Sports History
May 2 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak when he sits out as the Yankees beat the Tigers 22-2 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan [1]
- May 6 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
- May 13 64th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
- May 17 1st televised baseball game is broadcast on NBC, with Princeton University defeating Columbia University 2-1
- May 25 Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Reigning champion Floyd Roberts is killed in crash on lap 109; Wilbur Shaw wins his second of 3 Indy 500 titles