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1869 - Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7
1882 - 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00
1884 - 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25
1894 - Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings
1916 - 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8
1921 - 47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2
1925 - 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6
1927 - NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home
1930 - 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2
1931 - 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8
1936 - 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59
1938 - In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
1941 - 1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"
1953 - Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row
1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open
1954 - Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone
1955 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF
1955 - Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
1955 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
Heavyweight Champion Boxer Rocky Marciano
1959 - 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57
1964 - 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8
1965 - Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1970 - 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2
1972 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale
1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title
1976 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Phila Flyers in 4 games
1976 - Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1979 - NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M
1980 - 34th NBA-championship">NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2
1981 - 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6
1981 - Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1
1982 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1982 - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games
1984 - Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
1984 - Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan
1985 - Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
1987 - 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8
1990 - Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino
1992 - 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6
1993 - Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1994 - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana
1996 - Sammy Sosa is 1st Chic Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning
1997 - Atlanta Braves beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings
1997 - Expos trailing SF Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13
1998 - 124th Preakness
