- 1868 Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen
- 1876 4th Preakness: G. Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75
- 1895 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5
- 1899 33rd Belmont: R. Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23
- 1900 Retired London fire master Eyre Massey Shaw aged 70 reputedly becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics for sailing (disputed)
- 1904 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6
- 1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
Stengel Releases Sparrow
1919 Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap
The Greatest 45 Minutes in Sports
1935 Legendary American athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in 45 minutes at a Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan; remembered as "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport"
- 1939 Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
Williams Batting Average
1941 Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941
30th PGA Championship
1948 30th PGA Championship Men's Golf, Norwood Hills CC: Ben Hogan scores a convincing 7 & 6 win over Mike Turnesa in the Tuesday final for his 2nd PGA crown
Baseball History
1951 NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
- 1953 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
Sports History
1957 Legendary rugby player Colin Meads makes his All Black debut against Australia - New Zealand win 25-11 in Sydney
Ali KOs Liston
1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston at 2:12 of round 1 at Central Maine Civic Center, Lewiston to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing title
Frazier KOs Stander
1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
- 1975 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Wash Bullets in 4 games
- 1975 Cleveland's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shutting out the A's 6-0
Indy 500
1975 Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser wins rain-shortened race ahead of defending champion Johnny Rutherford and pole-sitter A. J. Foyt for his second Indy title
- 1977 21st European Cup: Liverpool beats Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 at Rome
- 1978 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: 3-peat for Montreal Canadiens; beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 as Mario Tremblay scores twice; 4-2 series victory
- 1980 Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins from pole position for his third Indy victory; sixth driver to win the race three times
- 1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
Baseball Record
1981 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski (41) is 4th to play 3,000 MLB baseball games (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)
Baseball Record
1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
Cricket History
1985 Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (vs Derbyshire)
Baseball Record
1986 KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
- 1988 32nd European Cup: PSV Eindhoven beats Benfica (0-0, 6-5 on penalties) at Stuttgart
- 1989 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4-2 to win series 4 games to 2; Flames' first SC title
- 1991 Stanley Cup Final, Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MN: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota North Stars, 8-0 for a 4-2 series win; Penguins' first Final series appearance
- 1992 NY Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7
NHL History
1994 Mark Messier scores a natural hat trick for the New York Rangers in game 6 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals
- 1996 1st Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Blues win inaugural title with a 45-21 victory over the Natal Sharks; fullback Adrian Cashmore lands 3 penalties & 3 conversions for the home team
Sports History
1997 Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform #
- 1997 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 1
Sports History
1997 Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games in Major League Baseball
Laureus Awards
2000 Laureus World Sports Awards, Monte-Carlo Sporting, Monaco: Sportsman: Tiger Woods; Sportswoman: Marion Jones (rescinded); Team: Manchester United FC
- 2002 Super Rugby Final, Jade Stadium, Christchurch: Crusaders win 4th title with a 31-13 thumping of the ACT Brumbies; flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens boots 3 penalties, 2 conversions and a dropped goal for the winners
- 2003 Indianapolis 500: French born Brazilian driver Gil de Ferran passes Penske teammate and defending champion Hélio Castroneves with 31 laps remaining for his first Indy 500 win
- 2005 13th UEFA Champions League Final: Liverpool beats Milan (3-3, 3-2 on penalties)
- 2008 Indianapolis 500: Scott Dixon of New Zealand wins ahead of Vítor Meira and Marco Andretti; 19th winner from pole and first victor from NZ
Senior PGA Championship
2008 Senior PGA Championship, Oak Hill CC: Jay Haas wins his second title in the event by 1 stroke from Germany’s Bernhard Langer
- 2012 NHL Eastern Conference Finals: New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2
UEFA Champions League Final
2013 UEFA Champions League Final, London: Arjen Robben scores twice as Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 in first all-German final
- 2014 Indianapolis 500: American driver Ryan Hunter-Reay holds off runner-up Hélio Castroneves of Brazil by a margin of 0.0600 seconds, the second-closest finish in race history
Senior PGA Championship
2014 Senior PGA Championship, GC at Shore Harbor: Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins first of 3 Champions Tour majors by 4 strokes from Tom Watson
