- 1888 Crouching start 1st used in track and field by Charles Sherrill of Yale
- 1890 First official County Cricket Championship match begins; Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by 8 wickets at Bristol; James Cranston scores first century (101) in the competition
- 1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
- 1910 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Charles "Chief" Bender no-hits Cleveland Naps, 4-0
- 1913 English runner Harry Green runs world record marathon 2:38:16.2 in the Polytechnic Marathon in London, England
- 1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
- 1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
- 1919 New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day
- 1923 48th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
- 1924 49th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
- 1934 59th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
- 1937 St Louis Cards beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3
- 1955 Chicago Cub Sam "Toothpick" Jones is 1st African-American to pitch a no-hitter, winning 4-0 over Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine's throws 2nd career no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0, at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn, NYC
Sports History
1961 Russian Mikhail Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
- 1966 St Louis' Busch Memorial Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 innings
Baseball Record
1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
Sports History
1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
- 1980 West Ham United wins the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium; midfield playmaker Trevor Brooking scores winner with a rare header
- 1981 NY Islanders tie their own record with two shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs Minnesota North Stars
- 1982 FC Barcelona of Spain win 22nd European Cup Winner's Cup against Standard Liège of Belgium 2-1 in Barcelona
- 1990 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
- 1993 Parma of Italy win 33rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Royal Antwerp of Belgium 3-1 in London
NHL Record
1995 Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4
LPGA Championship
1996 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: England's Laura Davies wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Julie Piers
PGA Players Championship
2013 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tiger Woods wins his second PC, 2 strokes ahead of David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman
- 2019 IPL Cricket Final, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 1 run; Jasprit Bumrah 2/14 (4); Indians' 4th title
- 2019 Manchester City beats Brighton, 4-1 to claim back-to-back English Premier League titles with 98 points, 1 ahead of runners-up, Liverpool
