- 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings play their 1st official baseball game, a win against the Great Western Base Ball Club, 45-9
- 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
- 1893 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
- 1897 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5
- 1898 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
- 1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
- 1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC, 35,000 watch the Phillies beat the NY Giants 4-3
- 1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games open at Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Paris, France
Gehrig's Three Home Runs
1929 Lou Gehrig hits three consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
- 1935 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05
- 1940 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05
- 1946 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6
- 1949 Plane carrying the entire Torino Serie A soccer squad crashes on the outskirts of Turin, Italy; 31 killed; Torino awarded League title at the request of their rivals
- 1957 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2
- 1963 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8
- 1963 Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game
Baseball Record
1965 Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record
- 1968 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3
- 1968 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins
- 1969 Stanley Cup Final, St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO: John Ferguson scores the winner as Montreal Canadiens edge St Louis Blues, 2-1 for a 4 game series sweep
- 1973 Longest baseball game in Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings
Kentucky Derby
1974 100th Kentucky Derby: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. wins aboard Cannonade for first of 3 Derby victories
- 1975 Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
- 1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
- 1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Cubs Dale Long in 1958
- 1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
- 1982 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Quebec Nordiques, 4 games to 0
- 1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
Sports History
1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
- 1985 111th Kentucky Derby: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr wins aboard Spend A Buck for his third Derby triumph
- 1989 Junior Felix of Toronto Blue Jays becomes 53rd MLB player to hit HR on 1st at bat
- 1990 MLB Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher record of 41 consecutive scoreless innings
- 1991 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley wins aboard Strike the Gold, the first of 2 Derby victories
- 1991 NY Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
- 1994 Arsenal of England win 34th European Cup Winner's Cup against Parma of Italy 1-0 in Copenhagen
- 1996 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey wins aboard Grindstone, his second Derby victory (1993 Sea Hero)
- 2002 128th Kentucky Derby: Victor Espinoza aboard War Emblem wins in 2:01.13
Baseball Record
2002 Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as an SF Giant, in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is first player with 400 homers for one team and 100 with another (Pirates)
- 2002 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (73,963): Arsenal beats Chelsea, 2-0 for 8th title
- 2013 139th Kentucky Derby: Joel Rosario aboard Orb wins in 2:02.89
Sports History
2013 Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Robert Guerrero to retain his WBC Welterweight title
Sports History
2015 Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry is named MVP for the 2014-15 NBA season
- 2015 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Stuart Bingham beats fellow Englishman Shaun Murphy, 18-15 for his lone world title
Sports History
2018 LA Angels 1st baseman Albert Pujols collects his 3,000th MLB hit in a 5-0 win v Mariners in Seattle
- 2019 145th Kentucky Derby: stewards disqualify first-across-the-line Maximum Security for interference; longshot Country House declared winner; first DQ in race history for race infraction
Sports History
2019 Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez unifies a trio of middleweight world titles in a close, unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV
- 2021 Following several positive Covid-19 cases across franchises the BCCI announces the indefinite postponement of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament
