Sporting Events on this Day in History
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1877 - 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
1879 - 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5
1900 - 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21ΒΌ
1902 - Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1905 - 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
1929 - Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
1930 - Bradman scores 252* Australia v Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours
1935 - 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
1940 - 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
1940 - 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1940 - NY Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
1964 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational
1964 - Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1967 - AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
1970 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1976 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title in Munich
1979 - Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
1980 - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 2
1981 - Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
1981 - Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1984 - Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1986 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
1987 - 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes
1987 - Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1988 - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
1989 - NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
1989 - NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
1990 - Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
1990 - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
Indy Car Driver Al Unser Jr
1992 - Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500
1992 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1992 - Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
1992 - Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
1998 - Indianapolis 500 race
