- 1860 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded
- 1875 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
- 1881 7th Kentucky Derby: HOF jockey Jim McLaughlin aboard heavy favourite Hindoo wins in 2:40.00
- 1894 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49.25
W. G. Grace's 100th 100
1895 W. G. Grace completes his 100th 100 v Somerset at Bristol
- 1903 Cleveland Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio
- 1905 Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball
- 1911 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51
- 1915 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58
- 1915 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st & winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever
- 1924 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2
Speaker Hits 3,000
1925 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
- 1927 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
56th Kentucky Derby
1930 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6
- 1939 1st televised baseball game is broadcast on NBC, with Princeton University defeating Columbia University 2-1
- 1952 77th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4
- 1953 Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
- 1958 83rd Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2
- 1963 Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1
Sports History
1964 First Tim Horton's coffee and donut shop opens in Hamilton, Ontario by NHL player Tim Horton
- 1964 Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
- 1969 94th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6
- 1969 Baltimore, Cleveland & Pittsburgh agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL
Baseball Record
1970 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
- 1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's
- 1973 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
- 1974 18th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Atletico Madrid 4-0 at Brussels
- 1975 100th Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
- 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
- 1979 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
Preakness Stakes
1980 105th Preakness: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., aboard Codex wins his first of 2 Pimlico classics
- 1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff
- 1983 Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 4 consecutive titles for NY Islanders; sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games with a 4-2 Game 4 win
- 1984 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning
- 1986 111th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8
Sports History
1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
LPGA Championship
1992 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Betsy King wins her 5th major title, 11 strokes ahead of runners-up JoAnne Carner, Liselotte Neumann and Karen Noble
LPGA Championship
1998 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: 20-year-old rookie Se Ri Pak leads wire-to-wire to win the first of her 5 majors, 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney
- 1998 New York Yankees pitcher David Wells tosses a perfect game in a 4-0 win against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium, NY
- 2000 Turkish side Galatasaray defeat Arsenal 4–1 on penalties, becoming the first Turkish football team to win the UEFA Cup in Copenhagen
- 2003 128th Preakness: Jose Santos aboard Funny Cide wins in 1:55.61
- 2003 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (73,726): Arsenal beats Southampton, 1-0; Robert Pires scores 38' winner for Gunners' 9th title
- 2006 14th UEFA Champions League Final: Barcelona beats Arsenal 2-1 at Saint-Denis
Preakness Stakes
2008 133rd Preakness: Kent Desormeaux aboard Big Brown wins in 1:54.80
Sports History
2008 Dale Jarrett's final race, the All-Star race, before joining ESPN's NASCAR coverage full-time
- 2008 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (82,752): Portsmouth beats Cardiff City, 1-0; Nwankwo Kanu scores 37' winner
- 2014 139th Preakness: Victor Ezpinoza aboard California Chrome wins in 1:54.84
Sports History
2014 Bayern Munich defeats Borussia Dortmund to win the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal
- 2014 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,345): Arsenal beats Hull City, 3–2 (a.e.t.); Aaron Ramsey scores 109' winner
- 2015 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: Jeff Maggert wins first of 2 consecutive Champions Tour majors with par on 1st playoff hole against Kevin Sutherland
- 2018 Michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history.
PGA Championship
2019 Brooks Koepka fires a 65 (-5) to set new record for lowest 36-hole score in a golf major at the PGA Championship at Bethpage State Park; 7 stroke lead is a 36-hole tournament record
Sports History
2020 Michael Jordan's autographed Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction
