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Events in Sport

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1894 - Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game
1895 - W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
1896 - 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
1899 - 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47
1903 - 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8
1906 - 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20
1907 - 41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins
1908 - 42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win
1910 - 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22
1911 - 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
1922 - Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
1927 - Walter Johnson records 113th & last shutout of his career
1930 - Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph)
1931 - Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH
1935 - Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1937 - 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA
1937 - 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24
1938 - Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
1946 - Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field
Baseball Manager Tom Lasorda 1948 - Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game
1950 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1951 - Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1952 - Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
1953 - 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1953 - 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62)
1953 - 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
1954 - Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs
1956 - Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium
1957 - Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1966 - Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
1967 - Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
1969 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
1970 - Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 1971 - Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
1976 - 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt
1981 - LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games)
1982 - Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds
1982 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1984 - Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome
1984 - NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
1985 - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 1
1986 - Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
1987 - Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title
1987 - Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1992 - Minn Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old
1992 - NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
1993 - Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
1993 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson 1997 - Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs

Birthdays in Sport

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1878 - Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)
1879 - Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)
1895 - Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)
1909 - George Headley, cricketer (in Panama All-time great WI batsman)
1924 - Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle Heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
1934 - Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach, (d. 2012)
1936 - Roy Harford, cricketer (brother of Noel NZ wicketkeeper v India 1968)
1937 - Harry Statham, American basketball coach
1939 - Dieter Quester, Austrian racing driver
1943 - Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
1947 - Jocelyne Bourassa, LPGA golfer
1949 - Bob Willis, cricketer (superb England fast bowler 1971-84)
1949 - P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
1955 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts, American wrestler
1957 - Michael Clayton, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1962 - Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star
1962 - John Alt, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
1964 - Nhi Lan Le, Vietnam, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1964 - Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver
1965 - Tyronne Stowe, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1966 - Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler (Zimbabwe ODI)
1967 - Rechelle Hawkes, Albany W Aust, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1968 - Amy Fuller, Westlake California, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1968 - Jerry Springer, White Plains NY, Canadian Tour golfer
1970 - Audrey Wooding, LPGA golfer
1970 - Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Jiri Slegr, Jihlava Cze, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers, Oly-G-98)
1971 - Kyle Vander Kuyp, Australian 110m hurdler (Olympics-96)
1972 - Allen Aldridge, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1972 - Anthony Cook, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tenn Oilers)
1972 - Jeff Jones, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
1972 - Manny Ramirez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Cleveland Indians)
1972 - Renita Farrell, Townsville Qld Aust, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
1972 - Terry Wilburn, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
1973 - Je'Rod Cherry, safety (New Orleans Saints)
1973 - Steve Charbonneau, CFL defensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1974 - David Wilkie, Ellensburg, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
1974 - Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer
1975 - Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer
1976 - Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
1977 - Akwá, Angolan footballer
1979 - Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
1981 - Andrey Arshavin, Russian Footballer
1981 - Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver
1981 - Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
1982 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
1984 - Jordan Palmer, American football player

Deaths in Sport

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1923 - Charles Fichardt, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 2 Tests 1892-96), dies
1939 - Floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904)
1964 - Eddie Sachs, American auto racer (b. 1927)
1964 - Dave MacDonald, American auto racer (b. 1936)
1976 - Max Carey, American baseball player (b. 1890)
1981 - Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
1994 - Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (b. 1955)
1995 - Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
1995 - Ted Drake, soccer star, dies at 82
2005 - Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)