Joe DiMaggio Debuts
1936 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
67th Kentucky Derby
1941 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway, 1st leg of successful Triple Crown
- 1947 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
- 1951 Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
- 1951 NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
- 1952 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins his record fifth Derby
- 1958 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05
- 1969 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
- 1975 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
- 1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
- 1977 1977 NFL Draft: Ricky Bell from USC first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 1978 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
- 1978 WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game
- 1979 1979 NFL Draft: Tom Cousineau from Ohio State first pick by Buffalo Bills
Baseball Record
1979 MLB Cleveland Indian Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)
- 1980 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
Sports History
1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR
Sports History
1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & NL
- 1983 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 0
Kentucky Derby
1986 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8
- 1986 Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
Sports History
1986 New York Yankees Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
- 1992 Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves
Baseball Record
1992 NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRs
Sports History
1997 Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
- 1999 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Stephen Hendry of Scotland defeats Welshman Mark Williams, 18-11 for a record 7th world crown
- 2000 The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
- 2003 129th Kentucky Derby: Jose Santos aboard Funny Cide wins in 2:01.19
Kentucky Derby
2008 134th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Big Brown wins by nearly 5 lengths; runner-up Eight Belles euthanised after fracturing both front ankles; first fatality in Derby history
- 2014 140th Kentucky Derby: Victor Espinoza aboad California Chrome wins in 2:03.66
- 2015 Chelsea wins the 2014–15 English football Premier League
- 2018 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL's first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension
- 2021 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Mark Selby wins his 4th world title with an 18-15 win over countryman Shaun Murphy
Sports History
2023 Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland scores in a 3-0 win over West Ham to set a new record for most goals scored in a single Premier League season (35)
- 2023 MLB LA Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins NY Yankee legend Babe Ruth as only pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs in 6-4 over the Cardinals in St. Louis
