Police Halt Boxing Match
1860 Champion of England Tom Sayers and American John Heenan fight out brutal 2 hour, 27 minute draw near Farnborough, England; police stop fight acknowledged as first world title bout
15th Boston Marathon
1911 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in race record 2:21:39.6; first of 7 race victories
- 1916 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth in 2:27:16.4
- 1922 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in race record 2:18:10; his 2nd race victory; first of 3 consecutive wins
- 1923 Longest NL opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
- 1933 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson in 2:31:01.6
- 1933 Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21
- 1934 Fenway Park in Boston re-opens after a major renovation including a hand-operated electronic scoreboard, though it didn't help the Red Sox who lost to the Washington Senators 6-5
- 1939 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown in 2:28:51.8; his second victory in the event
- 1944 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4; second straight victory; 3rd of 4 titles
Robinson's 1st MLB Hit
1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
- 1950 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of South Korea in 2:32:39
Sports History
1951 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
- 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium
Baseball Trade
1960 MLB Cleveland Indians trade reigning home run champion Rocky Colavito to Detroit Tigers for reigning AL batting champion Harvey Kuenn; fans are unhappy
- 1961 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39; his 2nd event title
- 1964 1st game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3
- 1966 100th international soccer match between Netherlands and Belgium (3-1)
- 1967 71st Boston Marathon: Dave McKenzie of New Zealand wins in 2:15:45; American Bobbi Gibb 1st woman for 2nd straight year in 3:27:17 (unsanctioned)
Sports History
1967 Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti beats American Emile Griffith in a 15 round points decision to win world middleweight crown at Madison Square Garden; start of famous trilogy of fights between the pair
- 1968 A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles
- 1969 Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
- 1972 76th Boston Marathon: Olavi Suomalainen of Finland wins men's race in 2:15:39; American Nina Kuscsik takes inaugural women's title in 3:10:26; first year women's race officially sanctioned
- 1972 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
Sports History
1976 Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley wins her second WTA Tour Championship at the Los Angeles Sports Arena; beats Chris Evert 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Baseball Record
1976 NL greatest comeback: trailing 12-1, Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs, 18-16 in 10 innings at Wrigley Field; Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
Boston Marathon
1978 82nd Boston Marathon: US double; Bill Rodgers wins his 2nd men's title in 2:10:13; Gayle Barron women's champion in 2:44:52
Baseball Record
1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
- 1983 NY Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs NY Rangers
- 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
Sports History
1987 Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA (and ABA) player to score 30,000 points
- 1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
Boston Marathon
1989 93rd Boston Marathon: Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia takes men's race in 2:09:06; Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway wins her 2nd women's title in 2:24:33
Senior PGA Championship
1994 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Lee Trevino beats Jim Colbert by 1 stroke for his second title in the event
Boston Marathon
1995 99th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya claims 3rd straight title in 2:09:22; Uta Pippig of Germany wins 2nd consecutive women's event in 2:25:11
Sports History
1997 NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
Boston Marathon
2006 110th Boston Marathon: Kenyan double; Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot wins 2nd men's title in 2:07:14; Rita Jeptoo takes women's title in 2:23:38
- 2015 James Anderson becomes the highest wicket-taking bowler in England's test cricket history
- 2017 121st Boston Marathon: Kenyan double; Geoffrey Kirui takes men's title in 2:09:37; Edna Kiplagat women's champion in 2:21:52
- 2021 San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau ties Gordie Howe's NHL record for most regular season games played at 1,767