Johnson Ends Scoreless Streak
1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends MLB record scoreless streak at 56 innings
- 1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington, D.C.
- 1919 44th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 on way to first Triple Crown
- 1920 Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
- 1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
- 1927 53rd Kentucky Derby: HOF jockey Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery defeats Osmand by a nose in the stretch in 2:06
- 1935 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939.
- 1938 63rd Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8
- 1938 England soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3
Foxx's Huge Home Run
1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof
- 1949 74th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56
Monaco Grand Prix
1961 Stirling Moss wins the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix
Sports History
1967 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Baltimore Oriole's Stu Miller
Baseball Record
1972 In Willie Mays' 1st game as New York Met, his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 (his former team of over 20 years), at Shea Stadium, New York
- 1975 Dynamo Kyiv of the Soviet Union win 15th European Cup Winner's Cup over Ferencvár osi TC of Hungary 3-0
- 1977 KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
- 1977 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Jacques Lemaire scores twice as Montreal Canadiens edge Boston Bruins, 2-1 in OT for a 4 game sweep and back-to-back titles
- 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
- 1980 Valencia of Spain wins 20th European Cup Winner's Cup against Arsenal of England 5-4 on penalties in Brussels
- 1981 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2
- 1986 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 3
Sports History
1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
- 1987 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2
- 1988 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he & St Louis Cards lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn
- 1988 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils, 4 games to 3
- 1989 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
Sports History
1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 1st player to hit 6 doubles across two consecutive games since St. Louis Cardinal Red Schoendienst in 1948
Sports History
1990 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
Sports History
1994 Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617
- 1994 FA Cup Final: Manchester United defeat Chelsea 4-0 at Wembley Stadium, London
- 1995 At 43 years, 162 days Manchester City goalkeeper John Burridge becomes the oldest player to appear in an EPL match, a 3-2 home defeat to Queens Park Rangers
Baseball Record
1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)
LPGA Championship
1995 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Kelly Robbins wins her only major title by 1 stroke from defending champion Laura Davies of England
Sports History
1996 New York Yankees' controversial pitcher Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners, 2-0 at Yankee Stadium
Sports History
1997 Baseball's Executive Council suspends NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for his suing other team owners
- 1997 FC Barcelona of Spain win 37th European Cup Winner's Cup against Paris Saint-Germain of France 1-0 in Rotterdam
Laureus Awards
2002 Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Michael Schumacher; Sportswoman: Jennifer Capriati; Team: Australian Men's National Cricket team
- 2011 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (88,643): Manchester City beats Stoke City, 1-0; Yaya Touré scores 74' winner; Citizens' 5th title
Sports History
2016 Gabriel Medina becomes the first surfer ever to land the move "Backflip" in competition
PGA Players Championship
2017 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 21-year-old South Korean Kim Si-woo shoots final round 69 to win by 3 strokes ahead of Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter
- 2018 Arsenal finish EPL season in 6th place on 63 points; fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997
- 2018 US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states
