- 1733 First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Figg's academy amphitheatre in Marylebone, London
- 1895 21st Kentucky Derby: James "Soup" Perkins aboard Halma wins last KD run over a distance of 1.5 miles (2.4km)
- 1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins first Derby held at the current distance of 1.25 miles (2.0km)
- 1933 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
Red Sox's Record Inning
1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters
- 1939 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
- 1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
- 1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
- 1951 Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
- 1953 MLB St. Louis Browns Alva "Bobo" Holloman, in his first start game as starting pitcher, no-hits visiting Philadelphia A's, 6-0
Sports History
1954 English athlete Roger Bannister becomes first to run a sub-4 minute mile, recording 3:59:4 at Iffley Road Track, Oxford
- 1961 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
- 1965 Bill Lawry (210) & Bob Simpson (201) complete record opening stand of 382 in Australia's 1st innings, drawn 4th Test v West Indies in Bridgetown
- 1965 Jerry Sloan is selected by the Baltimore Bullets as the fourth overall pick of the 1965 NBA draft
- 1967 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
- 1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
- 1970 European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Feyenoord beats Celtic, 2-1; first time title won by a Dutch club
- 1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
- 1974 Oakland A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Baltimore, ending his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
- 1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed - first and only Derby victory and 1st-leg of Triple Crown
- 1979 American Fred Markham (22) sets a bicycle speed record of 81.8 kph (50.8 mph) over 200 meter course
- 1982 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1
Sports History
1982 Seattle Mariners Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
Sports History
1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle
Sports History
1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH
- 1988 Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
- 1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
- 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
- 1991 Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
- 1992 NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
- 1992 Werder Bremen of Germany win 32nd European Cup winner's Cup against AS Monaco of France 2-0 in Lisbon
Boxing Title Fight
1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
Baseball Record
1998 Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
Kentucky Derby
2000 126th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Fusaichi Pegasus wins in 2:01.12
- 2006 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in front of 157,532 fans
Sports History
2009 Marco van Basten resigns as manager of Ajax after the team fails to qualify for the Champions League
- 2017 143rd Kentucky Derby: Puerto Rican jockey John Velasquez wins his second Derby aboard 5-1 shot Always Dreaming
- 2019 Pablo Sandoval becomes second MLB player since 1900 to throw a scoreless outing, hit a home run and steal a base in the same game in SF Giants' 12-4 loss in Cincinnati; joins Christy Mathewson 1905
- 2019 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Judd Trump wins his first world crown beating John Higgins of Scotland, 18-9
