Gehrig's Third Triple HR
1930 Yankees' future Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig becomes first to hit 3 HRs three times as NY outscores Philadelphia A's, 20-13; teams combine for then-record 10 homers
- 1931 1931 George End introduces “Genuine Diamondback Rattlesnake with Supreme Sauce” in a can, by his Florida Products Corporation; the popular item ceases production in 1944 after when the owner dies, a victim of one snake's revenge [1]
- 1938 Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field
- 1946 Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers 5-3
- 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers Don Newcombe, in 1st MLB start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
- 1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4
- 1954 79th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4
- 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
- 1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 HRs in 6th inning in 11-0 win
Baseball Record
1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game
- 1963 European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: José Altafini scores twice as AC Milan edge Benfica, 2-1 for first title to an Italian club
Sports History
1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
Baseball Record
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball HOF outfielder Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double and a single in a 13-6 rout of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
Sports History
1970 Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0
Sports History
1987 Canadian Rick Hansen completes his 'Man in Motion' world tour in a wheelchair at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium, raising money for spinal cord research
LPGA Championship
1988 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Sherri Turner birdies final 2 holes to win her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Amy Alcott
Baseball Record
1990 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
Sports History
1990 Deion Sanders becomes involved in a dispute with Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, one of the most infamous incidents of Sanders' baseball career
Boxing Title Fight
1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
Laureus Awards
2001 Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Tiger Woods; Sportswoman: Cathy Freeman; Team: French Men's National Football team
- 2001 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 games to 1
Coach Babcock
2002 Mike Babcock is named head coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Golf Tournament
2003 In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
FA Cup Final
2004 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (71,350): Manchester United beats Millwall, 3-0; Ruud van Nistelrooy scores 2 and Cristiano Ronaldo 1 in Red Devils' 11th title win
- 2004 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3
- 2004 Super Rugby Final, Canberra: ACT Brumbies claim their 2nd title with a 47-38 win over Canterbury Crusaders; Brumbies wingers Mark Gerrard (3) and Joe Roff (2) combine for 5 tries
Laureus Awards
2006 Laureus World Sports Awards, Parque del Fórum, Barcelona, Spain: Sportsman: Roger Federer; Sportswoman: Janica Kostelić; Team: Renault F1 team
- 2007 NHL Western Conference Final: Anaheim Ducks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
UEFA Champions League Final
2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Madrid: Internazionale beats Bayern Munich, 2-0; Inter's 3rd title and first treble (Italian Serie A & Cup)
- 2012 NHL Western Conference Finals: Los Angeles Kings beat Phoenix Coyotes, 4 games to 1
- 2015 Pakistan begin the first test-playing nation cricket tour of Zimbabwe since 2009
- 2016 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G&CC: Germany's Berhard Langer wins sixth of 13 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Olin Browne
- 2021 30-year-old Scottish light-welterweight boxer Josh Taylor becomes Britain's first undisputed world champion in the four-belt era by beating Jose Ramirez by unanimous decision in Las Vegas
PGA Championship
2022 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Southern Hills CC: 2017 champion Justin Thomas beats Will Zalatoris by 1 stroke in a 3-hole playoff after 54-hole leader Mito Pereira double bogeys the 72nd hole
