Today's events in sports history

May 17

• 1860 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded
• 1875 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75

• 1881 7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hindoo wins in 2:40
• 1894 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49.25

Sports History

1895 W. G. Grace completes his 100th 100 v Somerset at Bristol


CricketerW. G. Grace

• 1903 Cleveland Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio
• 1905 Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball
• 1911 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51
• 1915 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58
• 1915 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st & winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever
• 1924 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2

Baseball Record
1925 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit


Baseball PlayerTris Speaker

• 1927 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings

Sports History
1930 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6


JockeyEarl Sande

• 1939 1st televised baseball game is broadcast on NBC, with Princeton defeating Columbia 2-1
• 1952 77th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4
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• 1953 Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
• 1958 83rd Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2

Golf Record
1959 Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122


GolferSam Snead

• 1963 Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1
• 1964 Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s

Sports History
1964 First Tim Horton's coffee and donut shop opens in Hamilton, Ontario by NHL player Tim Horton


NHL Star and BusinessmanTim Horton

• 1969 94th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6
• 1969 Balt, Cleve & Pitts agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL

Baseball Record
1970 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

• 1973 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
• 1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's
• 1974 18th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Atletico Madrid 4-0 at Brussels
• 1975 100th Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
• 1979 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs

Sports History
1980 105th Preakness: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., aboard Codex wins his first of 2 Pimlico classics


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.

• 1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff
• 1983 Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 4 consecutive titles for NY Islanders; sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games with a 4-2 Game 4 win
• 1984 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning
• 1986 111th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8

LPGA Championship
1992 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Betsy King wins her 5th major title, 11 strokes ahead of runners-up JoAnne Carner, Liselotte Neumann and Karen Noble


LPGA GolferBetsy King

• 1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
• 1996 Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics v Worcs
• 1997 122nd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54

LPGA Championship
1998 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: 20-year-old rookie Se Ri Pak leads wire-to-wire to win the first of her 5 majors, 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney


LPGA GolferSe Ri Pak

• 1998 New York Yankees pitcher David Wells tosses a perfect game in a 4-0 win against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium, NY
• 2003 128th Preakness: Jose Santos aboard Funny Cide wins in 1:55.61
• 2003 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (73,726): Arsenal beats Southampton, 1-0; Robert Pires scores 38' winner for Gunners' 9th title
• 2006 14th UEFA Champions League Final: Barcelona beats Arsenal 2-1 at Saint-Denis
• 2008 133rd Preakness: Kent Desormeaux aboard Big Brown wins in 1:54.80
• 2008 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (82,752): Portsmouth beats Cardiff City, 1-0; Nwankwo Kanu scores 37' winner
• 2014 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,345): Arsenal beats Hull City, 3–2 (a.e.t.); Aaron Ramsey scores 109' winner

Sports History
2014 Bayern Munich defeats Borussia Dortmund to win the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal


Football StarThomas Müller

• 2014 139th Preakness: Victor Ezpinoza aboard California Chrome wins in 1:54.84
• 2015 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: Jeff Maggert wins first of 2 consecutive Champions Tour majors with par on 1st playoff hole against Kevin Sutherland
• 2018 Michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history.
• 2019 Brooks Koepka fires a 65 (-5) to set new record for lowest 36-hole score in a golf major at the PGA Championship at Bethpage State Park; 7 stroke lead is a 36-hole tournament record

Sports History
2020 Michael Jordan's autographed Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

 

May 18

• 1880 6th Kentucky Derby: George Garrett Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37.5; race run in estimated 5 inch deep dust
• 1897 New York Giants third baseman Bill Joyce becomes last player in baseball history to hit 4 triples in a game as Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-5 at Exposition Park

Sports History

1912 Philadelphia Athletics rout Detroit Tigers, 24-2 at Shibe Park; Tigers use amateurs in protest at Ty Cobbs suspension from the game


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1920 45th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War (regarded as greatest racehorse of all time) defeats Upset by 1+1⁄2 lengths in 1:51.6
• 1929 55th Kentucky Derby: Hall of Fame jockey Linus McAtee on 3-1 chance Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8 on a muddy track
• 1929 Brooklyn Robins beat Philadelphia Phillies, 20-16; lose 8-6 in game 2 at the Baker Bowl; MLB record 50 runs for a doubleheader
• 1933 First MLB All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park; to be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair; fans to pick players
• 1935 English batsman Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on his County Cricket debut for Somerset CCC vs Essex at Frome
• 1942 NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
• 1945 MLB Detroit Tigers & Philadelphia A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
• 1947 MLB Philadelphia A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
• 1950 MLB St. Louis Cardinals baseman Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders

Baseball Record
1956 Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
Sports History
1957 82nd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro
Sports History
1960 European Cup Final, Glasgow: Ferenc Puskás scores 4, Alfredo Di Stéfano 3 as Real Madrid routs Eintracht Frankfurt, 7-3; 5th consecutive title for Los Blancos


Football Player and CoachAlfredo Di Stéfano
Sports History
1963 88th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1968 93rd Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8

Sports History
1968 Al Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg

Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderAl Kaline

• 1971 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3

Sports History
1971 Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Henri Richard scores twice as Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks for a 4-3 series victory


Ice Hockey GreatHenri Richard

NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich

• 1972 American basketball player John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
• 1974 99th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6
• 1982 Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs

Sports History
1985 110th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4


JockeyPat Day

• 1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
• 1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
• 1990 Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak

Sports History
1990 Edmonton right wing Jari Kurri sets record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game with 3 goals and 2 assists in 7-2 win at Boston Garden


NHL StarJari Kurri

• 1991 116th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54
• 1994 2nd UEFA Champions League Final: Milan beats Barcelona 4-0 at Athens
• 1996 121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2

LPGA Championship
1997 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Christa Johnson wins her only major title on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff over Leta Lindley


LPGA GolferChrista Johnson

• 2001 101-year-old Harold Stilson becomes oldest golfer to record a hole-in-one when he aces the 108-yard, par-3, 16th hole at Deerfield CC, FL
• 2002 127th Preakness: Victor Espinoza aboard War Emblem wins in 1:56.36
• 2002 Micky Ward beats Arturo Gatti by majority decision in a junior welterweight boxing bout in Uncasville, Connecticut; 'The Ring' Fight of the Year; first fight in their legendary trilogy
• 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks' Randy Johnson becomes 16th pitcher to throw a perfect game (2-0 vs Atlanta)
• 2008 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1
• 2013 RC Toulonnais defeat ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final
• 2013 138th Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Oxbow wins in 1:57.54
• 2014 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: Kenny Perry wins his third of 4 Champions Tour majors by 1 stroke from Mark Calcavecchia
• 2019 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (85,854): Gabriel Jesus & Raheem Sterling each score twice as Manchester City thrash Watford, 6-0, completing an unprecedented domestic treble
• 2019 144th Preakness: War of Will with Tyler Gaffalione aboard wins for trainer Mark E. Casse by a nose from Everfast
• 2021 Detroit Tigers pitcher Spencer Turnbull no-hits Seattle Mariners, 5-0 at Comerica Park, Detroit

 

• May 19
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• 1905 Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ

Boxing Title Fight

1909 In his first title defence Jack Johnson fights "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien to a no decision in 6 rounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to retain his world heavyweight crown


World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson

Sports History
1912 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball


MLB LegendTy Cobb

Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson
Sports History
1923 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande wins aboard Zev for his first Derby success


JockeyEarl Sande

• 1928 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4
• 1929 Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium, crushes 2 people to death
• 1935 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
• 1941 Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
• 1942 Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)
• 1945 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services

Sports History
1951 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1956 81st Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
• 1960 SF Giants rookie Juan Marichal beats Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0 on debut at Candlestick Park; first National League hurler since 1900 to debut with a one-hitter
• 1962 87th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2

Sports History
1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431


MLB LegendStan Musial

MLB ShortshopHonus Wagner

• 1965 West Ham United of England win 5th European Cup Winner's Cup against 1860 München of West Germany 2-0 in London

Sports History
1973 98th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:54 - fastest Preakness race ever (recognized 2012)


Thoroughbred Race HorseSecretariat

• 1974 Stanley Cup Final, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA: Goaltender Bernie Parent and the Flyers shut out the Boston Bruins, 1-0, to win series 4-2, become 1st "expansion" team to win Stanley Cup; Parent named playoff MVP
• 1979 104th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2

Sports History
1984 109th Preakness: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., aboard Gate Dancer wins his second Pimlico classic


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.
Sports History
1984 Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Wayne Gretzky scores twice as Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 5-2 for a 4-1 series win; Oilers first SC title


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
Sports History
1984 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game


NHL StarPat LaFontaine

• 1988 Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1

Sports History
1990 115th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6


JockeyPat Day

• 1991 Willy T. Ribbs overcomes numerous mechanical problems in qualifying to become first African-American driver to make Indianapolis 500 starting grid
• 1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center
• 1999 Lazio of Italy win 39th European Cup Winner's Cup against Mallorca of Spain 2-1 in Birmingham
• 2001 126th Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Point Given wins in 1:55.40
• 2001 Manchester United lose 3-1 to Tottenham at White Hart Lane but win English Premier League title for the 3rd consecutive season
• 2004 NHL Western Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 2
• 2007 132nd Preakness: Robby Albarado aboard Curlin wins in 1:53.46
• 2007 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 1
• 2007 In an all South African final the Bulls (Pretoria) edge the home team Sharks, 20-19 in Durban for their first Super 14 Rugby title; Bulls flyhalf Derick Hougaard boots 2 penalties & 2 conversions
• 2007 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,826): Chelsea beats Manchester United, 1 – 0 (a.e.t.); Didier Drogba scores 116' winner for Blues' 4th title
• 2008 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Dallas Stars, 4 games to 2
• 2012 137th Preakness: Mario Gutierrez aboard Ill Have Another wins in 1:55.94

Sports History
2012 UEFA Champions League Final, Munich: Chelsea beats Bayern Munich, 4-3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time; Blues' first title


Football StarThomas Müller

• 2013 Sweden defeats Switzerland to win the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship
• 2014 Decorated Dutch coach Louis van Gaal confirmed as manager of Manchester United; Ryan Giggs named assistant, confirms retirement as a player at age 40 after 963 games and English record 22 major trophies
• 2018 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Chelsea beats Manchester United, 1-0; Belgian international Eden Hazard scores 22' penalty
• 2018 142nd Preakness Stakes: Mike Smith wins aboard Justify in fog for second-leg of the Triple Crown
• 2019 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Bethpage State Park: Defending champion Brooks Koepka leads wire-to-wire; wins despite 5 bogeys on last 8 holes by 2 strokes from world #1 Dustin Johnson
• 2019 Sprinter Dutee Chand comes out as India's first openly gay professional athlete
• 2021 New York Yankees pitcher Cory Kluber no-hits Texas Rangers, 2-0 at Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas

 

May 20

• 1734 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina
• 1879 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37

Sports History

1897 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: English amateur Harold Hilton wins 2nd Open title by 1 stroke from Scot James Braid


Golfer and Course DesignerJames Braid

• 1900 Second modern Summer Olympics (Games of the II Olympiad) opens in Paris and continues for 5 months
• 1913 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4
• 1920 Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers & arrest 24 fans for gambling

Sports History
1922 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, previously suspended by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY lineup and go hitless


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis

• 1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot
• 1940 Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen
• 1941 White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games
• 1945 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
• 1946 Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances
• 1948 Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)

Sports History
1950 75th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1959 Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940
• 1960 Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
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• 1961 86th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6
• 1964 Buster Mathis beats future world heavyweight champion Joe Frazer on points at trials in Flushing, NY to qualify for US Olympic boxing team; Mathis injures thumb, replaced by Frazier who wins gold medal

Sports History
1967 92nd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1972 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets, 4 games to 2
• 1972 97th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6
• 1978 103rd Preakness: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed for the 2nd-leg of the Triple Crown

Boxing Title Fight
1983 American heavyweight boxer Larry Holmes beats countryman Tim Witherspoon by split decision to retain his WBC title at the Dunes Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes
Boxing Title Fight
1983 Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title


WBA World Heavyweight ChampionMike Weaver
Sports History
1983 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Sports History
1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory


MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens

• 1985 Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out
• 1985 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Sports History
1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1989 114th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8

Sports History
1991 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1991 Jeff Reardon gains his 300th career save
• 1992 36th European Cup: Barcelona beats Sampdoria 1-0 at London

Sports History
1995 120th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4


JockeyPat Day

• 1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time
• 1998 6th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Juventus 1-0 at Amsterdam
• 2000 125th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Red Bullet wins in 1:56.00
• 2000 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (78,217): Chelsea beats Aston Villa, 1-0; Roberto Di Matteo scores 73' winner

Laureus Awards
2003 Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Lance Armstrong (rescinded); Sportswoman: Serena Williams; Team: Brazil Men's National Football team


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

• 2006 131st Preakness: Javier Castellano aboard Bernardini wins in 1:54.65
• 2015 NASCAR 2016 Hall of Fame inductees: Bobby Isaac, Terry Labonte and Jerry Cook
• 2017 142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing wins in 1 minute 55.98 seconds
• 2018 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G &CC: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 3 from American trio Joe Durant, Steve Stricker & Gene Sauers

 

May 21

• 1819 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
• 1866 1st-class debut of cricketer Fred Grace aged 15 years 159 days at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford

• 1878 4th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Carter aboard Day Star wins in 2:37.25
• 1881 US National Lawn Tennis Association is established in NYC, New York
• 1886 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45
• 1891 Australian boxer Peter Jackson and future world heavyweight champion Jim Corbett fight a No Contest in 61 rounds at California Athletic Club, San Francisco
• 1904 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) forms in Paris
• 1907 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4
• 1914 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
• 1922 Colonel Jacob Ruppert buys out Colonel Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston's interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000 to become sole owner
• 1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double

Baseball Record

1930 Yankees' legendary slugger Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs as NY blows 6-0 lead in 4th against Philadelphia A's at Shibe Park; go on to lose, 15-7


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1932 1st Curtis Cup for Women's team amateur golf: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England)

Sports History
1938 Batsman Don Bradman scores 143 for Australia v Surrey, in 198 mins, with 11 fours


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1943 Fastest 9 inning AL baseball night game (89 mins), Chicago White Sox beat visiting Washington Senators, 1-0
• 1945 Australian Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets

Sports History
1948 NY Yank Joe DiMaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1952 Booklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in their 1st inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 19-1
• 1960 85th Preakness: Bobby Ussery aboard Bally Ache wins in 1:57.6
• 1966 91st Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4

Boxing Title Fight
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1968 Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game
• 1969 Slovan Bratislava of Czechoslovakia win 9th European Cup Winner's Cup against FC Barcelona of Spain 3-2 in Basel
• 1971 Chelsea win 11th European Cup Winner's Cup against Real Madrid 2-1 in Athens (replay)
• 1977 102nd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4
• 1977 San Diego Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
• 1979 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: 4 consecutive titles for Montreal Canadiens; beat NY Rangers, 4-1 for a 4 games to 1 series win
• 1981 Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: NY Islanders win back-to-back titles; beat Minnesota North Stars, 5-1 for 4 games to 1 series win
• 1983 108th Preakness: Donald Miller Jr on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4
• 1988 113th Preakness: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 1:56.2

LPGA Championship
1989 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins her 3rd LPGA C'ship by 3 strokes from Ayako Okamoto of Japan


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez
Sports History
1994 119th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 1:56.4


JockeyPat Day

• 1994 MLB Cincinnati Reds bat out of order against Los Angeles Dodgers in 2nd inning

Baseball Record
1996 Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.
Sports History
1997 Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens beats the Yankees for his 200th win


MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens

• 2001 NHL Western Conference Final: Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 1
• 2005 130th Preakness: Jeremy Rose aboard Afleet Alex wins in 1:55.04
• 2005 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (71,876): Arsenal beats Manchester United, 5-4 on penalties after 0 – 0 (a.e.t.); Gunners' 10th title
• 2006 The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year.
• 2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Moscow: Manchester United beats Chelsea, 6-5 on penalties after scores tied at 1-1 after extra time; first all-English final in the competition's history
• 2011 136th Preakness: Jesús Castañón aboard Shackleford wins in 1:56.47
• 2016 141st Preakness Stakes: Kent Desormeaux aboard Exaggerator wins in 1 minute 58 seconds
• 2016 On same card, American boxer Jermell Charlo KOs John Jackson in 8th to claim vacant WBC super welterweight title, and Jermall Charlo beats Austin Trout on points to retain IBF version; first twins to hold world championships in same weight division
• 2016 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Manchester United beats Crystal Palace, 2-1 (a.e.t.); Jesse Lingard scores 110' winner
• 2017 IPL Cricket Final, Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad: Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiant by 1 run; Krunal Pandya 47 (38)
• 2017 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G&CC: Defending champion Berhard Langer wins by 5 strokes from Scott Parel & Scott McCarron

 

May 22

• 1877 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38
• 1883 Cubs' Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out

• 1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
• 1885 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49
• 1902 36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6
• 1906 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45
• 1911 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row
• 1927 Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4

Baseball Record

1930 Yankees' future Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig becomes first to hit 3 HRs three times as NY outscores Philadelphia A's, 20-13; teams combine for then-record 10 homers


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1938 Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field
• 1946 Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers 5-3
• 1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4
• 1954 79th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4
• 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
• 1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 HRs in 6th inning in 11-0 win

Baseball Record
1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

Sports History
1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1963 European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: José Altafini scores twice as AC Milan edge Benfica, 2-1 for first title to an Italian club

Baseball Record
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball HOF outfielder Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double and a single in a 13-6 rout of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field


Baseball Left fielder / First basemanWillie Stargell

• 1970 Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0
• 1974 Soccer team Veendam forms
• 1975 8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Ind Pacers, 4 games to 1
• 1976 St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
• 1977 Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11
• 1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR

Sports History
1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
LPGA Championship
1988 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Sherri Turner birdies final 2 holes to win her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Amy Alcott


LPGA GolferSherri Turner
Baseball Record
1990 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game


MLB StarAndre Dawson
Sports History
1990 Deion Sanders becomes involved in a dispute with Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, one of the most infamous incidents of Sanders' baseball career


NFL LegendDeion Sanders

• 1991 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
• 1992 California Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in New Jersey
• 1992 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0

Boxing Title Fight
1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title


BoxerRiddick Bowe

• 1994 Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" & logo
• 1996 4th UEFA Champions League Final: Juventus beats Ajax (1-1, 4-2 on penalties) at Rome
• 2001 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 games to 1

Laureus Awards
2001 Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Tiger Woods; Sportswoman: Cathy Freeman; Team: French Men's National Football team


GolferTiger Woods
Appointment of Interest
2002 Mike Babcock is named head coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks


NHL CoachMike Babcock
Golf Tournament
2003 In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.


GolferAnnika Sörenstam

• 2004 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3
• 2004 Super Rugby Final, Canberra: ACT Brumbies claim their 2nd title with a 47-38 win over Canterbury Crusaders; Brumbies wingers Mark Gerrard (3) and Joe Roff (2) combine for 5 tries

Sports History
2004 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (71,350): Manchester United beats Millwall, 3-0; Ruud van Nistelrooy scores 2 and Cristiano Ronaldo 1 in Red Devils' 11th title win


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo
Laureus Awards
2006 Laureus World Sports Awards, Parque del Fórum, Barcelona, Spain: Sportsman: Roger Federer; Sportswoman: Janica Kostelić; Team: Renault F1 team


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

• 2007 NHL Western Conference Final: Anaheim Ducks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2

Sports History
2010 UEFA Champions League Final, Madrid: Internazionale beats Bayern Munich, 2-0; Inter's 3rd title and first treble (Italian Serie A & Cup)


Football StarThomas Müller

• 2012 NHL Western Conference Finals: Los Angeles Kings beat Phoenix Coyotes, 4 games to 1
• 2015 Pakistan begin the first test-playing nation cricket tour of Zimbabwe since 2009
• 2016 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G&CC: Germany's Berhard Langer wins sixth of 13 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Olin Browne
• 2021 30 year old Scottish light-welterweight boxer Josh Taylor becomes Britain's first undisputed world champion in the four-belt era by beating Jose Ramirez by unanimous decision in Las Vegas

 

May 23

• 1873 1st Preakness Stakes: G. Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43 at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland
• 1883 9th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins in 2:43

• 1884 12th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Knight of Ellerslie wins in 2:39.5
• 1901 35th Belmont: H Spencer aboard Commando wins in 2:21
• 1922 Future World Heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney suffers his only professional defeat in 15-round unanimous points decision against Harry Greb at Madison Square Garden, NY
• 1926 Chicago Cub's Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
• 1932 Australian cyclist Hubert Opperman sets paced world records 1,384km in 24 hours, and 1,609km (1,000 miles) in 28 hours, 55 minutes, 39 seconds at Melbourne Motordrome

Boxing Title Fight

1941 In his 20th World Heavyweight Boxing title defence Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in round 1 at New York's Madison Square Garden


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis
Baseball Record
1948 Future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs as the New York Yankees edge the Indians, 6-5 at Cleveland Stadium


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

• 1953 78th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8

Baseball Record
1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)


MLB First Baseman and OutfielderJoe Pepitone

• 1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)
• 1968 AC Milan of Italy win 8th European Cup Winner's Cup against Hamburger SV of West Germany 2-0 in Rotterdam
• 1970 San Diego Padres beat SF Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
• 1978 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
• 1979 1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"

Sports History
1981 Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benítez (22) becomes the youngest 3-division world champion in history by knocking out WBC World Super Welterweight champion Maurice Hope in 12 rounds in Las Vegas


BoxerWilfred Benítez

• 1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
• 1990 NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
• 1990 34th European Cup: Milan beats Benfica 1-0 at Vienna
• 1991 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tommy Greene no-hits Montreal Expos, 2-0
• 1991 San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship
• 1992 NY Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game
• 1992 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 0
• 1995 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
• 2001 9th UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich beats Valencia (1-1, 5-4 on penalties) at Milan
• 2001 Marco Siffredi becomes the first person to snowboard down Mount Everest via the Norton Couloir (some share record accreditation with Stefan Gatt)
• 2003 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Ottawa Senators, 4 games to 3
• 2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Athens: Filippo Inzaghi scores twice as AC Milan beats Liverpool, 2-1 for 7th title
• 2010 NHL Western Conference Finals: Chicago Black Hawks beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 0

Appointment of Interest
2013 Patrick Roy is named head coach of the Colorado Avalanche, his former team where he won two Stanley Cups


NHL Goalie and CoachPatrick Roy

• 2018 NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations

PGA Championship
2021 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Ocean Course Kiawah Island: Phil Mickelson becomes oldest major winner in history (50); wins his 6th major by 2 strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen


GolferPhil Mickelson

 

May 24

• 1877 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
• 1879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5

• 1900 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼
• 1905 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
• 1918 Cleveland Indians Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) as the Indians beat the Yankees 3-2

World Record

1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)


Runner nicknamed the Flying FinnPaavo Nurmi

• 1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7
• 1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings

Sports History
1930 21 year old Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 252 not out in a tour match for Australia v Surrey at Kennington Oval, London


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
Baseball Record
1930 NY Yankees' legendary slugger Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader (beat Philadelphia A's 10-6 & 11-1); gives him 9 HR's in one week


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Philadelphia 1)
• 1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2
• 1940 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
• 1940 NY Giants swat Boston Bees, 8-1, in 1st night game at Polo Grounds, NYC
• 1941 German athlete Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1,000m in 2:21.5 at Dresden, Germany
• 1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager

Sports History
1964 Longest HR (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins)


Baseball PlayerHarmon Killebrew

• 1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
• 1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
• 1968 American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title 14x)
• 1972 Glasgow Rangers of Scotland win 12th European Cup Winner's Cup against Dynamo Moscow 3-2 of the Soviet Union 3-2 in Barcelona

Boxing Title Fight
1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title in Munich


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
Sports History
1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1980 Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: In first Finals appearance, NY Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 5-4 in OT for a 4 games to 2 series win
• 1981 Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser crosses finish line ahead of Mario Andretti; Unser disqualified for pit lane infraction, later reinstated for his 3rd race victory
• 1984 Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
• 1986 Stanley Cup Final, Saddledome, Calgary, AL: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4-3 for 4-1 series victory

LPGA Championship
1987 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: American Jane Geddes wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up American Betsy King


LPGA GolferJane Geddes

LPGA GolferBetsy King

• 1987 Indianapolis 500: 47 year-old, now part-time driver Al Unser Sr. wins his record-tying 4th Indy title in a huge upset
• 1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals

Sports History
1989 NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito


NHL StarPhil Esposito

• 1989 NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
• 1989 33rd European Cup: Milan beats Steaua Bucuresti 4-0 at Barcelona
• 1990 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Oilers' 5th Cup win in 7 years

Sports History
1992 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr. holds off Scott Goodyear to win by 0.043 seconds; closest finish in Indy history; first second-generation driver to win the race


Indy Car DriverAl Unser Jr.

• 1992 Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
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• 1993 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
• 1994 NHL Western Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
• 1995 3rd UEFA Champions League Final: Ajax beats Milan 1-0 at Vienna
• 1998 Indianapolis 500: American ex-Formula One driver Eddie Cheever Jr finishes 3 seconds ahead of 1996 winner Buddy Lazier; first Indy fully sanctioned by the IRL
• 2000 8th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Valencia 3-0 at Saint-Denis
• 2003 Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Auckland Blues beat defending champion Canterbury Crusaders, 21-17 for their 3rd title
• 2009 Indianapolis 500: 2001 and 2002 champion Hélio Castroneves of Brazil wins his record tying 3rd Indy title from the pole position; 60th victory in the race for Firestone
• 2009 Manchester United wins 1-0 at Hull City Stadium to win English Premier League title for 3rd consecutive season, for a second time; equals Liverpool's record of 18 league titles
• 2009 IPL Cricket Final, New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, RSA: Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs; Herschelle Gibbs top scores, 53 (48)
• 2010 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 1
• 2011 NHL Western Conference Finals: Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 1
• 2014 UEFA Champions League Final, Lisbon: Real Madrid beats cross town rivals Atlético Madrid, 4-1 after extra time; scores locked at 1-1 in regulation; Los Blancos record 10th title
• 2015 Indianapolis 500: 2000 champion Juan Pablo Montoya of Columbia sets record for most years between two victories in the race - fifteen years
• 2015 IPL Cricket Final, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs; Lendl Simmons top scores, 68 (45)
• 2015 Senior PGA Championship Men's Golf, French Lick Resort: Defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins by 4 strokes from Mexican Esteban Toledo
• 2017 UEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm

Sports History
2018 US President Donald Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson for racially orientated criminal conviction - transporting a white woman across state lines [1]


World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson

45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump

 

• May 25
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• 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

Sports History

1919 Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Sports History
1922 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
World Record
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"


Track and Field AthleteJesse Owens

• 1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs in Pittsburgh, Boston Braves still lose the game 11–7 to the Pirates
• 1939 Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president

Sports History
1941 Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
PGA Championship
1948 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


GolferBen Hogan
Sports History
1951 NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1953 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
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• 1959 US Supreme Courtt rules Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
• 1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket

Boxing Title Fight
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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionSonny Liston

• 1966 Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
• 1967 European Cup Final, Estádio Nacional, Lisbon: Glasgow Celtic beats Internazionale, 2-1; first British team to win the Cup
• 1970 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2

Boxing Title Fight
1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 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
• 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

Sports History
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


Ice Hockey Coach and CommentatorDon Cherry

• 1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
• 1980 Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins from pole position for his third Indy victory; sixth driver to win the race three times

Baseball Record
1981 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski (41) is 4th to play 3,000 MLB baseball games (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

• 1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
• 1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) & Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
• 1983 27th European Cup: Hamburg beats Juventus 1-0 at Athens
• 1984 Detroit Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
• 1984 Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner

Sports History
1985 Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)


Test CricketerAllan Border
Baseball Record
1986 KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett

• 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

Sports History
1994 Mark Messier scores a natural hat trick for the New York Rangers in game 6 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals


NHL LegendMark Messier

• 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 #


MLB Center FielderKirby Puckett

• 1997 Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games of baseball
• 1997 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 1

Laureus Awards
2000 Laureus World Sports Awards, Monte-Carlo Sporting, Monaco: Sportsman: Tiger Woods; Sportswoman: Marion Jones (rescinded); Team: Manchester United FC


Track and Field Athlete and Drug CheatMarion Jones

GolferTiger Woods

• 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

Sports History
2008 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Oak Hill CC: Jay Haas wins his second title in the event by 1 stroke from Germany’s Bernhard Langer


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

• 2012 NHL Eastern Conference Finals: New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2

Sports History
2013 UEFA Champions League Final, London: Arjen Robben scores twice as Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 in first all-German final


Football StarThomas Müller

• 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

Sports History
2014 Senior PGA Championship Men's Golf, GC at Shore Harbor: Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins first of 3 Champions Tour majors by 4 strokes from Tom Watson


GolferTom Watson

 

May 26

• 1874 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56.5
• 1883 11th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Jacobus wins in 2:42.5

Sports History

1884 Australian cricket fast bowler Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 against an England XI in a tour match in Birmingham; match over in just 4 hours


CricketerFred Spofforth

• 1894 German Emanuel Lasker becomes undisputed World Chess Champion by beating Austrian-American defending titleholder Wilhelm Steinitz, 10-5 (4 draws) in Montreal, Canada
• 1898 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
• 1907 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
• 1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
• 1923 Inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for cars starts through public roads around Le Mans, France; inaugural winners: André Lagache and René Léonard (France) for Chenard & Walcker

Sports History
1925 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Baseball Record
1925 Future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Ty Cobb is first to collect 1,000 extra-base hits when he doubles in Detroit Tigers' 8-1 win against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park


MLB LegendTy Cobb
Sports History
1933 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St Louis Cards


Baseball Hall of Fame Right FielderChuck Klein

• 1946 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball
• 1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in 10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1

French Open Men's Tennis
1956 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Lew Hoad wins his first and only French title; beats Sven Davidson of Sweden 6-4, 8-6, 6-3


Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionLew Hoad
French Open Women's Tennis
1956 French Championships Women's Tennis: American Althea Gibson wins her only French singles title; beats Angela Mortimer of England 6-0, 12-10


Tennis PlayerAlthea Gibson
French Open Men's Tennis
1963 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Roy Emerson beats home favourite Pierre Darmon 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4


Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

• 1963 French Championships Women's Tennis: Australian Lesley Turner wins the first of 2 French titles; beats England's Ann Jones 2-6, 6-3, 7-5

Boxing Title Fight
1972 Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 1974 Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford claims first of his three Indy victories; first Sunday start of the event
• 1975 Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
• 1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
• 1982 26th European Cup: Aston Villa beats Bayern Munich 1-0 at Rotterdam
• 1983 29th Walker Cup: US, 13½ - 10½
• 1983 LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws

Sports History
1985 Indianapolis 500: Danny Sullivan wins by 24 seconds from Mario Andretti after surviving famous 360° spin on lap 120


Racing Car DriverMario Andretti

• 1988 Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 6-3 for 4 game series sweep

Sports History
1990 Philadelphia Phillies retire future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1991 Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears wins from pole, becoming the third 4-time winner (joins A. J. Foyt and Al Unser); record 6th career pole position for Mears

Baseball Record
1993 In Major League Baseball, Carlos Martinez famously hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1993 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich
• 1996 Indianapolis 500: first Indy 500 contested by Indy Racing League; many top CART teams boycott; Buddy Lazier wins marking Firestone's first Indy victory since 1971

Baseball Record
1997 Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs


MLB OutfielderSammy Sosa

• 1997 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 2
• 1999 7th UEFA Champions League Final: Manchester United beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Barcelona
• 2000 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3
• 2001 Super Rugby Final, Canberra: Fullback Andrew Walker kicks 5 penalties & 3 conversions as the ACT Brumbies win their first title; beat Coastal Sharks (Durban), 36-6
• 2002 Indianapolis 500: Defending champion Hélio Castroneves of Brazil becomes fifth driver in Indy 500 history to win back-to-back races for his second of 4 race victories
• 2004 12th UEFA Champions League Final: Porto beats AS Monaco 3-0 at Gelsenkirchen
• 2009 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes, 4 games to 0
• 2013 Indianapolis 500: Tony Kanaan becomes 4th Brazilian to win the race; fastest Indy 500 in history with Kanaan's average speed 187.433 mph; record stands until 2021
• 2013 Indian Premier League T20 Cricket Final, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs; Kieron Pollard 60 no (32)
• 2013 Senior PGA Championship Men's Golf, Bellerive CC: Kōki Idoki of Japan wins his lone PGA event by 2 strokes from Jay Haas and Kenny Perry
• 2015 Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA Eastern Conference

Sports History
2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Kiev: Real Madrid beats Liverpool, 3-1 for third straight title. Zinédine Zidane first manager to win 3 consecutive titles


Football Player and ManagerZinedine Zidane

• 2019 Indianapolis 500: 2016 IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud of France finishes just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi for Team Penske's record-extending 18th victory in the event

 

• May 27
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• 1878 6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75

Sports History

1878 Australian cricket fast bowler Fred Spofforth takes 10-20 (6-4 and 4-16) in quick-fire 9 wicket tour match win over the MCC in London


CricketerFred Spofforth

• 1881 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5
• 1882 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5
• 1902 27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8
• 1903 37th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75
• 1904 NY Giants first baseman Dan McGann collects MLB record 5 stolen bases in 3-1 win over the Brooklyn Superbas at the Polo Grounds in NYC; record broken in 1991 by Otis Nixon
• 1905 30th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8
• 1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11

Baseball Record
1937 New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell wins his MLB record 24th consecutive game in a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field; streak starts July 17, 1936


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell
Sports History
1938 Cricket batting genius Don Bradman scores 145 not out for Australia v Hampshire at Southampton, completing 1,000 runs before the end of May for the second time, the only touring batsman to England ever to perform the feat


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
Sports History
1948 Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg
Sports History
1949 Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck

• 1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0
• 1960 Baltimore manager Paul Richards devises oversized catcher's mitt, used by Baltimore Oriole Clint Courtney
• 1961 Fiorentina of Italy win 1st European Cup Winner's Cup against Glasgow Rangers 4-2 in Florence (2nd leg)
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• 1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½"
• 1961 French Championships Men's Tennis : Manuel Santana beats Nicola Pietrangeli (4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2)
• 1961 60th Women's French Championships: Ann Haydon beats Yola Ramirez (6-2, 6-1)
• 1964 European Cup Final, Praterstadion, Vienna: Internazionale beats Real Madrid, 3-1 for their first title
• 1965 10th European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Jair da Costa scores winner as defending champions Internazionale beat Benfica, 1-0
• 1968 NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises

Sports History
1968 George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles


American Football Coach and Team OwnerGeorge Halas

• 1971 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
• 1972 Indianapolis 500: Mark Donohue wins after leading only the final 13 laps; owner Roger Penske's first of eighteen Indy 500 victories
• 1973 American athlete Rick Wohlhuter runs world record 880 yards in 1:44.6
• 1974 Pirates Ken Brett no-hits Padres until 9th inning
• 1975 Stanley Cup Final, The Aud, Buffalo, NY: Philadelphia Flyers win back-to-back titles; shutting out Buffalo Sabres, 2-0 for a 4-2 series win; goaltender Bernie Parent wins 2nd consecutive Conn Smyth trophy as playoff MVP
• 1979 Indianapolis 500: Polesitter Rick Mears takes lead for the final time with 18 laps to go, to win his first of four Indy 500 races
• 1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but umpire says no
• 1981 25th European Cup: Liverpool beats Real Madrid 1-0 at Paris
• 1982 New owners headed by John McMullen buy NHL's Colorado Rockies and move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands under the new name NJ Devils

Sports History
1984 Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day; Italian Open 1984, beats Virginie Ruzici, Carling Basset and Chris Evert in the final 6-3 6-3; only 7th player to beat Evert on clay


Tennis LegendChris Evert
Sports History
1984 Indianapolis 500: 1979 champion Rick Mears wins second Indy 500 two laps ahead of the field after contenders Tom Sneva and Mario Andretti drop out in second half of the race


Racing Car DriverMario Andretti
Sports History
1987 New York Yankees knuckleballer Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start, joining Cy Young and Don Sutton


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherPhil Niekro

• 1987 31st European Cup: Porto beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Vienna
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• 1990 Indianapolis 500: Dutchman Arie Luyendyk takes lead with 32 laps to go to earn first-ever victory in championship-level competition; average speed 185.981 mph is a record that stands until 2013
• 1993 Baseball player Dale Murphy ends his career after 398 HRs
• 1994 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils, 4 games to 3
• 1997 Indianapolis 500: Dutchman Arie Luyendyk wins from pole position for his second Indy victory; Treadway Racing finishes 1-2 with Luyendyk's teammate Scott Goodyear runner-up
• 1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yanks pay out most $28M
• 2000 NHL Western Conference Final: Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
• 2000 Super Rugby Final, Canberra: Crusaders claim their 3rd consecutive title with a 20-19 win over the ACT Brumbies; flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens kicks 5 penalties for the winners
• 2001 Indianapolis 500: race rookie Hélio Castroneves of Brazil leads for the final 52 laps to win first of 4 Indy 500s; Penske Racing sweeps 1st-2nd with Gil de Ferran the runner-up

Sports History
2001 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Ridgewood CC, NJ: 5-time British Open champion Tom Watson wins first of 6 Champions Tour major titles with a 1 stroke win over Jim Thorpe


GolferTom Watson

• 2006 NHL Western Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks, 4 games to 1
• 2006 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders retain title with a 19-12 win over the Wellington Hurricanes; Dan Carter kicks 4 penalties & a conversion for the winners
• 2006 WLAF World Bowl 14, LTU arena, Düsseldorf: Frankfurt Galaxy beats Amsterdam Admirals, 22-7
• 2007 Indianapolis 500: Scotsman Dario Franchitti declared the winner with 34 laps remaining when race halted by torrential rain

Sports History
2007 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course: Denis Watson of Zimbabwe wins his lone major title by a 2 stroke margin from Eduardo Romero of Argentina


GolferEduardo Romero

• 2009 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1
• 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, Rome: Barcelona beats Manchester United, 2-0; first Spanish treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League
• 2011 NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 games to 3
• 2012 Indianapolis 500: Dual champion (2007, 10) Dario Franchitti of Scotland wins his record tying 3rd title; teammate Scott Dixon finishes second, sweeping a 1-2 finish for Chip Ganassi Racing
• 2012 IPL Cricket Final, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets; Manvinder Bisla top scores, 89 (48)
• 2015 Golden State Warriors win the NBA Western Conference
• 2017 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Arsenal beats Chelsea, 2-1; Aaron Ramsey scores 79' winner as Arsène Wenger becomes most successful manager in FA Cup history, winning his 7th title
• 2018 Indianapolis 500: Will Power becomes first Australian race winner; Roger Penske's 17th Indy 500 victory as a car owner; average speed: 166.935 mph
• 2018 IPL Cricket Final, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets; Shane Watson top scores, 117 no (57); SK's 3rd IPL title

 

May 28

• 1742 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
• 1875 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43.5

• 1880 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40.5
• 1901 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2
• 1904 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2
• 1912 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia v South Africa
• 1927 Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
• 1934 Jack Hobbs scores his 197th (or 199th) and last 1st class cricket century at 51 years and 163 days of age [1]
• 1941 1st night game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (NY Yankees pip the Senators 6-5)
• 1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
• 1949 French Championships Men's Tennis: Frank Parker retains title; beats fellow American Budge Patty 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4

• 1949 French Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont wins her second French singles crown; beats Nelly Adamson Landry of France 7-5, 6-2

Baseball Record

1951 After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st major league home run


MLB LegendWillie Mays
Sports History
1955 80th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro

• 1955 Indianapolis 500: Bob Sweikert wins; defending champion Bill Vukovich killed in a crash while seemingly on his way to an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500
• 1957 NL approves baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to the US west coast
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• 1958 European Cup Final, Brussels: Francisco Gento scores the winner in extra time as Real Madrid beats AC Milan, 3-2; 3rd consecutive title for Los Blancos
• 1960 59th Men's French Championships: Nicola Pietrangeli beats Luis Ayala (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3)

Sports History
1960 59th Women's French Championships: Darlene Hard beats Yola Ramirez (6-3, 6-4)


Tennis PlayerDarlene Hard

• 1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
• 1968 MLB: AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
• 1968 MLB: NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
• 1969 European Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid: AC Milan striker Pierino Prati scores 3 in 4-1 win over Ajax; second title for I Rossoneri
• 1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
• 1973 Indianapolis 500: Gordon Johncock wins first of his two Indy triumphs after rain halts the race at lap 133
• 1975 19th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Leeds United 2-0 at Paris
• 1978 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Snr in a Lola dominates second half of race to hold off Tom Sneva for his third Indy victory
• 1980 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
• 1980 Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
• 1980 24th European Cup: Nottingham Forest beats Hamburg 1-0 at Madrid
• 1986 White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces
• 1989 Indianapolis 500: Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil first foreign winner since 1966; completes final lap under caution after crashing with Al Unser Jr

Baseball Record
1994 Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)


Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew

Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDave Winfield

• 1995 White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
• 1995 Indianapolis 500: Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve wins as race leader Scott Goodyear is controversially black flagged on lap 195
• 1997 5th UEFA Champions League Final: Borussia Dortmund beats Juventus 3-1 at Munich
• 2000 Indianapolis 500: reigning CART champion Juan Pablo Montoya leads for 167 laps to cruise to victory; first rookie winner since Graham Hill 1966
• 2002 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Carolina Hurricanes beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2

Sports History
2003 Patrick Roy officially announces his retirement from the NHL


NHL Goalie and CoachPatrick Roy

• 2003 11th UEFA Champions League Final: Milan beats Juventus (0-0, 3-2 on penalties) at Manchester
• 2005 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders claim their 5th title with a 35-25 win over the NSW Waratahs; Dan Carter lands 3 conversions & 2 penalties for the winners
• 2006 Indianapolis 500: Sam Hornish Jr. wins from the pole position; record 14th Indy victory for Penske Racing; 0.0635 second margin from runner-up Marco Andretti second-closest finish in history at the time

Baseball Record
2006 Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the MLB all-time list


MLB LegendBarry Bonds

Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 2006 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Oak Tree GC: Jay Haas wins his first of 3 Champions Tour major titles with a birdie on the third playoff hole against Brad Bryant
• 2011 UEFA Champions League Final, London: FC Barcelona beats Manchester United, 3-1; 4th title for Barça
• 2011 IPL Cricket Final, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs; Murali Vijay 95 (52), Ravichandran Ashwin 3/16
• 2016 UEFA Champions League Final, Milan: Real Madrid beats cross-town rivals Atlético Madrid, 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time; record-extending 11th title
• 2017 Indianapolis 500: Japanese ex-Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato of Andretti Autosport becomes first Asian to win the race; Brazilian Hélio Castroneves finishes just 0.2011 seconds behind

Sports History
2017 Senior PGA Championship Men's Golf, Trump National GC: A week after winning The Tradition, Bernhard Langer of Germany triumphs by 1 stroke from Vijay Singh


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

GolferVijay Singh

 

May 29

• 1897 31st Belmont: Joe Scherrer aboard Scottish Chieftain wins in 2:23.25
• 1900 25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4

• 1916 NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game
• 1922 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
• 1940 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
• 1948 French Championships Men's Tennis: Frank Parker wins 1st of 2 straight French titles; beats Jaroslav Drobný 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 8-6
• 1948 French Championships Women's Tennis: Belgium-born but representing France, Nelly Landry beats American Shirley Fry 6-2, 0-6, 6-0 for her lone major title

French Open Men's Tennis

1954 French Championships Men's Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Art Larsen 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 for first of 2 straight French singles titles


Tennis Player and Five-Time Major ChampionTony Trabert
French Open Women's Tennis
1954 French Championships Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly retains her title; beats Ginette Bucaille of France 6-4, 6-1


Tennis playerMaureen Connolly

• 1954 British runner Diane Leather becomes first woman to run the mile in under 5 minutes; 4:59.6 at Alexander Sports Ground in Birmingham, England
• 1957 NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast
• 1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium

French Open Men's Tennis
1965 French Championships Men's Tennis: Fred Stolle beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 for his first Grand Slam singles title


Tennis Player and CoachTony Roche

• 1965 French Championships Women's Tennis: Australian Lesley Turner Bowrey wins her 2nd French singles crown; upsets doubles partner Margaret Smith 6-3, 6-4
• 1968 European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Bobby Charlton scores twice as Manchester United beats Benfica, 4-1; first English club to win the trophy
• 1971 Indianapolis 500: Defending champion Al Unser Snr becomes first and only driver to win race on his birthday; leads for final 83 laps
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• 1972 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Southern Pines CC: Sandra Palmer wins first of 2 majors by a massive 10 strokes from Judy Rankin and Mickey Wright

Sports History
1977 Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt. becomes first driver to win Indy 500 four times; last time winning car built entirely within US; Janet Guthrie first female to qualify, lasts 27 laps


Racing Car DriverA. J. Foyt

• 1977 Australian Sue Prell first female golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one; 13th and 14th holes at Chatswood Golf Club, Sydney

Sports History
1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year


NBA LegendLarry Bird

NBA LegendMagic Johnson

• 1983 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
• 1983 Indianapolis 500: Tom Sneva wins his first Indy 500; represents record 7th Indy victory for chief mechanic George Bignotti

Sports History
1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin

• 1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months
• 1985 29th European Cup: Juventus beats Liverpool 1-0 at Brussels
• 1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games

Sports History
1988 Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears claims his third-career Indy 500 victory; 50th victory in Championship racing for owner Roger Penske and Penske Racing


Racing Car DriverMario Andretti

• 1988 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season

Sports History
1989 Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt retires from MLB at 39


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1990 NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson

Baseball Record
1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1991 35th European Cup: Red Star Belgrade beats Marseille (0-0, 5-3 on penalties) at Bari
• 1992 NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games

Sports History
1992 White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base


MLB OutfielderTim Raines
Sports History
1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1993 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 3

Sports History
1994 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr.wins from pole position for his second Indy 500 victory for Marlboro Team Penske


Indy Car DriverAl Unser Jr.

• 1996 NHL Western Conference Final: Colorado Avalanche beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
• 2001 U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments
• 2005 Indianapolis 500: Dan Wheldon becomes first British-born winner since Graham Hill in 1966; first Indy 500 victory for car owner Michael Andretti of Andretti-Green Racing
• 2005 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Laurel Valley GC: Mike Reid wins his first of 2 Champions Tour major titles with a birdie on the first playoff hole against Jerry Pate and Dana Quigley
• 2010 Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Halladay becomes 20th pitcher to throw a perfect game (1-0 vs Florida Marlins), in Miami
• 2010 Super Rugby Final, Orlando Stadium, Soweto: Bulls (Pretoria) successfully defend their title with a 25-17 win over the Stormers (Cape Town) in an all-South African final
• 2010 In an all South African Super 14 Rugby final, the Bulls (Pretoria) retain title, 25-17 over the Stormers (Cape Town) at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto; Morné Steyn kicks 6 penalties and a conversion for the Bulls
• 2011 Indianapolis 500: 2005 champion Dan Wheldon of England wins his 2nd Indy 500; 4 months later he is killed in a race accident in Las Vegas

Sports History
2011 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Tom Watson wins his 6th and final Champions Tour major title with a birdie on the first playoff hole against David Eger


GolferTom Watson

• 2014 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2
• 2015 NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Tampa Bay Lightning beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3
• 2016 IPL Cricket Final, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs; David Warner 69 (38)
• 2016 Senior PGA Championship Men's Golf, GC at Harbor Shores: Rocco Mediate wins his lone career major title by 3 strokes from Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
• 2016 Indianapolis 500: American driver Alexander Rossi of Andretti Herta Autosport runs out of fuel on the final lap but coasts across line for the victory in 100th running of the race

Sports History
2017 Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida


GolferTiger Woods

• 2021 UEFA Champions League Final, Porto: Kai Havertz scores just before halftime to give Chelsea a 1-0 win over Manchester City in an all-English final; Blues' second CL title

 

May 30

• 1890 First baseman Dave Foutz hits Brooklyn Bridegrooms' (later Dodgers) first ever home run during doubleheader defeats to Chicago Colts at Washington Park, Brooklyn
• 1894 Boston Beaneaters baseball second baseman Bobby Lowe first to hit 4 home runs in MLB game in 20-11 win against Cincinnati Reds

Sports History

1895 English cricket icon W. G. Grace scores 169 for Gloucestershire against Middlesex at Lord's for his 1,000th first-class run of the season in just 22 days


CricketerW. G. Grace

• 1896 First car accident occurs; Henry Wells hits a cyclist in NYC
• 1899 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47
• 1903 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8
• 1906 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20
• 1907 41st Belmont Stakes: George Mountain aboard 3 year old stallion Peter Pan wins
• 1908 42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win
• 1910 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22
• 1911 1st Indianapolis 500: Ray Harroun driving a Marmon Wasp for Nordyke & Marmon Company comes out of retirement, wins inaugural event; average speed: 74.602 mph (120.060 km/h)
• 1912 Indianapolis 500: Joe Dawson in the American-manufactured, 4-cylinder National, wins in race record 6:21:06; time is 21:02 faster than previous 1911 record
• 1913 Indianapolis 500: Frenchman Jules Goux becomes first non-American to win race in a car owned by French manufacturer Peugeot
• 1914 Indianapolis 500: Frenchman René Thomas driving for Louis Delâge wins ahead of Arthur Duray of Belgium
• 1916 Indianapolis 500: Dario Resta accompanied by riding mechanic Bob Dahnke lead 103 of 120 laps to claim victory; only Indy 500 scheduled for less than 500 miles (300)
• 1921 Indianapolis 500: Tommy Milton accompanied by riding mechanic Harry Franck wins the first of two 500 victories after Ralph DePalma had led for 109 laps
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• 1922 Cubs and Cardinals trade outfielders between morning and afternoon games of doubleheader; Max Flack goes to St. Louis, Cliff Heathcote heads to Chicago; both get hits for new clubs in the nightcap
• 1922 Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Murphy becomes first driver to win the race from pole position; accompanied by riding mechanic Ernie Olson
• 1923 Indianapolis 500: 1921 champion Tommy Milton becomes first multiple race winner; Howdy Wilcox drives relief for laps 103-151 as Milton's hands are bandaged due to blisters
• 1924 Indianapolis 500: Lora Lawrence Corum starts the race and is relieved midway by Joe Boyer who drives to victory; both drivers credited as "co-winners"
• 1925 Indianapolis 500: Race winner Peter DePaolo becomes first driver to complete 500 miles in under 5 hours, and have an average over 100 mph; Norman Batten drives 21 laps of relief while DePaolo has his hands bandaged due to blisters

Sports History
1927 Walter Johnson records 110th and final shutout of his Baseball HOF career, the most in MLB history; Washington Senators score 3-0 win over Boston Red Sox


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1927 Indianapolis 500: First-time starter George Souders wins by 8 laps, largest margin since 1913; first driver to win full-500 mile race with no help from relief driver or riding mechanic
• 1928 Indianapolis 500: Rookie driver Louis Meyer takes first of 3 career Indy victories after 20 lap duel with Tony Gulotta and Jimmy Gleason
• 1929 Indianapolis 500: Ray Keech takes lead for final time on lap 158 for his first Indy 500 win; car owner Maude A. Yagle is first and only female winning owner in Indy history
• 1930 Indianapolis 500: Polesitter Billy Arnold takes lead on lap 3 and never gives it up; total 198 laps stands as all-time Indy 500 race record; accompanied by riding mechanic Spider Matlock

Baseball Record
1931 Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH


Baseball Hall of Fame Right FielderChuck Klein

• 1931 Indianapolis 500: Defending champion Billy Arnold leads for 155 laps before axle trouble; Louis Schneider leads final 34 laps accompanied by riding mechanic Jigger Johnson
• 1932 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins
• 1932 Indianapolis 500: Fred Frame takes lead for good on lap 152, winning from 27th on starting grid; accompanied by riding mechanic Jerry Houck
• 1933 Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins accompanied by riding mechanic Lawson Harris; Mark Billman killed in a crash on lap 79; Lester Spangler and riding mechanic "Monk" Jordan die in a crash on lap 132
• 1934 Indianapolis 500: Indianapolis native Bill Cummings accompanied by riding mechanic Earl Unversaw wins race where only 12 of 33 entrants finish

Sports History
1935 Philadelphia pitcher Jim Bivin retires Babe Ruth on an infield grounder in "the Babe's" final MLB at-bat; Ruth plays just 1 inning in Boston Braves, 11-6 loss to Phillies at the Baker Bowl


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1935 Indianapolis 500: Kelly Petillo accompanied by riding mechanic Jimmy Dunham win; Pete DePaolo becomes first to win race separately as a driver (1925) and owner
• 1936 Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer becomes first 3-time winner of the race; Lawson Harris is first 2-time riding mechanic; famous tradition of serving milk in victory lane commences

PGA Championship
1937 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pittsburgh Field Club: Defending champion Denny Shute defeats Jug McSpaden in 37 holes


GolferDenny Shute

• 1937 42nd Men's French Championships: Henner Henkel beats Bunny Austin (6-1, 6-4, 6-3)
• 1937 42nd Women's French Championships: Hilde Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu (6-2, 6-4)
• 1938 New York Yankees sweep arch rival Boston Red Sox, 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
• 1938 Indianapolis 500: Polesitter Floyd Roberts claims winner's cheque $32,075; car owner Lou Moore is also the chief mechanic
• 1939 Indianapolis 500: Reigning champion Floyd Roberts is killed in crash on lap 109; Wilbur Shaw wins his second of 3 Indy 500 titles
• 1940 Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw drives same Maserati 8CTF he had driven to victory in 1939; first driver in the history to win at Indy in consecutive years
• 1941 Indianapolis 500: Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose win final 500 prior to United States involvement in WWII; final time one car would carry 2 drivers to victory at Indy

Sports History
1942 Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige

• 1946 Bama Rowell hits a home run in a baseball match - the ball shatters Bulova Clock in Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
• 1946 Indianapolis 500: Resumes after WWII; George Robson wins by 44 seconds ahead of rookie Jimmy Jackson
• 1947 Indianapolis 500: Mauri Rose leads for final 8 laps after confused pit messages with teammate Bill Holland to take the controversial victory; race marred by a 41st lap crash that claims life of Shorty Cantlon

Baseball Record
1948 Schenectady Blue Jays Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game


Baseball Pitcher and ManagerTommy Lasorda

• 1949 Indianapolis 500: After finishing runner-up the previous 2 years, Bill Holland finally wins giving car owner Lou Moore his 3rd consecutive Indy victory; 1947-48 winner Mauri Rose fired after the race for ignoring team orders

Boxing Title Fight
1951 Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles

• 1951 Indianapolis 500: Lee Wallard wins in a Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser that loses its brakes, suffers damaged exhaust pipe and broken shock absorber mounting
• 1952 Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
• 1952 Indianapolis 500: Troy Ruttman at 22 years 80 days sets record for youngest 500 winner in history; his Kuzma-Offenhauser is last dirt track car to win at Indy
• 1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
• 1953 Indianapolis 500: Labelled "Hottest 500" due to high temperatures, Bill Vukovich wins first of 2 consecutive Indy 500 victories; Carl Scarborough drops out of race, and later dies of heat prostration

French Open Men's Tennis
1953 French Championships Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall of Australia wins his 2nd Grand Slam title, beating American Vic Seixas 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall

Tennis PlayerVic Seixas

French Open Women's Tennis
1953 French Championships Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of her Grand Slam


Tennis playerMaureen Connolly

• 1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs

Baseball Event
1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18 inches hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1956 Indianapolis 500: Pat Flaherty wins in a Watson-Offenhauser; first 500 to be governed by the United States Automobile Club
• 1957 Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
• 1957 Indianapolis 500: Sam Hanks wins in his thirteenth attempt; first driver to win a $100,000 single-race payday

Sports History
1957 European Cup Final, Madrid: Alfredo Di Stéfano and Francisco Gento score as defending champions Real Madrid beats Fiorentina, 2-0


Football Player and CoachAlfredo Di Stéfano

• 1958 Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Bryan wins a race best known for a massive first-lap, 15-car pileup that results in death of fan-favourite driver Pat O'Connor
• 1959 Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward earns first of 2 career Indy 500 victories as a record 16 cars complete full 500 miles; for the first time all cars required to have roll bars
• 1959 58th Men's French Championships: Nicola Pietrangeli beats Ian Vermaak (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1)
• 1959 58th Women's French Championships: Christine Truman beats Zsuzsi Kormoczy (6-4, 7-5)
• 1960 Indianapolis 500: Greatest two-man duel in race history; winner Jim Rathmann and Rodger Ward battle out then-record 29 lead changes until Ward slows with tire trouble

Sports History
1961 50th Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt takes lead with 3 laps to go to win his first of 4 Indy 500 victories by a margin of 8.28 seconds from Eddie Sachs


Racing Car DriverA. J. Foyt

• 1962 Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward and Len Sutton finish 1st-2nd for Leader Cards Racing; Parnelli Jones breaks 150 mph (240 km/h) barrier in qualifying
• 1963 Indianapolis 500: Parnelli Jones takes his only Indy 500 win despite his car spewing oil from a cracked overflow tank for many laps
• 1964 Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt wins but race primarily remembered for fiery 7-car accident resulting in deaths of Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald; last race won by a front-engined "roadster"
• 1964 French Championships Men's Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Nicola Pietrangeli (6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5)

French Open Women's Tennis
1964 French Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Court of Australia wins her second French singles crown; beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 5-7, 6-1, 6-2


Tennis ChampionMaria Bueno
Sports History
1966 Indianapolis 500: English 1962 F1 World Champion Graham Hill wins after leading for a total of only 10 laps; first rookie winner since 1927


Auto RacerGraham Hill
Sports History
1967 Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball


MLB PitcherWhitey Ford

• 1968 Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser driving a piston-powered Offenhauser beats Dan Gurney to win his first of 3 Indy 500 triumphs
• 1969 Australian Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp, Belgium; record disputed (short course)

Sports History
1969 Indianapolis 500: Mario Andretti leads for 116 laps to win for car owner Andy Granatelli in record time of 3:11:14.71; breaks previous record by nearly 5 minutes


Racing Car DriverMario Andretti

• 1970 Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans

Sports History
1970 Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player & swallows his tongue


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderAl Kaline

• 1970 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Snr joins his brother Bobby as the first duo of brothers to win the race; owner Parnelli Jones second to win as both a driver and owner

Baseball Record
1971 Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1973 17th European Cup: Ajax beats Juventus 1-0 at Belgrade
• 1976 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pine Ridge GC: Betty Burfeindt wins her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Judy Rankin
• 1976 Indianapolis 500: Polesitter Johnny Rutherford awarded race after taking the lead on lap 80, and leading when rain halted the race on lap 103; shortest Indy 500 in history
• 1977 Cleveland Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0
• 1979 23rd European Cup: Nottingham Forest beats Malmo FF 1-0 at Munich
• 1981 LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendance in a season in only 22 games
• 1982 Indianapolis 500: Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds; closest finish in Indy 500 history to that point

Sports History
1983 AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

• 1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
• 1984 28th European Cup: Liverpool beats Roma (1-1, 4-2 on penalties) at Rome

Sports History
1985 Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Edmonton Oilers take back-to-back titles; beat Philadelphia Flyers, 8-3 for a 4-1 series victory; Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri each post a goal and 3 assists


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

NHL StarJari Kurri

• 1986 Indianapolis 500: Bobby Rahal becomes first driver in race history to complete the 500 miles (800 km) in less than 3 hours; average speed 170.722 mph (274.750 km/h)

Sports History
1986 Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates



Boxing Title Fight
1987 Mike Tyson beats Pinklon Thomas by TKO in round 6 in Las Vegas to retain WBC / WBA heavyweight boxing titles

• 1987 Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1992 Minn Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old
• 1992 NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
• 1993 Indianapolis 500: Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi passes reigning F1 World Champion Nigel Mansell with 16 laps to go for his second race win
• 1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play & nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension

Sports History
1997 Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs

• 1998 Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: In an all-NZ final, Andrew Mehrtens lands 2 penalties & 2 conversions as the Canterbury Crusaders beat the Blues, 20-13; Crusaders' first title
• 1999 Indianapolis 500: Kenny Bräck of Sweden wins after race leader Robby Gordon runs out of fuel with just over one lap to go
• 1999 Super Rugby Final, Carisbrook, Dunedin: Canterbury Crusaders retain title with a 24-19 win over Otago Highlanders; flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens kicks 3 penalties, a conversion & dropped goal for the winners

Sports History
2004 Indianapolis 500: Buddy Rice wins from pole for team owners Bobby Rahal and David Letterman in a rain shortened race (450 miles - 180 of 200 scheduled laps)

• 2009 Super Rugby Final, Pretoria: Morné Steyn kicks 5 conversions & 2 penalties as the Bulls thump the Chiefs (Waikato, NZ), 61-17
• 2009 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,391): Chelsea beats Everton, 2-1; Frank Lampard scores 72' winner
• 2010 Indianapolis 500: Scotsman Dario Franchitti driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing wins his 2nd Indy title ahead of Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti

Sports History
2010 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Colorado GC: Tom Lehman wins first of 3 Champions Tour major titles with a par on the first hole of a playoff with Fred Couples and David Frost


Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples

• 2012 Vishwanathan Anand wins his fifth World Chess Championship
• 2015 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,283): Arsenal beats Aston Villa, 4-0; Gunners' 12th title
• 2015 Alistair Cook becomes the leading run scorer of all time in test cricket for England
• 2015 NHL Western Conference Finals: Chicago Blackhawks beat Anaheim Ducks, 4 games to 3
• 2021 Indianapolis 500: Brazilian Hélio Castroneves wins his record 4th title in 2:37:19.3846; new record for fastest running of the race with average speed 190.690 mph

 

May 31

• 1859 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
• 1868 Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St Cloud, Paris

• 1880 League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle association), forms in Newport, Rhode Island
• 1900 Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)
• 1902 Australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever
• 1914 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1
• 1915 Indianapolis 500: Italian-born American driver Ralph DePalma accompanied by riding mechanic Louis Fontaine wins from Englishman Dario Resta
• 1919 Indianapolis 500: Howdy Wilcox accompanied by riding mechanic Leo Banks win; driver Arthur Thurman dies in a crash on lap 45; lap 96, Louis LeCocq and riding mechanic Robert Bandini wrecked in turn 2, both burned to death
• 1920 Indianapolis 500: French driver Gaston Chevrolet accompanied by riding mechanic John Bresnahan wins the race without a single tire change, a remarkable feat at the time
• 1921 Boston Red Sox 1st baseman John "Stuffy" McInnis begins an errorless string of 1,700 chances
• 1926 Indianapolis 500: First rain-shortened race in "500" history; Frank Lockhart wins after 20 lap duel with Dave Lewis; race called after 400 miles (160 laps)

• 1927 Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play
• 1928 Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season
• 1930 Philadelphia Athletics's Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader to set MLB record

Sports History

1930 Don Bradman batting for Australia v Hampshire at Southampton is 47 not out at stumps, bringing his aggregate to 1,001 runs, the first cricket touring overseas batsman to complete 1,000 runs by end of May


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
Sports History
1930 British Amateur Championship, Men's Golf, St. Andrews Links: Bobby Jones scores a 7 & 6 win over Englishman Roger Wethered for the first leg of his Grand Slam


GolferBobby Jones

• 1931 French Championships Men's Tennis: Jean Borotra wins his only home title; beats fellow Frenchman Christian Boussus 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

French Open Women's Tennis
1931 French Championship Women's Tennis: Cilly Aussem of Germany beats England's Betty Nuthall 8-6, 6-1 for the first of 2 major titles in 1931


Tennis PlayerBetty Nuthall
Baseball Record
1937 Second largest crowd in Polo Grounds history (61,756) sees Brooklyn Dodgers beat NY Giants, 10-3, ending Carl Hubbell's record consecutive-game winning streak at 24


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell

• 1937 Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw and riding mechanic 'Jigger' Johnson win race from Ralph Hepburn by 2.16 seconds, closest finish to that point; Johnson last winning riding mechanic
• 1938 Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's
• 1941 German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach & swimming pools

PGA Championship
1942 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Seaview CC: Sam Snead beats Jim Turnesa, 2 & 1 for his first PGA Tour major title


GolferSam Snead

• 1947 79th Belmont: Ruperto Donoso aboard Phalanx wins in 2:29.6

Baseball Record
1948 Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings)


Baseball Pitcher and ManagerTommy Lasorda

• 1948 Indianapolis 500: For the second straight year, Blue Crown Spark Plug teammates Mauri Rose and Bill Holland finish 1st-2nd; Rose the second driver to win the 500 in consecutive years
• 1949 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Hermitage CC: Sam Snead beats fellow American Johnny Palmer, 3 & 2; first time reigning Masters champion wins PGA Championship in the same calendar year.
• 1950 Indianapolis 500: Johnny Parsons becomes first American to win a World Championship event; race stopped after 138 laps (345 miles) due to rain
• 1954 Indianapolis 500: Bill Vukovich takes the lead on lap 150 to win his second consecutive 500; sets then record 130.840 mph average race speed
• 1958 French Championships Men's Tennis: Mervyn Rose wins his first and only French title; beats Luis Ayala of Chile 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• 1958 57th Women's French Championships: Zsuzsi Kormoczy beats Shirley Bloomer (6-4, 1-6, 6-2)
• 1961 European Cup Final, Wankdorf Stadium, Bern: Benfica beats Barcelona 3-2; first Portuguese team to reach final and win the tournament
• 1964 SF Giants beat NY Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hrs 32 mins)
• 1965 Indianapolis 500: Scottish F1 driver Jim Clark becomes first foreigner in 49 years to win; only driver in history to win Indy 500 and F1 World C'ship in the same year
• 1967 Bayern Munchen of West Germany wins 7th European Cup Winner's Cup against Rangers of Scotland 1-0 in Nuremberg

Sports History
1967 Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt weaves his way through a pileup on the final lap to win his third Indy 500 victory; first Indy 500 win for Goodyear tires since 1919


Racing Car DriverA. J. Foyt

• 1972 16th European Cup: Ajax beats Internazionale 2-0 at Rotterdam
• 1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th run of English cricket season
• 1983 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep LA Lakers in 4 games
• 1984 Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) v England, ODI cricket record
• 1985 New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
• 1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska
• 1987 Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 3-1 to win title 4 games to 3: Oilers' 3rd SC
• 1994 Padres scores 13 in 2nd vs Pirates
• 1997 Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Blues win second straight title with a 23-7 victory over ACT Brumbies; fullback Adrian Cashmore lands 3 penalties & 2 conversions for the winners
• 1999 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
• 2002 The New Jersey Nets defeat the Boston Celtics 96-88 in Game 6 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Championship, winning the series 4 games to 2 to advance to their first NBA Finals appearance.
• 2002 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
• 2004 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Hale Irwin wins his 4th title in the event by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Jay Haas

World Record
2008 Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds


Olympic SprinterUsain Bolt

• 2008 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders claim their 7th title with a 20-12 win over NSW Waratahs; Dan Carter kicks 4 penalties & a dropped goal for the home team
• 2015 Harriette Thompson aged 92 and 65 days becomes the oldest woman to complete a marathon (Suja Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon in San Diego)

Sports History
2018 Zinédine Zidane announces his resignation as Real Madrid manager after 3 successive Champions League titles


Football Player and ManagerZinedine Zidane
Sports History
2021 Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open citing her mental health, after refusing to appear at compulsory post match press conferences


Tennis PlayerNaomi Osaka

 

June 1

• 1872 6th Belmont: James Roe aboard Joe Daniels wins in 2:58.25
• 1881 Ridden by outstanding English jockey Fred Archer, Iroquois wins the Epsom Derby to become first American-owned and bred horse to take out a European classic race

Sports History

1899 English cricket icon W. G. Grace starts 22nd and final Test against Australia at Nottingham; Test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper


CricketerW. G. Grace

CricketerVictor Trumper

• 1910 Sportclub Enschede soccer club forms in Enschede, Netherlands; merge with Enschedese Boys to form FC Twente in 1965
• 1912 Dutch soccer club Stormvogels forms in Ijmuiden; merges with VSV to form Telstar in 1963
• 1917 Boston Braves first baseman Hank Gowdy is first active MLB player to enlist for service in World War I; only player to fight in both World War I & II
• 1918 Chicago White Sox losing 5-4 against NY Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs; Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a rare game winning triple play
• 1920 Dutch soccer club RKSV forms in Volendam; merges with FC Volendam in 1977
• 1923 New York Giants rout Philadelphia Phillies, 22-5 at the Baker Bowl; first time in 20th century a MLB team has scored in every inning

Baseball Record
1925 Future NY Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig pinch hits for shortstop Pee-Wee Wanninge in a 5-3 loss to Washington; first of record 2,130 consecutive games


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Sports History
1930 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman cracks 191 in tour match v Hampshire at Southampton; Bradman smashes 26 fours in 240 minutes


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1930 French Championships Men's Tennis: Frenchman Henri Cochet wins 3rd of 4 French titles; beats American Bill Tilden 3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1

French Open Women's Tennis
1930 French Championships Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody wins her 3rd straight French title; beats fellow American Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-1


Tennis PlayerHelen Wills Moody

• 1936 French Championships Men's Tennis: Gottfried von Cramm of Germany wins his 2nd French title; beats Englishman Fred Perry 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
• 1936 French Championships Women's Tennis: German Hilde Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu of France 6-3, 6-4 for her second of 3 straight French titles
• 1937 Chicago White Sox pitcher Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
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• 1939 First major boxing match on US television is the heavyweight bout from NY's Yankee Stadium between former world champion Max Baer and Lou Nova; Nova wins by TKO in 11th round
• 1939 First night MLB game takes place at Philadelphia's Shribe Park; Phillies lose 5-2 to Pittsburgh Pirates
• 1941 Future Hall of Fame outfielder Mel Ott hits his 400th career HR and his 1,500th RBI to help New York Giants to a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds
• 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell patents his "eephus" or "blooper ball" pitch; uses pitch on way to a 20-win campaign
• 1944 Washington Senators MLB outfielder Stan Spence goes 6-for-6 in an 11-5 win over the St. Louis Browns; collects 5 singles and a home run
• 1946 78th Belmont Stakes: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8; 7th horse to win the Triple Crown
• 1952 French Championships Men's Tennis: England based Czech Jaroslav Drobný wins his 2nd straight French title; beats Frank Sedgman of Australia 6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
• 1952 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Shirley Fry 6-4, 6-4 for her 2nd French singles title
• 1954 Czech distance runner Emile Zatopek breaks his own 10,000m world record, clocking 28:54.2 in Brussels, Belgium
• 1957 French Championships Men's Tennis: Sven Davidson becomes first Swede to win a Grand Slam title; beats American Herbert Flam 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• 1957 French Championships Women's Tennis: England's Shirley Bloomer wins her lone Grand Slam singles title; beats American Dorothy Knode 6-1, 6-3
• 1958 The Riverside International Raceway in Southern California opens with three 500-mile races in one weekend; Eddie Gray wins the Crown America 500 for NASCAR Grand National cars
• 1959 Two-time defending champion Monterrey, Mexico ruled ineligible to compete in Little League Baseball World Series for using players outside predetermined geographical area
• 1965 Robert Manry begins his 78 day voyage to sail a 13.5-foot yacht "Tinkerbelle" across the Atlantic Ocean
• 1968 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
• 1968 St. Louis Cardinals side-arming left-hander Joe Hoerner ties NL record for most consecutive strikeouts by a relief pitcher, fanning the final 6 batters to earn a 6-5 victory over the New York Mets

Sports History
1970 MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn
LPGA Championship
1975 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pine Ridge GC: Kathy Whitworth wins her 3rd LPGA C'ship by 1 stroke from Sandra Haynie


LPGA GolferKathy Whitworth
Sports History
1975 California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan records his record equalling 4th MLB career no-hitter in beating the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1977 Dutch soccer club FC Volendam is established as a result of split up with RKSV; 6-time Eerste Divisie champions

Sports History
1978 Future England cricket captain David Gower makes his Test debut in 1st Test against Pakistan in Birmingham; England win by an innings and 57 runs


Cricket Batsman and CaptainDavid Gower

• 1978 England cricket fast bowler Chris Old becomes only third man to capture 4 wickets in 5 balls in a Test, as Pakistan dismissed for 164 in 1st Test at Edgbaston; Old 5 for 70
• 1979 NBA Championship, Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland: Seattle Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 97-93 for a 4-1 series victory; Seattle's first major pro sports championship win

Baseball Record
1980 First baseman Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Brooklyn / LA Dodgers home run in a 9-5 loss at home to the Atlanta Braves


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey
Baseball Record
1982 Oakland A's left fielder Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases in 3-2 win over Boston Red Sox to become fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a MLB season


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
• 1984 Russian super heavyweight weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev snatches world record 211 kg
• 1985 West Indian cricket batsman Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 in a tour match against Warwickshire at Taunton; 42 fours and 8 sixes of 258 balls

LPGA Championship
1986 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Pat Bradley birdies final hole to win by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan


LPGA GolferPat Bradley

LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan
Sports History
1987 Cleveland Indians pitcher Phil Niekro beats Detroit Tigers, 9-6 for his 314th MLB victory; combines with Joe Niekro (216) for most combined wins by brothers in baseball history (530)


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherPhil Niekro

• 1992 Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks, 6-5 for a 3-1 series win; 2nd consecutive title for Penguins
• 1993 Phoenix Suns guard Dan Majerle sets a then NBA Playoff record by sinking 8 three-pointers during the Suns’ 120-114 win over Seattle in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals
• 1994 Indiana guard Reggie Miller drills an NBA Playoff record 5 three-pointers in the 4th quarter of the Pacers’ 93-86 win over host New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals
• 1995 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers' scoreless inning streak ends at 39 in a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins
• 1997 LA Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked

Boxing Title Fight
2002 In a battle of former heavyweight boxing champions in Atlantic City, Evander Holyfield beats Hasim Rahman by TKO; fight stopped 1:40 into 8th round because of giant welt above Rahman's left eye


BoxerEvander Holyfield

• 2008 IPL Cricket Final, DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals win inaugural event; beat Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets; Yusuf Pathan top scores with 56 (39)
• 2012 Johan Santana throws first no-hitter in the New York Mets' 50-year MLB history when he beats the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 - 0

Sports History
2013 Bayern Munich defeat VfB Stuttgart 3-2 to win the DFB-Pokal and become the first German treble-winning team


Football StarThomas Müller

• 2014 IPL Cricket Final, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets; Manish Pandey, 94 (50)
• 2019 Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in 7 at Madison Square Garden; wins IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles
• 2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Madrid: Liverpool beats Tottenham, 2-0 for Reds' 6th title

 

June 2

• 1869 Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cincinnati Red Stockings)
• 1883 1st night baseball under lights, Fort Wayne Indiana

• 1896 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5
• 1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
• 1908 33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan riding Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4
• 1909 43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan riding Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6

Sports History

1933 FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House


32nd US PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt

• 1934 French Championships Men's Tennis: Gottfried von Cramm of Germany wins 1st of 2 French titles; beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• 1934 French Championship Women's Tennis: England's defending champion Margaret Scriven beats American Helen Jacobs 7-5, 4-6, 6-1

Sports History
1935 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth announces his retirement as a player at 40 years of age


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1935 French Championships Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title, beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• 1935 40th Women's French Championships: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu (6-2, 6-1)

Sports History
1942 Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1950 St Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators

Sports History
1958 Brooks Robinson hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson
Baseball Record
1958 Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record


MLB PitcherWhitey Ford

French Open Men's Tennis
1962 French Championships Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2; 2nd leg of Laver's 1st Grand Slam


Tennis PlayerRod Laver

Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

• 1962 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• 1971 European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination

French Open Women's Tennis
1973 French Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court of Australia beats American teenager Chris Evert 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 for her 5th and last French singles crown


Tennis LegendChris Evert
LPGA Championship
1985 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 8 shots from fellow American Alice Miller


LPGA GolferNancy Lopez
Sports History
1987 Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr. #1


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderKen Griffey Jr.

• 1989 Cincinnati Red Eric Davis hits for cycle
• 1991 Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"

Sports History
1992 Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery


NFL Coach LegendBill Parcells
US Women's Golf Open
1996 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles GC: Annika Sörenstam retains her title by 6 shots from Kris Tschetter


GolferAnnika Sörenstam

• 1997 Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends
• 2019 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Charleston: Lee Jeong-eun of South Korea wins her first major title; beats runners-up Lexi Thompson, Agel Yin and Ryu So-yeon by 2 strokes

 

June 3

• 1851 1st baseball uniforms worn when the NY Knickerbockers wear a uniform of straw hats, white shirts and blue long trousers
• 1888 Baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" 1st published by the San Francisco Examiner

Sports History

1899 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days


CricketerW. G. Grace

• 1918 Boston Red Sox pitcher Dutch Leonard throws his 2nd no-hitter; beats Detroit Tigers, 5-0 at Navin Field

Baseball Record
1925 Baseball player Eddie Collins becomes the 6th to get 3,000 hits


Baseball LegendEddie Collins

• 1929 French Championships Men's Tennis: René Lacoste wins his 3rd French title, beating fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6

French Open Women's Tennis
1929 French Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu 6-3, 6-4


Tennis PlayerHelen Wills Moody

• 1930 Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies

Baseball Record
1932 Future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig first to hit 4 consecutive HRs in a MLB game; NY Yankees beat Philadelphia A's, 20-13 at Shibe Park


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1933 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
• 1937 Josh Gibson HR's just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium (580' drive)
• 1939 71st Belmont: James Stout riding Johnstown wins in 2:29.6
• 1944 76th Belmont: G. L. Smith riding Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
• 1950 French Championships Men's Tennis: Budge Patty wins first of 2 Grand Sam titles that year; beats Jaroslav Drobný 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5
• 1950 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Patricia Todd 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 for her 1st of 2 French singles titles
• 1951 50th French Championships Men's Tennis: Jaroslav Drobný representing Egypt beats Eric Sturgess 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
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• 1951 50th French Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for her only French singles title

Sports History
1955 Stan Musial hits his 300th HR


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1958 Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
• 1959 European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos
• 1961 93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2

Sports History
1967 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker
French Open Men's Tennis
1967 French Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson bests fellow Australian Tony Roche, 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 for his 12th, and final, Grand Slam title


Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

Tennis Player and CoachTony Roche

• 1967 French Championships Women's Tennis: Local favourite Françoise Dürr beats Lesley Turner of Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 1968 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
• 1971 Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0

Sports History
1971 Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Englandl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)


Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan
French Open Women's Tennis
1972 French Open Women's Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3


Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
French Open Men's Tennis
1973 French Open Men's Tennis: Ilie Năstase of Romania wins his second Grand Slam singles title, besting Croat player Niki Pilić of Yugoslavia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0


Tennis ChampionIlie Năstase

• 1976 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
• 1977 Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
• 1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year

Sports History
1980 NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1


Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry
LPGA Championship
1984 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Defending champion Patty Sheehan finishes 10 strokes ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel


LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan

LPGA GolferBeth Daniel

LPGA GolferPat Bradley

• 1985 Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
• 1987 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
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• 1988 Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
• 1989 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)

Sports History
1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
Sports History
1989 Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day


SportscasterVin Scully

• 1991 MLB Draft: East Carteret HS pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees

Boxing Title Fight
1991 Thomas Hearns captures WBA light heavyweight title


BoxerThomas Hearns

• 1995 Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0

US Women's Golf Open
2001 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Defending champion Karrie Webb of Australia repeats by 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak; largest margin in 21 years


LPGA GolferSe Ri Pak

GolferKarrie Webb
Sports History
2010 Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia


CBC SportscasterRon MacLean
Golf Tournament
2012 Tiger Woods claims his 73rd PGA tour victory with a 2 stroke win over Andrés Romero & Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village GC; equals Jack Nicklaus's record


GolferTiger Woods

GolferJack Nicklaus

• 2014 Hashim Amla becomes the first non-white captain of the South African national cricket team

Sports History
2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

• 2018 US Open Women's Golf, Shoal Creek GC: Ariya Jatanugarn of Thailand gives up 7-shot lead but wins in playoff with South Korean Kim Hyo-joo

NBA Finals
2018 Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with 9 in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over Cleveland Cavaliers


Basketball SuperstarStephen Curry

• 2019 MLB Draft: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman first pick by Baltimore Orioles
• 2021 Devon Conway becomes 7th batsman in cricket history to score a double century in his Test debut; run out for 200 for New Zealand in 1st Test against England at Lord's

 

June 4

• 1838 First baseball-type game in Canada played at Beachville, Upper Canada
• 1870 4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59.5

• 1884 18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42
• 1899 MLB Boston Beaneaters pitcher John Clarkson 1st to throw an "immaculate inning" (strikes out three batters on nine pitches) against Philadelphia Quakers

Ryder Cup
1927 1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper


GolferWalter Hagen

• 1928 French Championships Men's Tennis: Henri Cochet wins his 2nd of 4 home titles; beats countryman René Lacoste 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
• 1928 French Championship Women's Tennis: Helen Wills beats England's Eileen Bennett 6-1, 6-2 for her first of 4 French singles titles
• 1932 64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8
• 1938 10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland wins 7½-4½ at the Old Course at St Andrews
• 1938 70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6
• 1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
• 1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
• 1941 Nazis forbid Jews access to beaches & swimming pools
• 1950 Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
• 1951 Pirate's' Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
• 1953 Pittsburgh pirates trade outfielder Ralph Kiner & catcher Joe Garagiola to Chicago Cubs

French Open Men's Tennis
1955 French Championships Men's Tennis: Defending champion Tony Trabert beats Sven Davidson of Sweden 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2


Tennis Player and Five-Time Major ChampionTony Trabert

• 1955 French Championships Women's Tennis: Angela Mortimer of England beats American Dorothy Knode 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 for her first Grand Slam singles title
• 1957 England cricket batsmen Peter May (285no) & Colin Cowdrey (154) make 411 stand in drawn 1st Test v West Indies in Birmingham; WI spinner Sonny Ramadhin bowls mammoth 98 overs
• 1958 San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and Bob Schmidt are first in NL history to hit consecutive pinch-hit HRs in 10-9 win over the Milwaukee Braves

Sports History
1961 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Belle Meade CC: Mary Lena Faulk wins by 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Betsy Rawls


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls
Sports History
1964 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax tosses his 3rd career no-hitter; beats Phillies, 3-0 in Philadelphia


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
• 1966 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6
• 1967 Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games)

Sports History
1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings


MLB PlayerDon Drysdale

• 1970 MLB San Diego Padres draft Mike Ivie #1
• 1971 Oakland A's beat Washington Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
• 1971 Pakistani cricketer Zaheer Abbas scores 274 vs England at Edgbaston in 544 minutes
• 1972 French Open Men's Tennis: Andrés Gimeno of Spain wins his only major singles title; beats Frenchman Patrick Proisy 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
• 1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks

French Open Women's Tennis
1977 French Open Women's Tennis: Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia wins her lone Grand Slam singles title; beats Florența Mihai of Romania 6-2, 6-7, 6-1


Tennis Player and French Open ChampionMima Jausovec

• 1978 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 8 strokes from Hollis Stacy

French Open Women's Tennis
1983 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia 6-1, 6-2 for her 15th Grand Slam title and 5th French singles crown


Tennis LegendChris Evert

Tennis Player and French Open ChampionMima Jausovec
US Golf Open
1984 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years


GolferArnold Palmer

• 1984 MLB Draft: New York Mets take Mechanicsburg Area Senior HS outfielder Shawn Abner at #1
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• 1987 American hurdler Edwin Moses' 122 race winning streak which extends to nearly 10 years ends when he is beaten by countryman Danny Harris in Madrid, Spain

Baseball Record
1988 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson
French Open Women's Tennis
1988 French Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf dominates Natalia Zvereva of Belarus 6-0, 6-0; shortest women's singles Grand Slam final in Open Era; 32 minutes


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf

• 1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
• 1990 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
• 1993 Cricket's "Ball of the Century" - Australian spin bowler Shane Warne bowls England batsman Mike Gatting with his first ball of an Ashes series; Australia wins 1st Test at Old Trafford by 179 runs

French Open Women's Tennis
1994 French Open Women's Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain beats Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-4 for her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd French singles crown


Tennis PlayerMary Pierce

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario

• 1995 New Zealand creates world record score for a Rugby Union international in thrashing Japan, 145-17 in the World Cup in Bloomfontein, RSA; Marc Ellis 6 tries, Simon Culhane 20 conversions
• 1998 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2
• 1999 NHL Western Conference Final: Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
• 2005 French Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne wins 1st of 3 straight French titles; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-1, 6-1
• 2005 Panamanian jockey Eddie Castro sets a North American record with 9 wins on the 13-race card at Calder Race Course in Miami, Florida
• 2008 Stanley Cup Final, Civic Center, Pittsburgh, PA: Detroit Red Wings defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2 for a 4-2 series win; Red Wings' 11th Championship

French Open Women's Tennis
2011 French Open Women's Tennis: Li Na becomes first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title; beats Italian defending champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6


Tennis PlayerLi Na

• 2012 MLB Draft: Puerto Rico Academy & HS shortstop Carlos Correa first pick by Houston Astros
• 2015 Australian cricket batsman Adam Voges becomes the oldest player to hit a century on debut in 1st Test v West Indies in Roseau; 35 year old Voges scores 130 not out during Australia's 9 wicket win

French Open Women's Tennis
2016 French Open Women's Tennis: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain beats Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 to claim her 1st Grand Slam title


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

• 2019 SF MLB manager Bruce Bochy reaches 1,000 win mark with the club as Giants beat Mets, 9-3 in NYC; second after legendary John McGraw to reach milestone