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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 53 of 53

1868 - 2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02
1871 - 5th Belmont: W Miller aboard Harry Basset wins in 2:56
1876 - 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40.5
1890 - 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes aboard Burlington wins in 2:07.75
1891 - 25th Belmont: Ed Garrison aboard Foxford wins in 2:08.75
1893 - 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53.25
1916 - 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
1921 - Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)
1922 - 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8
1926 - Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle
1930 - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms
1932 - 67th British Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 283 at Prince's England
1933 - 37th US Golf Open: Johnny Goodman shoots a 287 at North Shore Ill
1933 - 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6
1934 - Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome
1944 - Joe Nuxhall at 15 becomes youngest ML baseball player
1944 - Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cin Reds is youngest player in major league
1950 - 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA
1950 - 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 1952 - Chic White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
1956 - 16th modern Olympiad Equestrian events open in Stockholm
1956 - Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1957 - 3rd LPGA Championship won by Louise Suggs
1962 - A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½"
1962 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament
1972 - 104th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:28
1972 - Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges & moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
1973 - 19th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills
1974 - Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
1978 - 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:26.8
1979 - 25th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1979 - 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)
1979 - Balt Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleve)
Baseball Player Hank Aaron 1981 - Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
1984 - 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
1984 - 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75)
1984 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic
1984 - Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
1986 - A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
1988 - Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)
1989 - 121st Belmont: Pat Day aboard Easy Goer wins in 2:26
1989 - 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title
1990 - 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64)
1990 - 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
1990 - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
1990 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1994 - Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic
1995 - 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32
Tennis Player Steffi Graf 1995 - 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60)
1995 - Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer
1996 - Stanley Cup: Colo Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games
1997 - Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits SF Giants 9-0

Birthdays in Sport

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1910 - Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1911 - C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's)
1921 - Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)
1927 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002)
1931 - Jim [Purvis] Ferree Jr, Pine Bluff NC, PGA golfer (1958 Vancouver)
1939 - Guy Harwood, horse trainer
1947 - Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles)
1951 - Burglinde Pollak, German DR, pentathlete (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1951 - Dan Fouts, NFL QB (San Diego Chargers)
1951 - Vicky Latta, Auckland NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
1962 - Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1962 - Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander)
1962 - Floris Jansen, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
1964 - Pete Jordan, Elmhurst IL, Nike golfer (1992 Fresno Open-2nd)
1965 - Claudio Mezzadri, Switzerland, tennis star
1966 - David Platt, English footballer
1968 - Kevin Donnalley, NFL guard/tackle (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1969 - Fred Foggie, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - Tony McCoy, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 - Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
1970 - David Wilson, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
1970 - Laurel Korholz, La Jolla California, rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1971 - DeWayne Dotson, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Jeff Rodgers, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer
1972 - C J Richardson, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - David Dunn, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Edward Reevey, St John NB, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 SC Intercol)
1972 - Pat Johnson, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1973 - Brandon Sanders, safety (NY Giants)
1973 - Carl Kidd, NFL defensive back (Oakland Raiders)
1973 - Wade Miller, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 - Pokey Reese, American baseball player
1975 - Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
1976 - Freddy García, American baseball player
1976 - Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
1977 - Mike Rosenthal, American football player, sports radio talk show host
1978 - Brian West, American soccer player
1979 - Konstantinos Loumpoutis, Greek footballer
1979 - Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-Greek basketball player
1980 - Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
1981 - Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
1982 - Tara Lipinski, Philadelphia Pa, figure skater (1997 World Champ)
1985 - Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1985 - Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
1987 - Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer
1987 - Amobi Okoye, Nigeria-born American football player

Deaths in Sport

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1942 - Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1937), dies
1946 - Jack Johnson, 1st black Heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
1980 - Denys Morkel, South African cricketer (batsman scored 663 runs 1927-32), dies
1985 - Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68
1995 - Ron Morrisby, cricketer (prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52), dies
1998 - Jim Hearn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
2000 - Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)