- 1871 First international rugby union match - Scotland beats England, 1-0 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
- 1873 35th Grand National: J. M. Richardson wins aboard 20/1 shot Disturbance by 6 lengths from Rhyshworth
- 1885 47th Grand National: Jockey Ted Wilson wins his second consecutive GN aboard 10/3 favourite Roquefort
- 1896 58th Grand National: Former owner David Campbell wins aboard 40/1 outsider The Soarer
- 1903 65th Grand National: Percy Woodland aboard 13/2 chance Drumcree wins by 3 lengths from Detail
- 1908 70th Grand National: Henry Bletsoe wins aboard American 66/1 outsider Rubio
- 1914 76th Grand National: Bill Smith aboard Sunloch wins by 8 lengths from Trianon III
- 1925 84th Grand National: Major John Wilson wins aboard 100/9 shot Double Chance; first year a tape, known then as a 'gate', used at the start line
Sports History
1928 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
- 1929 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
- 1931 90th Grand National: 9-year-old Grakle, at odds of 100/6 and ridden by jockey Bob Lyall wins by 1.5 lengths from 1929 winner Gregalach
- 1931 John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on
- 1932 De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt
- 1936 95th Grand National: Fulke Walwyn scores back-to-back GN victories aboard Reynoldstown at 10/1
- 1937 Feijenoord Stadion, home ground of Dutch football club Feyenoord Rotterdam and nicknamed De Kuip opens after 2 years in construction
- 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: U of Oregon beats Ohio State, 46-33; Ohio State forward Jimmy Hull is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
NHL Record
1962 NHL Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy
- 1965 119th Grand National: Tommy Smith becomes first American jockey to win GN aboard US trained and owned horse, Jay Trump at 100/6
- 1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova, 68-62; UCLA's 5th consecutive title; Villanova later disqualified, ineligible player Howard Porter
- 1971 Wales clinches its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship, 6th Grand Slam and 12th Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at Stade Colombes, Paris
- 1973 Dennis Amiss out for 99 v Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket
Sports History
1977 American tennis star Chris Evert wins her 4th and final WTA Tour Championship 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 against England's Sue Barker at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Boxing Title Fight
1983 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1988 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
- 1988 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
Sports History
1988 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA)
- 1988 Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament
- 1988 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Local resident Mark McCumber wins with record total 273 (−15), 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid
- 1989 Delhi beat Bengal by innings & 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- 1990 NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final
- 1991 NCAA bans U of Minn football team from postseason play in 1992
Hockey Hall of Fame
1991 Scotty Bowman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a "builder" of the game
- 1994 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk & Platov (RUS)
Golf Major
1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Donna Andrews wins her only major title by 1 over British runner-up Laura Davies; Andrews birdies final hole while Davies makes bogey.
PGA Players Championship
1994 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Greg Norman sets scoring record of 264 (−24) to finish 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller
- 1998 Chicago Bulls - Atlanta Hawks matchup at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, draws a crowd of 62,046, largest in any game in NBA history; Bulls win, 89-74
PGA Players Championship
2000 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 1983 champion Hal Sutton leads wire-to-wire to win by a stroke ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods
- 2004 France beats England, 24-21 at Stade de France, Saint Denis to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; England earns the Triple Crown
Golf Major
2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins event for the 3rd time, 8 strokes ahead of American Rosie Jones
