- 1742 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
- 1875 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43.5
- 1880 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40.5
- 1901 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2
- 1904 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2
- 1912 Australian cricket spin bowler Jimmy Matthews takes 2 hat-tricks on same day in Triangular Tournament v South Africa at Old Trafford (3/16, 3/38); only player to achieve the feat
- 1927 Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
Hobbs Last 1st Class Century
1934 Jack Hobbs scores his 197th (or 199th) and last 1st class cricket century at 51 years and 163 days of age [1]
- 1941 1st night game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (NY Yankees pip the Senators 6-5)
- 1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
- 1949 French Championships Men's Tennis: Frank Parker retains title; beats fellow American Budge Patty 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
- 1949 French Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont wins her second French singles crown; beats Nelly Adamson Landry of France 7-5, 6-2
Baseball Record
1951 After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st major league home run
Preakness Stakes
1955 80th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6
- 1955 Indianapolis 500: Bob Sweikert wins; defending champion Bill Vukovich killed in a crash while seemingly on his way to an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500
- 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates Dale Long becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
- 1957 NL approves baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to the US west coast
- 1958 European Cup Final, Brussels: Francisco Gento scores the winner in extra time as Real Madrid beats AC Milan, 3-2; 3rd consecutive title for Los Blancos
- 1960 59th Men's French Championships: Nicola Pietrangeli beats Luis Ayala (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3)
French Open Women's Tennis
1960 59th Women's French Championships: Darlene Hard beats Yola Ramirez (6-3, 6-4)
- 1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
- 1968 MLB: AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
- 1968 MLB: NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
- 1969 European Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid: AC Milan striker Pierino Prati scores 3 in 4-1 win over Ajax; second title for I Rossoneri
- 1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
- 1973 Indianapolis 500: Gordon Johncock wins first of his two Indy triumphs after rain halts the race at lap 133
- 1975 19th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Leeds United 2-0 at Paris
Indy 500
1989 Indianapolis 500: Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil first foreign winner since 1966; completes final lap under caution after crashing with Al Unser Jr
Baseball Record
1994 Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)
- 1995 Indianapolis 500: Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve wins as race leader Scott Goodyear is controversially black flagged on lap 195
- 1995 White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
- 1997 5th UEFA Champions League Final: Borussia Dortmund beats Juventus 3-1 at Munich
- 2000 Indianapolis 500: reigning CART champion Juan Pablo Montoya leads for 167 laps to cruise to victory; first rookie winner since Graham Hill 1966
- 2002 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Carolina Hurricanes beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2
- 2003 11th UEFA Champions League Final: Milan beats Juventus (0-0, 3-2 on penalties) at Manchester
Sports History
2003 Patrick Roy officially announces his retirement from the NHL
Sports History
2005 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders claim their 5th title with a 35-25 win over the NSW Waratahs; Dan Carter lands 3 conversions & 2 penalties for the winners
Baseball Record
2006 Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the MLB all-time list
- 2006 Indianapolis 500: Sam Hornish Jr. wins from the pole position; record 14th Indy victory for Penske Racing; 0.0635 second margin from runner-up Marco Andretti second-closest finish in history at the time
- 2006 Senior PGA Championship, Oak Tree GC: Jay Haas wins his first of 3 Champions Tour major titles with a birdie on the third playoff hole against Brad Bryant
- 2011 IPL Cricket Final, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs; Murali Vijay 95 (52), Ravichandran Ashwin 3/16
- 2011 UEFA Champions League Final, London: FC Barcelona beats Manchester United, 3-1; 4th title for Barça
- 2016 UEFA Champions League Final, Milan: Real Madrid beats cross-town rivals Atlético Madrid, 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time; record-extending 11th title
- 2017 Indianapolis 500: Japanese ex-Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato of Andretti Autosport becomes first Asian to win the race; Brazilian Hélio Castroneves finishes just 0.2011 seconds behind
Senior PGA Championship
2017 Senior PGA Championship, Trump National GC: A week after winning The Tradition, Bernhard Langer of Germany triumphs by 1 stroke from Vijay Singh
