Sports History

1891 Legendary pitcher Cy Young wins first game played at Cleveland's League Park; Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1901 Chicago White Sox outfielder Herm McFarland hits first grand slam in American League history in 19-9 win at home against Detroit; Tigers commit 12 errors
• 1906 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher John Lush no-hits the Brooklyn Superbas, 6-0
• 1920 Roermond Football Club (1936 KNVB Cup) is established in Netherlands

Baseball Record
1920 Legendary slugger Babe Ruth records his first HR for the New York Yankees in 6-0 win over his former club, the Boston Red Sox


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1920 Longest MLB game by innings - Brooklyn Robins tie the Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings

Sports History
1925 Future Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Jimmie Foxx makes his MLB debut at 17 for Philadelphia A's; pinch-hits a single in 9-4 loss v Washington


MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
Hall of Fame
1926 Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige (19) debuts in the Negro Southern League for Chattanooga


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige

• 1928 Rotterdam soccer club Black White '28 is established (2000 Women's KNVB Cup); declared bankrupt 2004

Sports History
1930 Cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 236 for Australia v Worcestershire in his first 1st class innings in England


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1940 Summer Olympics (scheduled for Helsinki) are cancelled by the Finnish OC because of WWII
• 1943 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden wins aboard heavy favourite Count Fleet in the 'street car Derby'
• 1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park (venue for weekday games) to play all MLB games at Municipal Stadium

Sports History
1948 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Citation to become first 4-time Derby winning jockey


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro
Baseball Record
1951 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Mickey Mantle hits first career home run in 8-3 win v White Sox in Chicago; Minnie Minoso homers in Sox debut


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1954 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York wins aboard Determine, his only Derby success
• 1954 Preston North End defender Joe Marston becomes the first Australian to play in an FA Cup Final, a 3-2 loss to WBA

Golf Tournament
1955 American golfer Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins the Peach Blossom LPGA Tournament in Spartanburg, South Carolina, her final victory before her death the following year


All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias
Sports History
1955 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller tosses his record 12th 1-hitter in Indians' 2-0 win v Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Stadium


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller

• 1957 Flevo Boys Football Club is established in Emmeloord, the Netherlands

Boxing Title Fight
1959 Floyd Patterson scores 11th round KO of Englishman Brian London in Indianapolis; his 4th World Heavyweight Boxing title defence


Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

• 1963 First one-day cricket competition is played (Gillette Cup); Lancashire beats Leicestershire by 101 at Old Trafford

Sports History
1965 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker wins aboard Lucky Debonair, the third of his 4 Derby victories


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1965 Stanley Cup, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Dick Duff has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4-0 in Game 7 to take title 4-3
• 1969 Houston Astros hurler Don Wilson blanks Reds, 4-0 for second career no-hitter, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
• 1969 Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for a professional sports record $16.15m
• 1971 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Ávila wins aboard Canonero II (wins Preakness May 15)

Sports History
1976 102nd Kentucky Derby: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr.wins aboard Bold Forbes, the second of 3 Derby successes


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.

• 1977 French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:35:15.4) in Oyarzun, Spain
• 1977 American golfer Debbie Austin wins the Birmingham Classic, the first of 5 LPGA Tour victories in a 4-month span
• 1977 American golfer Gene Littler wins the Houston Open, his 29th and final PGA title

Sports History
1981 Tennis player Billie Jean King acknowledges a lesbian relationship with Marilyn Barnett - becoming first prominent sportswoman to come out


Tennis LegendBillie Jean King

• 1982 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye wins aboard Gato Del Sol, the first of consecutive Derby victories (1983 Sunny's Halo)
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• 1984 NFL Draft: Nebraska wide receiver Irving Fryar first pick by New England Patriots

Sports History
1988 After scoring 50 points in Game 1, NBA Eastern Conference playoff series, Michael Jordan has 55 in Chicago Bulls 106-101 win vs Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2; first to score 50+ points in consecutive playoff games


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1989 American jockey Chris Antley's record 64-day consecutive winning streak ends when he fails with 5 mounts at Aqueduct, NY; streak includes 147 winners from 486 mounts

Baseball Record
1991 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals all time MLB record 939th base in 7-4 win vs New York Yankees in Oakland


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1991 West Indian batsman Gordon Greenidge plays his last Test cricket innings, scoring 43 vs Australia in Antigua; 7,558 runs @ 44.72; 19 x 100s

Baseball Record
1991 Texas Rangers starter Nolan Ryan pitches MLB record 7th no hitter; beats Toronto, 3-0; at 44, Ryan is oldest to throw no-hitter


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
Rodney King Riots
1992 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 MLB games due to racial riots over the infamous Rodney King beating


Damage in Los Angeles after the 1992 riots, which killed 63 people and caused over $1 billion in damages

• 1992 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th MLB career base in A's 7-6 win at Detroit
• 1993 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey wins aboard Sea Hero, the first of 2 Derby victories (1996 on Grindstone)

Sports History
1994 Three-time World Formula 1 Drivers champion Ayrton Senna of Brazil is killed in a 309 kmh crash whilst leading the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola in Italy


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

• 1995 Future Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh scores career best 200 including 231 partnership with brother Mark (126) in 4th Test win over West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
• 1995 Montreal Canadiens lose 2-0 at Buffalo to miss Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 25 years
• 1996 Miami Heat beaten, 112-91 to Chicago Bulls to be swept 3-0 in round 1 of NBA Eastern Division playoffs; first time in his 14 years as head coach Pat Riley ousted in the opening round
• 1999 125th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley wins aboard Charismatic for his second Derby victory (1991 on Strike The Gold)

Baseball Record
2000 Barry Bonds is first MLB player to hit a homer into San Francisco Bay as Giants beat Mets, 10-3; hits 35 there during his SF career


MLB LegendBarry Bonds

• 2002 Padres closer Trevor Hoffman sets MLB record for saves for one team (321) in 4-3 win v Chicago Cubs in San Diego
• 2004 130th Kentucky Derby: Stewart Elliott wins aboard Smarty Jones. North American wagering records smashed ($142m on 12-race card)
• 2004 Giants outfielder Barry Bonds sets MLB record for being intentionally walked 4 times in a 9-inning game during 6-3 defeat of Florida in SF
• 2010 136th Kentucky Derby: Calvin Borel wins aboard Super Saver, his third Derby success in 4 years
• 2012 Guggenheim Partners make the largest ever purchase of a sports franchise after buying the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.1 billion
• 2017 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Mark Selby defends title beating John Higgins of Scotland, 18-15; his third world crown
• 2018 Liverpool's Egyptian soccer forward Mohamed Salah becomes the first African to be named England Football Writers' Footballer of the Year.
• 2019 Two-time South African Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya loses appeal against proposed rules to limit her testosterone levels; medically reducing levels the only way to continue competition

Sports History
2019 Argentine forward Lionel Messi scores twice for his 600th goal for FC Barcelona in a 3-0 home win over Liverpool in a Champions League semi final


Football StarLionel Messi

• 2021 147th Kentucky Derby: Medina Spirit gives jockey John Velazquez his fourth Derby win and trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh victory in the race

 

May 2

• 1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
• 1903 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker riding Judge Himes wins in 2:09

• 1904 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior riding Elwood wins in 2:08.50
• 1906 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8

Baseball Record

1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs


MLB ShortshopHonus Wagner

• 1920 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis

Sports History
1923 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1936 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6

Sports History
1939 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Detroit Tigers 22-2


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Sports History
1941 MLB player Ted Williams' lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1942 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4
• 1953 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02

Baseball Record
1954 Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1958 Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC

Sports History
1959 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1962 European Cup Final, Amsterdam: Eusébio scores twice as defending champions Benfica beat Real Madrid, 5-3; Puskás, hits all 3 for Madrid
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• 1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00

Sports History
1967 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Terry Sawchuk makes 40 saves as Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1 in Game 6 to take title, 4-2


NHL LegendTerry Sawchuk

• 1968 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
• 1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
• 1970 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4
• 1978 1978 NFL Draft: Earl Campbell from University of Texas first pick by Houston Oilers
• 1979 -May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ride, cycling 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 1981 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velásquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02
• 1984 MLB Cleveland Indians' infielder Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 innings)

Baseball Record
1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly's single breaks up Chicago White Sox pitcher Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid, at Comiskey Park


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly

• 1987 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
• 1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park

Sports History
1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an umpire


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
Sports History
1992 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03


JockeyPat Day

• 1998 124th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Real Quiet wins in 2:02.20

Sports History
1999 John Elway announces his retirement from the NFL


NFL QuarterbackJohn Elway

• 2009 135th Kentucky Derby: Calvin Borel wins aboard 50-1 long shot Mine That Bird

Sports History
2012 Barcelona football player Lionel Messi breaks the European goal-scoring record with 68 goals


Football StarLionel Messi

• 2015 141st Kentucky Derby: American Pharoah ridden by Victor Espinoza wins
• 2015 Toulon win the 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup final at Twickenham

Boxing Title Fight
2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Manny Pacquiao on points in 12 rounds in world welterweight unification fight, shatters all financial records for a boxing match


BoxerFloyd Mayweather, Jr.

BoxerManny Pacquiao

• 2016 Leicester City win the English Premier League title after starting the season at 5,000-1 odds
• 2016 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Mark Selby of England beats China's Ding Junhui, 18-14 for his second world crown

 

May 3

• 1900 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25
• 1902 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75

• 1903 AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo
• 1909 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
• 1910 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
• 1922 Mayor Hylan closes 2 streets for building of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC

Sports History
1936 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
Sports History
1941 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway, 1st leg of successful Triple Crown


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1947 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
• 1951 Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
• 1951 NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
• 1952 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins his record fifth Derby
• 1958 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05

Sports History
1961 Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1969 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
• 1970 24th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
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• 1975 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
• 1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
• 1977 1977 NFL Draft: Ricky Bell from USC first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• 1978 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
• 1978 WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game
• 1979 MLB Cleveland Indian Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)
• 1979 1979 NFL Draft: Tom Cousineau from Ohio State first pick by Buffalo Bills
• 1980 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02

Sports History
1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & NL
• 1983 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 0

Sports History
1986 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1986 Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR

Sports History
1986 NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game


Baseball 1st basemanDon Mattingly
Sports History
1991 Future Hockey HOF right wing Cam Neely injures knee on a cheap shot by Ulf Samuelsson in Wales Conference Finals; injury limits him to only 162 games for remainder of NHL career; retires at 31


NHL StarCam Neely
Baseball Record
1992 NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRs


MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray

• 1992 Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17
• 1995 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
• 1997 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3

Sports History
1997 Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue


Chess Grandmaster and Political ActivistGarry Kasparov

• 1999 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Stephen Hendry of Scotland defeats Welshman Mark Williams, 18-11 for a record 7th world crown
• 2000 The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
• 2003 129th Kentucky Derby: Jose Santos aboard Funny Cide wins in 2:01.19
• 2008 134th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Big Brown wins in 2:01.82
• 2014 140th Kentucky Derby: Victor Espinoza aboad California Chrome wins in 2:03.66
• 2015 Chelsea wins the 2014–15 English football Premier League
• 2018 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL's first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension

 

May 4

• 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings play their 1st official baseball game, a win against the Great Western Base Ball Club, 45-9
• 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double

• 1893 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
• 1897 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5
• 1898 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
• 1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
• 1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC, 35,000 watch the Phillies beat the NY Giants 4-3
• 1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games open at Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Paris, France

Baseball Record

1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1935 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05
• 1940 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05
• 1946 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6
• 1949 Plane carrying the entire Torino Serie A soccer squad crashes on the outskirts of Turin, Italy; 31 killed; Torino awarded League title at the request of their rivals
• 1957 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2
• 1963 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8
• 1963 Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game

Baseball Record
1965 Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1968 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3
• 1968 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins
• 1969 Stanley Cup Final, St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO: John Ferguson scores the winner as Montreal Canadiens edge St Louis Blues, 2-1 for a 4 game series sweep
• 1973 Longest baseball game in Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings

Sports History
1974 100th Kentucky Derby: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. wins aboard Cannonade for first of 3 Derby victories


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.

• 1975 Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
• 1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
• 1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
• 1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
• 1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
• 1982 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Quebec Nordiques, 4 games to 0
• 1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
• 1985 111th Kentucky Derby: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr.wins aboard Spend A Buck for his third Derby triumph
• 1989 Junior Felix of Toronto Blue Jays becomes 53rd MLB player to hit HR on 1st at bat
• 1990 Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns
• 1991 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley wins aboard Strike the Gold, the first of 2 Derby victories
• 1991 NY Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
• 1994 Arsenal of England win 34th European Cup Winner's Cup against Parma of Italy 1-0 in Copenhagen
• 1996 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey wins aboard Grindstone, his second Derby victory (1993 Sea Hero)

Baseball Record
2002 Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as an SF Giant, in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is first player with 400 homers for one team and 100 with another (Pirates)


MLB LegendBarry Bonds

• 2002 128th Kentucky Derby: Victor Espinoza aboard War Emblem wins in 2:01.13
• 2002 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (73,963): Arsenal beats Chelsea, 2-0 for 8th title

Sports History
2013 Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Robert Guerrero to retain his WBC Welterweight title


BoxerFloyd Mayweather, Jr.

• 2013 139th Kentucky Derby: Joel Rosario aboard Orb wins in 2:02.89

Sports History
2015 Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry is named MVP for the 2014-15 NBA season


Basketball SuperstarStephen Curry

• 2015 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Stuart Bingham beats fellow Englishman Shaun Murphy, 18-15 for his lone world title
• 2018 LA Angels 1st baseman Albert Pujols collects his 3,000th MLB hit in a 5-0 win v Mariners in Seattle

Sports History
2019 Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez unifies a trio of middleweight world titles in a close, unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV


BoxerCanelo Álvarez

• 2019 145th Kentucky Derby: stewards disqualify first-across-the-line Maximum Security for interference; longshot Country House declared winner; first DQ in race history for race infraction
• 2021 Following several positive Covid-19 cases across franchises the BCCI announces the indefinite postponement of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament

 

• May 5
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• 1863 Irish boxer Joe Coburn KOs American Mike McCoole in the 67th round in his first defence of Heavyweight C'ship of America in Charlestown, Maryland

Baseball Record
1904 Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in "modern" baseball as the Boston Americans beat Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 1908 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens aboard 66-1 chance Stone Street wins in muddy track conditions; 2:15.20 slowest Derby in history
• 1917 St Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Sportsman's Park III
• 1922 After sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants for 10 years construction begins on Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC

Sports History
1925 Detroit center fielder Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6 with 4 runs, 5 RBI and 16 TBs in Tigers' 14-8 win over the Browns at Sportsman's Park III, St. Louis


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak

Sports History
1930 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores an unbeaten 185 in a tour match for Australia v Leicestershire at Aylestone Road, Leicester


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1934 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04
• 1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
• 1949 Detroit Tigers second baseman Charlie Gehringer is elected in the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1951 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6
• 1956 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4
• 1956 Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude
• 1956 World championships of judo are 1st held in Tokyo
• 1962 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4
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• 1966 Borussia Dortmund of West Germany win 6th European Cup Winner's Cup against Liverpool of England 2-1 in Glasgow
• 1966 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Montreal Canadiens earn back-to-back titles; beat Detroit Red Wings, 3-2 in OT for a 4-2 series victory

Sports History
1966 Willie Mays hit his 512th HR


MLB LegendWillie Mays
Sports History
1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign #1 NBA Draft pick, star UCLA center Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

• 1969 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3

Sports History
1973 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4 - fastest Kentucky Derby ever


Thoroughbred Race HorseSecretariat
Baseball Record
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4
• 1981 16th and final MLB pre-season Mayor's Trophy Game prior to inter-league play; NY Mets beat NY Yankees, 4-1 to hold 8-7-1 edge
• 1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr.aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
• 1984 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2
• 1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East

Sports History
1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1990 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
• 1995 Last basketball game at Boston Garden; Celtics eliminated from playoffs by Orlando Magic, 95-92
• 2001 127th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Chavez aboard Monarchos wins in 1:59.97
• 2007 133rd Kentucky Derby: Calvin Borel aboard Street Sense wins in 2:02.17
• 2012 138th Kentucky Derby: Mario Gutierrez aboard Ill Have Another wins in 2:01.83
• 2012 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,102): Chelsea beats Liverpool, 2–1; Didier Drogba scores winner for Blues' 7th title

Sports History
2014 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Briton Mark Selby beats countryman Ronnie O'Sullivan 18-14, the first of 3 world titles


Snooker PlayerRonnie O'Sullivan

• 2018 144th Kentucky Derby: 52 year old Mike Smith wins his second Derby aboard Justify
• 2018 Former Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson suffers a brain haemorrhage and is hospitalised; recovers
• 2021 Baltimore Orioles pitcher John Means no-hits Seattle Mariners, 6-0 at T-Mobile Park, Seattle

 

May 6

• 1733 First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Figg's academy amphitheatre in Marylebone, London
• 1895 21st Kentucky Derby: James "Soup" Perkins aboard Halma wins last KD run over a distance of 1.5 miles (2.4km)

• 1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins first Derby held at the current distance of 1.25 miles (2.0km)
• 1903 Chicago White Sox commit 11 errors against Detroit Tigers but win 10-9 at South Side Park. Chicago
• 1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: In muddy conditions and against a reduced field Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in a slow 2:12.6

Baseball Event

1915 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth hits his first MLB home run; pitches 12 frames in Boston Red Sox 4-3 extra innings loss to New York Yankees


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1917 St Louis Browns pitcher Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
• 1921 Teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League merge to form the American Soccer League (ASL); collapses 1933

Sports History
1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1933 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
• 1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters
• 1939 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
• 1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
• 1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
• 1951 Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
• 1953 MLB St. Louis Browns Alva "Bobo" Holloman, in his first start game as starting pitcher, no-hits visiting Philadelphia A's, 6-0

Sports History
1954 English athlete Roger Bannister becomes first to run a sub-4 minute mile, recording 3:59:4 at Iffley Road Track, Oxford


Middle-Distance RunnerRoger Bannister

• 1961 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
• 1967 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
• 1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
• 1970 European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Feyenoord beats Celtic, 2-1; first time title won by a Dutch club
• 1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
• 1974 A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
• 1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed - first and only Derby victory and 1st-leg of Triple Crown
• 1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
• 1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
• 1982 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1

Sports History
1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle


MLB LegendCal Ripken Jr
Sports History
1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH


Racing Car DriverMario Andretti

• 1988 Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
• 1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
• 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
• 1991 Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
• 1992 NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
• 1992 Werder Bremen of Germany win 32nd European Cup winner's Cup against AS Monaco of France 2-0 in Lisbon

Boxing Title Fight
1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionLennox Lewis

• 1995 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
• 1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
• 1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
• 1997 Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics

Baseball Record
1998 Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.


MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens

• 2000 126th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Fusaichi Pegasus wins in 2:01.12
• 2006 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in 2:01.36
• 2017 143rd Kentucky Derby: Always Dreaming ridden by John Velasquez wins
• 2019 Pablo Sandoval becomes second MLB player since 1900 to throw a scoreless outing, hit a home run and steal a base in the same game in SF Giants' 12-4 loss in Cincinnati; joins Christy Mathewson 1905
• 2019 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Judd Trump wins his first world crown beating John Higgins of Scotland, 18-9

 

May 7

• 1910 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6

Sports History

1917 In a testament to his pitching ability, future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth leads Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 victory against Washington Senators legend Walter Johnson


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1921 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2
• 1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2
• 1922 NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
• 1925 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row
• 1925 MBA Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
• 1932 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2

Sports History
1938 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin scores first of record 5 Derby wins


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro
Sports History
1945 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey

• 1949 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
• 1951 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics

Sports History
1955 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1957 Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald

Sports History
1959 "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd at 93,103 at the LA Coliseum see Yankees beat Dodgers 6-2 in exhibition game


MLB CatcherRoy Campanella

• 1960 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4
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• 1960 Dodgers Larry & Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery
• 1960 LA Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th HR wins the game for brother Larry
• 1960 Michael Tal beats Mikhail Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship
• 1966 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02
• 1966 NY Yankees fire manager Johnny Keane
• 1969 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
• 1972 26th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 1
• 1977 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
• 1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
• 1982 Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
• 1983 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye wins aboard Sunny's Halo for consecutive Derby victories (1982 Gato Del Sol)
• 1983 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
• 1986 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
• 1986 30th European Cup: Steaua Bucuresti beats Barcelona (0-0, 2-0 on penalties) at Seville
• 1988 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2
• 1991 Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs

Sports History
1992 Champion Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. retires after winning 7,057 thoroughbred horse races


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.

• 1994 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6
• 1994 Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle)
• 2003 Arsenal thrash Southampton, 6-1 at Highbury to start Gunners' amazing English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak; ends 24 October, 2004 with 2-0 defeat at Manchester United
• 2005 131st Kentucky Derby: Mike Smith aboard Giacomo wins in 2:02.75
• 2011 137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04
• 2016 142nd Kentucky Derby: Nyquist ridden by Mario Gutierrez wins in 2:01.31
• 2018 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Welshman Mark Williams beats John Higgins of Scotland, 18-16; as promised, does his press conference in the nude
• 2021 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Wade Miley no-hits Cleveland Indians, 3-0 at Progressive Field, Cleveland

 

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• 1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
• 1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire

• 1897 22nd Preakness: T. Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼
• 1906 Philadelphia A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
• 1907 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0

Boxing Title Fight
1907 Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien on points in 20 rounds in Los Angeles, California


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionTommy Burns

• 1909 American Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) in NYC
• 1909 British runner Henry Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31) in the Polytechnic Marathon in London
• 1915 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
• 1919 Appingedam soccer team forms
• 1920 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins by a head from Upset in 2:09
• 1923 England Test opening batsman Jack Hobbs scores his 100th 1st-class cricket 100 with 116 not out for Surry v Somerset at Bath
• 1925 50th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
• 1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Sox baseball team

Sports History
1929 NY Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0 at the Polo Grounds, NYC


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell

• 1935 Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
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• 1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife faints when he returned to track
• 1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
• 1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
• 1943 68th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
• 1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game

Sports History
1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

• 1954 1st shot-put throw over 60' (18.29 m) by American Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, California

Sports History
1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1970 24th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers 113 to 91 at Madison Square Garden, NYC; winning final series 4 games to 3
• 1970 NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99

Sports History
1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs managerr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, technically becoming baseball's 1st African American manager


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1974 FC Magdenburg of East Germany win 14th European Cup Winner's Cup against AC Milan of Italy 2-0 in Rotterdam
• 1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game

Sports History
1984 Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles


MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett

• 1984 The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics

Sports History
1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in New York City


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1988 Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils

Sports History
1989 Paul McCartney releases remake of "Ferry Cross the Mersey" in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool football fans


Musician and BeatlePaul McCartney
Boxing Title Fight
1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionLennox Lewis

• 1994 Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game

Sports History
1996 NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3


Baseball PitcherDwight Gooden

• 1996 Paris Saint-Germain of France win 36th European Cup Winner's Cup against Rapid Wien of Austria 1-0 in Brussels
• 2010 Last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process
• 2011 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: Tom Lehman wins second of 3 Champions Tour majors with par on 2nd playoff hole against Australian Peter Senior
• 2013 Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United's manager at the end of the season
• 2014 NFL Draft: South Carolina outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney first pick by Houston Texans
• 2018 Seattle Mariners MLB left-hander James Paxton hurls a no-hitter in a 5-0 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto
• 2020 11-year old Brazilian skateboarder Gui Khury creates world record by performing 1st 1080 degree turn on a vertical ramp

 

• May 9
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• 1889 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34.50
• 1901 Cleveland's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2

• 1914 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
• 1927 52nd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6

Sports History

1930 55th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6


JockeyEarl Sande

• 1931 56th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59
• 1932 57th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8
• 1937 Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
• 1942 67th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
• 1944 Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
• 1945 New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
• 1958 Russian Mikhail Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship

Sports History
1959 Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg

• 1961 Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins
• 1971 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)

Baseball Record
1973 For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game


MLB CatcherJohnny Bench

• 1975 Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
• 1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in 25 innings (started 5/8)
• 1986 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 1

Baseball Record
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games


MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray

• 1989 NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
• 1989 NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
• 1990 Sampdoria of Italy win 30th European Cup Winner's Cup against Anderlecht of Belgium 2-0 in Gothenburg
• 1990 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 0
• 1995 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
• 1997 San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
• 2001 Accra Sports Stadium Disaster: 129 Ghanaian football fans die in a stampede caused by the firing of teargas by police following a decision by the referee in a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko
• 2010 Oakland A's Dallas Braden becomes 19th pitcher to throw a perfect game (4-0 vs Tampa Bay)
• 2010 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: South African Tim Clark fires a final round 67 for his first PGA Tour victory, 1 stroke ahead of Robert Allenby of Australia
• 2013 Everton Manager David Moyes is announced as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United (he only lasts 10 months)
• 2018 Manchester City smashes EPL records in 3-1 win over Brighton - most goals (105), most points (97) and most wins (31)
• 2019 English clubs create football history by taking all 4 final spots in Europe's 2 major competitions; Chelsea & Arsenal qualify in Europa Cup after 'miracle' Champions League wins for Liverpool & Spurs

 

May 10

• 1870 Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
• 1889 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5

• 1893 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
• 1902 Dutch soccer club FC Blauw-Wit (Blue-White) is formed in the Kinkerbuurt area of Amsterdam; merge with VV De Beursbengels in 2015
• 1905 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
• 1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
• 1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
• 1913 Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
• 1919 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8 on way to first Triple Crown
• 1926 51st Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8
• 1929 54th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6

British Golf Open

1929 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Walter Hagen wins 4th Open title, by 6 strokes from fellow American Johnny Farrell


GolferWalter Hagen

• 1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey

Sports History
1941 66th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Whirlaway, 2nd leg of successful Triple Crown


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
• 1947 72nd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59
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• 1967 Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar

Sports History
1967 Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Phillies' Jim Bunning, in Philadelphia)


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning

• 1970 Atlanta Braves' Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5

Sports History
1970 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Bobby Orr scores famous OT winner as Boston beats St. Louis Blues, 4-3 for 4-0 series sweep; Bruins its first title since 1941


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1973 27th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
• 1973 Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Yvan Cournoyer has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 6-4 to take title, 4 games to 2
• 1974 7th ABA championship: NY Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
• 1978 22nd European Cup: Liverpool beats Club Brugge 1-0 at London
• 1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
• 1981 Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0
• 1989 FC Barcelona of Spain win 29th European Cup Winner's Cup against Sampdoria of Italy 1-0 in Bern
• 1989 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 1

Sports History
1991 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving singer Madonna's apartment


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1991 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Minnesota North Stars beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 1

Hall of Fame
1993 Bill Walton is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame


NBA Center and Television SportscasterBill Walton

• 1995 Real Zaragoza of Spain win 35th European Cup Winner's Cup against Arsenal of England 2-1 in Paris
• 1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)
• 2002 Anaheim Angels crush the Chicago White Sox 19-0. The Angels join the 1923 Indians, 1939 Yankees and 1950 Red Sox as the only teams to beat two opponents by 19 or more runs in the same season

Laureus Awards
2004 Laureus World Sports Awards, Cultural Centre of Belém, Lisbon, Portugal: Sportsman: Michael Schumacher; Sportswoman: Annika Sörenstam; Team: England Men's National Rugby Union team


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

GolferAnnika Sörenstam

• 2009 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Henrik Stenson of Sweden shoots a bogey-free final round 66 to win by 4 strokes from Englishman Ian Poulter

Sports History
2013 Joe Sakic is hired by his former team, the Colorado Avalanche, as Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations


NHL LegendJoe Sakic

• 2015 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rickie Fowler wins beating Kevin Kisner and Sergio García by 1 stroke in a playoff

Sports History
2018 Rafael Nadal breaks John McEnroe's record for successive set wins on a single surface (49 on carpet) with 6-3, 6-4 win over Diego Schwartzman at the Madrid Open (clay)


Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal

Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe

 

May 11

• 1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.25
• 1888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49

• 1892 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41½

World Record

1893 Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour


Cyclist and Founder of the Tour-de-FranceHenri Desgrange

• 1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers

Boxing Title Fight
1900 James J. Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJames J. Jeffries

• 1912 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4
• 1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8
• 1919 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0

Sports History
1919 Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame ace Walter Johnson pitches 12 scoreless innings in a famous 0-0 duel with Jack Quinn of the NY Yankees at the Polo Grounds


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1923 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
• 1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
• 1928 53rd Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2

British Golf Open
1928 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Walter Hagen wins 3rd of his 4 Open Championship titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow American Gene Sarazen


GolferWalter Hagen

• 1935 60th Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
• 1940 65th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6
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• 1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
• 1946 71st Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4

Sports History
1959 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra
Sports History
1963 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his second career no-hitter; beats Juan Marichal and the SF Giants, 8-0


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
• 1966 European Cup Final, Heysel Stadium, Brussels: Fernando Serena scores the winner as Real Madrid beats Partizan Belgrade, 2-1; Madrid's 6th title
• 1968 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Defenceman J. C. Tremblay fires home the winner as Montreal Canadiens edge St Louis Blues, 3-2 for a 4-0 series sweep
• 1971 Cleveland's pitcher Steve Dunning hits a grand slam off Oakland Athletics pitcher Diego Seguí

Sports History
1972 Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1972 Stanley Cup Final, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Wayne Cashman scores twice as Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers, 3-0 to take title, 4-2

Sports History
1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game


Founder of CNNTed Turner
Baseball Record
1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1983 Aberdeen of Scotland win 23rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Real Madrid of Spain 2-1 in Gothenburg
• 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
• 1985 56 die and at least 265 are injured at Bradford City football ground in the worst fire in English football history
• 1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
• 1988 KV Mechelen of Belgium win 28th European Cup Winner's Cup against Ajax of Netherlands 1-0 in Strasbourg
• 1988 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
• 1989 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2

Sports History
1990 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDave Winfield

• 1991 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
• 1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
• 1997 NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

Sports History
1997 Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 in chess


Chess Grandmaster and Political ActivistGarry Kasparov

• 2008 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Sergio García of Spain claims the biggest win of his career to date in a sudden-death playoff over American Paul Goydos

Sports History
2013 Bayern Munich set a new Bundesliga points record of 91


Football StarThomas Müller

• 2013 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (86,254): Wigan Athletic upsets Manchester City, 1-0; Ben Watson scores 90+1' winner
• 2014 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: German Martin Kaymer leads after each round to win by 1 stroke ahead of Jim Furyk; first 8-figure purse in golf with winner's share $1.8 million

 

May 12

• 1890 First official County Cricket Championship match begins; Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by 8 wickets at Bristol; James Cranston scores first century (101) in the competition
• 1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8

• 1910 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Charles "Chief" Bender no-hits Cleveland Naps, 4-0
• 1913 English runner Harry Green runs world record marathon 2:38:16.2 in the Polytechnic Marathon in London, England
• 1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
• 1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
• 1919 New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day
• 1923 48th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
• 1924 49th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
• 1934 59th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
• 1937 St Louis Cards beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3

• 1955 Chicago Cub Sam "Toothpick" Jones is 1st African-American to pitch a no-hitter, winning 4-0 over Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0
• 1961 Russian Mikhail Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
• 1966 St Louis' Busch Memorial Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 innings

Baseball Record
1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
• 1973 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Ky Colonels, 4 games to 3
• 1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3
• 1976 20th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Saint-Etienne 1-0 at Glasgow

Sports History
1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end


Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1980 West Ham United wins the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium; midfield playmaker Trevor Brooking scores winner with a rare header
• 1981 NY Islanders tie their own record with two shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs Minnesota North Stars
• 1982 FC Barcelona of Spain win 22nd European Cup Winner's Cup against Standard Liège of Belgium 2-1 in Barcelona
• 1990 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
• 1993 Parma of Italy win 33rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Royal Antwerp of Belgium 3-1 in London

NHL Record
1995 Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4


NHL GoalieMartin Brodeur
LPGA Championship
1996 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: England's Laura Davies wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Julie Piers


LPGA GolferLaura Davies

• 1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
• 1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
• 2001 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (72,500): Liverpool beats Arsenal, 2-1 with Michael Owen scoring twice for the Reds

PGA Players Championship
2013 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tiger Woods wins his second PC, 2 strokes ahead of David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman


GolferTiger Woods

• 2019 IPL Cricket Final, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 1 run; Jasprit Bumrah 2/14 (4); Indians' 4th title
• 2019 Manchester City beats Brighton, 4-1 to claim back-to-back English Premier League titles with 98 points, 1 ahead of runners-up, Liverpool

 

May 13

• 1887 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39.25
• 1890 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75

• 1891 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52.25

Sports History
1905 World heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries retires undefeated after 7 title defences; returns in 1910 to be beaten by Jack Johnson


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJames J. Jeffries

• 1909 First Giro d'Italia takes place in Milan - Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna is the winner
• 1911 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
• 1916 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
• 1922 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
• 1922 47th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
• 1927 VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
• 1933 58th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
• 1939 64th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
• 1942 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
• 1942 Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 HRs in a game
• 1944 69th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
• 1950 First ever race of the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship is run at Silverstone, England and won by Giuseppe Farina of italy in an Alfa Romeo
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• 1952 Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27 in 9-innings, as he no-hits Welch Minors; 4 Minors do reach base

Baseball Record
1953 NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 HRs & a triple


MLB LegendWillie Mays
Baseball Record
1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
Baseball Record
1958 MLB player Stan Musial is 8th to get 3,000 hits


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1960 Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game

Sports History
1962 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Montgomery CC: Mickey Wright wins on the 4th hole of a sudden-death playoff with Mary Lena Faulk


LPGA GolferMickey Wright

• 1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
• 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)

Sports History
1973 Bobby Riggs beats Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California


Tennis Player and Three-Time Major ChampionBobby Riggs

Tennis LegendMargaret Smith Court

• 1976 9th & final ABA championship: NY Nets beat Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2
• 1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
• 1981 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st European Cup Winner's Cup against Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2-1 in Düsseldorf
• 1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)

Sports History
1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson
Sports History
1984 Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff''s last competitive match


Soccer Player and CoachJohan Cruyff

• 1985 Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
• 1987 Ajax of the Netherlands win 27th European Cup Winner's Cup against Lokomotive Leipzig 1-0 of East Germany in Athens
• 1987 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1

Sports History
1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game


MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett

• 1989 Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

Sports History
1991 Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco
Sports History
1993 KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett

• 1994 MLB Cleveland Indians begin a 18 home game win streak at newly opened Jacobs Field
• 1995 Team New Zealand beats Team Dennis Conner 5-0 to win the America's Cup for the first time

TV Show Appearance
1996 O.J. Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson
Sports History
1997 Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games


MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray

• 1998 Chelsea of England win 38th European Cup Winner's Cup against Stuttgart of Germany 1-0 in Stockholm
• 2006 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (71,140): Liverpool beats West Ham United, 3-1 on penalties after 3–3 (a.e.t.); Reds 7th title
• 2007 At 16 years, 65 days Matthew Briggs debuts for Fulham in a 3-1 defeat at Middlesbrough; youngest player to appear in an English Premier League match

PGA Players Championship
2007 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: American Phil Mickelson wins by 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García of Spain; event played in May for the first time


GolferPhil Mickelson

• 2012 Manchester City win the English Premier League for the first time
• 2012 Manchester City beats QPR 3-2 at City of Manchester Stadium to win English Premier League title on goal difference from Manchester United; Citizens recover from 2–1 down with 2 stoppage-time goals; first EPL title decided on goal difference
• 2012 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Matt Kuchar wins by 2 strokes ahead of Ricky Fowler, Zach Johnson, Martin Laird and Ben Curtis
• 2018 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: American Webb Simpson wins by 4 strokes from Xander Schauffele, Charl Schwartzel and Jimmy Walker
• 2018 Arsène Wenger guides Arsenal to a 1-0 win at Huddersfield in his final game as Gunners manager after 22 years in charge
• 2018 Manchester City ends the EPL season with a 1-0 win at Southampton having smashed 11 Premier League records including biggest title winning margin (19 points) and most points (100)
• 2018 Liverpool's Egyptian soccer forward Mohamed Salah scores in a 4-0 win against Brighton to set the EPL goal scoring record (32) for a 38-game season
• 2019 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G &CC: Steve Stricker wins his first career major title by 6 strokes ahead of Billy Andrade, Paul Goydos & David Toms

 

• 1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25
• 1886 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.50

• 1888 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00
• 1890 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45
• 1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising

Baseball Record

1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends MLB record scoreless streak at 56 innings


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington, D.C.
• 1919 44th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 on way to first Triple Crown
• 1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
• 1920 Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
• 1927 53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06
• 1935 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939.
• 1938 63rd Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8
• 1938 England soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3

Sports History
1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof


MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

• 1949 74th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56

Sports History
1961 Stirling Moss wins the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix


Auto RacerStirling Moss
Sports History
1967 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Baltimore Oriole's Stu Miller


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
Baseball Record
1972 In Willie Mays' 1st game as New York Met, his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 (his former team of over 20 years), at Shea Stadium, New York


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1975 Dynamo Kyiv of the Soviet Union win 15th European Cup Winner's Cup over Ferencvár osi TC of Hungary 3-0
• 1977 KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0

Sports History
1977 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Jacques Lemaire scores twice as Montreal Canadiens edge Boston Bruins, 2-1 in OT for a 4 game sweep and back-to-back titles


Ice Hockey Coach and CommentatorDon Cherry

• 1980 Valencia of Spain wins 20th European Cup Winner's Cup against Arsenal of England 5-4 on penalties in Brussels
• 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
• 1981 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2
• 1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5)

Sports History
1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1986 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 3
• 1987 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2
• 1988 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he & St Louis Cards lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn
• 1988 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils, 4 games to 3
• 1989 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)

Sports History
1989 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)


MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett
Sports History
1990 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherFernando Valenzuela
Sports History
1994 Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDave Winfield

• 1994 FA Cup Final: Manchester United defeat Chelsea 4-0 at Wembley Stadium, London

LPGA Championship
1995 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Kelly Robbins wins her only major title by 1 stroke from defending champion Laura Davies of England


LPGA GolferKelly Robbins

LPGA GolferLaura Davies
Baseball Record
1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)


MLB 1st BasemanEddie Murray

• 1995 At 43 years, 162 days Manchester City goalkeeper John Burridge becomes the oldest player to appear in an EPL match, a 3-2 home defeat to Queens Park Rangers

Sports History
1996 New York Yankees' controversial pitcher Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners, 2-0 at Yankee Stadium


Baseball PitcherDwight Gooden
Sports History
1997 Baseball's Executive Council suspends NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for his suing other team owners


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

• 1997 FC Barcelona of Spain win 37th European Cup Winner's Cup against Paris Saint-Germain of France 1-0 in Rotterdam

Laureus Awards
2002 Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Michael Schumacher; Sportswoman: Jennifer Capriati; Team: Australian Men's National Cricket team


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

• 2011 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (88,643): Manchester City beats Stoke City, 1-0; Yaya Touré scores 74' winner; Citizens' 5th title

Sports History
2016 Gabriel Medina becomes the first surfer ever to land the move "Backflip" in competition


SurferGabriel Medina

• 2017 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 21 year old South Korean Kim Si-woo shoots final round 69 to win by 3 strokes ahead of Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter
• 2018 US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states
• 2018 Arsenal finish EPL season in 6th place on 63 points; fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997

 

May 15

• 1862 First baseball enclosure opens at Union Grounds, Brooklyn
• 1876 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25

• 1894 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41
• 1906 NY Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning
• 1912 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6

Sports History
1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1918 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6

Sports History
1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1919 Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
• 1920 Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk
• 1926 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8
• 1935 MLB Pittsburgh Pirates squeak past Phillies 20-5 at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl
• 1937 62nd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4

Sports History
1938 Buck O'Neil makes his debut playing for the Negro league baseball team Kansas City Monarchs at Ruppert Stadium, Kansas City


Baseball Player and CoachBuck O'Neil
Baseball Record
1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1944 Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0

Sports History
1948 73rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Citation, 2nd leg of successful Triple Crown


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners

Boxing Title Fight
1953 In his first world heavyweight title defence, Rocky Marciano KOs former champion Jersey Joe Walcott in the 1st round at Chicago Stadium


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe

• 1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest
• 1963 Tottenham Hotspur of England win 3rd European Cup winner's Cup against Atlético Madrid of Spain 5-1 at Rotterdam
• 1964 Sporting Portugal win 4th European Cup Winner's Cup against MTK Budapest of Hungry 1-0 at Antwerp (replay)
• 1965 90th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
• 1965 Canadian Football Players Association organizes
• 1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset
• 1970 International Olympic Committee votes to expel South Africa
• 1971 96th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54

Sports History
1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1976 101st Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
• 1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs

Sports History
1981 "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs


ActressDawn Wells

• 1982 107th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
• 1985 Everton of England wins 25th European Cup Winner's Cup against Rapid Wien of Austria 3-1 in Rotterdam
• 1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
• 1989 Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams & replace him with Cito Gaston
• 1989 US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
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• 1990 Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
• 1991 Manchester United of England win 31th European Cup Winner's Cup against FC Barcelona 2-1 in Rotterdam

Sports History
1991 US President George H. W. Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game


41st US PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush

• 1991 Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
• 1993 118th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6

LPGA Championship
1994 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Laura Davies of England wins her second major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Alice Ritzman


LPGA GolferLaura Davies

• 1999 124th Preakness: Chris Antley wins aboard Charismatic for the second leg of an unsuccessful Triple Crown campaign
• 1999 Columbus Crew Stadium (now Historic Crew Stadium), the 1st Major League Soccer stadium constructed in the United States
• 2002 10th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 at Glasgow
• 2004 129th Preakness: Stewart Elliott aboard Smarty Jones wins in 1:55.59

Laureus Awards
2005 Laureus World Sports Awards, Casino Estoril, Portugal: Sportsman: Roger Federer; Sportswoman: Kelly Holmes; Team: Greece Men's National Football team


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

• 2010 Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world
• 2010 135th Preakness: Martin Garcia aboard Lookin At Lucky wins in 1:55.47
• 2010 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (88,335): Chelsea beats Portsmouth,1-0; Didier Drogba scores 59' winner; Blues' 6th title
• 2011 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: K. J. Choi of South Korea defeats David Toms on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win $1.71 million winner's cheque
• 2016 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: World #1 and reigning PGA Champion Jason Day of Australia leads wire-to-wire to win by 4 strokes ahead of Kevin Chappell

 

May 16

• 1882 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00
• 1884 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25

• 1894 Fire in Boston destroys the South End Grounds baseball stadium and 200 other buildings
• 1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
• 1914 Ewing Field baseball park opens near Masonic Street, San Francisco. Relocated a year later.
• 1916 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8
• 1921 46th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2

Sports History

1925 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6


JockeyEarl Sande

• 1927 NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home
• 1930 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2
• 1931 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8
• 1932 Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston
• 1936 61st Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59

Sports History
1938 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1941 1st US radio performance of Robert Russell Bennett''s "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"
• 1948 First chess world championship since WWII; Russian player Mikhail Botvinnik wins a 5-player tournament to begin 20-year Russian domination
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• 1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row

Sports History
1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1955 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown

Boxing Title Fight
1955 Rocky Marciano beats Don Cockell by TKO in the 9th round at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco to retain his world heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

• 1956 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey v Australia in tour match at The Oval, London

Sports History
1957 Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1959 84th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57
• 1964 89th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8

Sports History
1965 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 & homers


Baseball PlayerJim Palmer

• 1970 95th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2
• 1973 AC Milan of Italy win 13th European Cup Winner's Cup against Leeds of England 1-0 in Saloniki

Boxing Title Fight
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
Sports History
1976 Stanley Cup Final, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA: Guy Lafleur and Pete Mahovlich each have a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3 for a 4 games series sweep


NHL LegendGuy Lafleur

• 1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1979 FC Barcelona of Spain wins 19th European Cup Winner's Cup against Fortuna Düsseldorf of West Germany 4-3 in Basel
• 1979 NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M
• 1980 34th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
• 1981 106th Preakness: Jorge Velásquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6
• 1981 Houston shortstop Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples as Astros beat Chicago Cubs, 6-1
• 1982 Stanley Cup Final, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC: 3-peat for NY Islanders; sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games with a 3-1 Game 4 win
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• 1984 Juventus of Italy win 24th European Cup Winner's Cup against Porto of Portugal 2-1 in Basel

Sports History
1984 MLB Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer off Fernando Valenzuela, in 7-2 win against Dodgers, in Los Angeles


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherFernando Valenzuela

• 1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game

Sports History
1985 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1985 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Quebec Nordiques, 4 games to 2
• 1985 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 2
• 1987 112th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8
• 1992 117th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6
• 1992 America's Cup: America Team USA defeats Il Moro di Venezia 4-1 to win in San Diego
• 1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana

Baseball Record
1996 Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning


MLB OutfielderSammy Sosa

• 1997 Atlanta Braves beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings
• 1997 MLB Montreal Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13
• 1997 MLB St Louis Cardinal Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hit
• 1998 123rd Preakness: Kent Desormeaux aboard Real Quiet wins in 1:54.80
• 2003 NHL Western Conference Final: Anaheim Ducks beat Minnesota Wild, 4 games to 0
• 2009 134th Preakness: Calvin Borel aboard Rachel Alexandra wins in 1:55.08
• 2010 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados: Elise Perry with 3 for 18 off 4 overs leads Australia (106/8) to 3 run victory over New Zealand 103/6
• 2014 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. & Manchester City F.C. are each fined €60 million for breaching Fair Play Regulations
• 2015 140th Preakness: Victor Espinoza aboard American Pharoah wins in 1:58.46
• 2019 Brooks Koepka fires tournament record equalling, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, NY