Sports History
1925 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
Cricket History
1930 Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley completes twin tons (114 & 112) in 3rd Test win against England at Georgetown, British Guiana
- 1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
- 1933 New York industrialist Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox for $1.25 million
- 1940 1st televised hockey game in US - New York Rangers defeat visiting Montreal Canadians 6-2 at Maison Square Garden; W2XBS broadcasts to up to 300 receivers in NYC
- 1941 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)
- 1952 VI Winter Olympic Games close at Oslo, Norway
- 1957 US Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
- 1961 Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home college basketball win streak
- 1962 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon
Sports History
1962 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 67 points against NY Knicks at Philadelphia Civic Center for the second successive year; Warriors lose 149-135
Boxing Title Fight
1964 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] wins his first world heavyweight boxing title when Sonny Liston fails to come out for round 7 at the Convention Center, Miami Beach
Daytona 500
1968 10th Daytona 500: Cale Yarborough driving for Wood Brothers Racing wins by less than a second from LeeRoy Yarbrough; grid set exclusively by qualifying times
- 1969 Pension plan for baseball is agreed to
Baseball Trade
1972 Lopsided MLB trade - St. Louis Cardinals trade pitcher Steve Carlton to Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Rick Wise; both players were involved in salary disputes with their teams
NBA Record
1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 points in a game
Cricket History
1978 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham scores first Test century, 103 v New Zealand in Christchurch
- 1981 Exec Board of Baseball Players' Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
- 1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 mins)
- 1981 NY Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames
- 1989 Javed Miandad scores 271 v NZ at Eden Park
Boxing Title Fight
1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
1991 Businessman Bruce McNall, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts
- 1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
Baseball Hall of Fame
1994 New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1995 British super middleweight Nigel Benn puts opponent Gerard McClellan in hospital
- 2018 2-man bobsled champions Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis of Germany win their 2nd gold medals of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as part of the German 4-man team
- 2018 Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen wins gold in women's 30k at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; brings her total Games medal haul to 15, most won by any athlete in Winter Games history
- 2018 Russian national team, competing under the name of Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR), wins Olympic ice hockey gold medal in Pyeongchang; beat Germany, 4-3 in overtime in the final
- 2018 Winter Olympics: Marit Bjoergen (Norway) becomes the most successful winter athlete of all time (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country
- 2018 XXIII Winter Olympic Games close in Pyeongchang, Korea; Norway wins a record 39 medals, 14 gold
Sports History
2019 Caitlin Clark sets the Class 5A state tournament single-game scoring record with 42 points in a game for Dowling Catholic High School against Waukee High School
- 2019 James Harden's scoring streak of games with at least 30 points ends at 32 as he scores 28 in the Rockets' 119-111 win over Atlanta in Houston; 2nd longest mark in NBA history
Sports History
2021 Thierry Henry steps down as head coach of CF Montreal
EFL Cup final
2024 Lewis Koumas is an unused substitute in the 2024 EFL Cup final where Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time
