- 1865 27th Grand National: Captain Henry Coventry wins aboard French outsider Alcibiade at 100/7
- 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
- 1904 Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Bernard Bosanquet, Plum Warner and Dick Lilley for his second Test hat-trick in 5th Test victory in Melbourne; Trumble's final Test
Crawford's 1st Australian Title
1931 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Jack Crawford wins 1st of 4 Australian titles; beats fellow Australian Harry Hopman 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
- 1931 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Coral McInnes Buttsworth beats Marjorie Cox Crawford 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
- 1936 The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
- 1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
- 1958 5th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats North Carolina, 86-74
Hall of Fame
1966 Baseball player, manager and coach Casey Stengel elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in a surprise ceremony
Sinatra Snaps the Fight of the Century
1971 Joe Frazier ends Muhammad Ali's 31-fight winning streak at Madison Square Garden, NYC; retains heavyweight boxing title by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in the "Fight of the Century"
- 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
- 1975 22nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats NC State, 70-66
Sports History
1980 Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad
Sports History
1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game
- 1985 6th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats St. John's, 92-80
- 1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
- 1986 27th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72
- 1986 7th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Syracuse, 70-69
Sports History
1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million
- 1987 28th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats LSU, 69-62
- 1987 34th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats North Carolina, 68-67
- 1987 8th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 69-59
- 1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust
- 1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
- 1998 39th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats South Carolina, 86-56
- 1998 45th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 North Carolina beats #1 Duke, 83-68
- 2019 US national women's soccer team sue for equal pay by filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation
- 2020 A police report is filed against Brian Ortega for allegedly slapping rapper Jay Park at UFC 248
- 2020 BNP Paribas Open international tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, dubbed 'the 5th Grand Slam' is cancelled due to concerns surrounding COVID-19 and the safety of participants and attendees
- 2020 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Melbourne: Defending champions Australia beats India by 85 runs; Beth Mooney [77no] Player of the Series; Alyssa Healy 75 off 39 balls MVP; crowd 86,174
Agreement of Interest
2022 Reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers agrees to remain with the Green Bay Packers in a reported 4-year, $200m deal that would make him the highest paid player in NFL history