Events in Sports History on June 5

  • 1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
  • 1869 3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian wins in 3:04.25
  • 1879 13th Belmont: George Evans riding Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75
  • 1886 20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41

42nd Open Championship

1902 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Scotsman Sandy Herd wins by 1 stroke from James Braid and Harry Vardon

  • 1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
  • 1915 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6
  • 1920 Philadelphia Athletics's VP Thomas Shibe denies charges that baseballs are livelier

US Golf Open

1925 US Open Men's Golf, Worcester CC: Scotsman Willie Macfarlane beats Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a second 18-hole playoff for his only major title

  • 1926 Clevelands Indians baseball team triple-play NY Yankees & win 15-3
  • 1927 32nd Women's French Championships: Kornelia Bouman beats Irene Peacock (6-2, 6-4)

Lacoste Wins 2nd French Title

1927 French Championships Men's Tennis: Hometown favourite Rene Lacoste wins 2nd of 3 French titles; beats Bill Tilden 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9

Weissmuller Sets Records

1927 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard freestyle swim record

  • 1931 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour outlasts José Jurado of Argentina by 1 stroke to win his only Open title and his 3rd and final major championship
  • 1933 French Championship Women's Tennis: England's Margaret Scriven is first woman from that country to win the singles title in Paris; beats Simonne Mathieu 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Crawford Wins French Open

1933 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Jack Crawford wins his first and only French title; beats home favourite Henri Cochet 8-6, 6-1, 6-3

  • 1937 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6

Szabo vs Nagurski

1941 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ

75th Belmont

1943 75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2

Ashburn's Sets Rookie Record

1948 Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecutive hitting streak at 23

Boxing Title Fight

1952 1st sporting event televised nationally - Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title, at Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • 1952 Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley

Sports History

1955 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce

  • 1957 NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
  • 1965 97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6
  • 1966 Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader

French Open Men's Tennis

1966 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Tony Roche wins his first and only Grand Slam title; beats István Gulyás of Hungary 6-1, 6-4, 7-5

French Open Women's Tennis

1966 French Championships Women's Tennis: Ann Haydon-Jones of England beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 2nd French singles crown

  • 1971 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
  • 1971 French Open Women's Tennis: Evonne Goolagong wins her first career Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow Australian Helen Gourlay 6-3, 7-5

Sports History

1974 As' Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit

Belmont Stakes

1976 108th Belmont: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., riding Bold Forbes wins his only Belmont classic

  • 1977 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Philadelphia 76er, 4 games to 2

French Open Men's Tennis

1977 French Open Men's Tennis: Guillermo Vilas of Argentina wins first career Grand Slam event; outclasses American Brian Gottfried 6-0, 6-3, 6-0

Sports History

1977 Los Angeles Dodgers retire future Baseball Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston's #24

Sports History

1981 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)

Belmont Stakes

1982 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28

French Open Women's Tennis

1982 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats American teenager Andrea Jaeger 7-6, 6-1 for her first French singles crown

French Open Men's Tennis

1983 French Open: Home town favourite Yannick Noah wins his 1st and only career Grand Slam title; beats defending champion Mats Wilander of Sweden 6-2, 7-5, 7-6

  • 1985 Steve Cauthen wins aboard Slip Anchor at Epsom Downs to become the only jockey to win both the Kentucky Derby (1978) and The Derby

Sports History

1986 San Diego Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time in his 16 year MLB career for arguing about Atlanta's triple play

Sports History

1987 Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation & allows wins game

French Open Men's Tennis

1988 French Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins 3rd French title; beats home favourite Henri Leconte 7-5, 6-2, 6-1

  • 1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Milwaukee Brewers win 5-3
  • 1993 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8

French Open Women's Tennis

1993 French Open Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf wins her 3rd of 6 French singles titles; beats Mary Joe Fernández of the US 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

French Open Men's Tennis

1994 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Sergi Bruguera beats Alberto Berasategui 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 for his second French title

  • 1998 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Dallas Stars, 4 games to 2
  • 1999 131st Belmont: Jose Santos aboard Lemon Drop Kid wins in 2:27.88
  • 1999 French Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany wins her 22nd and final Grand Slam title; beats Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Graf's 6th French singles crown
  • 2004 136th Belmont: Edgar Prado aboard Birdstone wins in 2:27.50
  • 2004 French Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Russian final Anastasia Myskina wins her lone major title; beats Elena Dementieva 6-1, 6-2

French Open Men's Tennis

2005 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta of Argentina 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 to claim his first French title

  • 2010 142nd Belmont: Mike Smith riding Drosselmeyer wins in 2:31.57
  • 2010 French Open Women's Tennis: Francesca Schiavone of Italy wins her first and only Grand Slam title; beats Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 7-6
  • 2011 French Open Men's Tennis: Defending champion Rafael Nadal wins his 6th French title; beats Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1
  • 2014 MLB Draft: Cathedral Catholic HS (CA) pitcher Brady Aiken first pick by Houston Astros
  • 2015 Alex Puccio sustains a knee injury during the IFSC World Cup competition in Vail, Colorado, requiring surgery

French Open Men's Tennis

2016 French Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia beats Scotsman Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to win his first French title

Sports History

2018 American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. named 2017 top earning sportsperson by Forbes with $285 million

  • 2021 153rd Belmont Stakes: 2-1 favourite Essential Quality wins with Luis Saez aboard
  • 2022 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud of Norway, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0; record 22nd Grand Slam singles title and 14th French singles title
  • 2022 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Australian Minjee Lee beats American Mina Harigae by 4 strokes for her second major title