On This Day in Sport
Events in Sport
- 1851 1st baseball uniforms worn when the NY Knickerbockers wear a uniform of straw hats, white shirts and blue long trousers
- 1899 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
- 1925 Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits
- 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
- 1929 French Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu 6-3, 6-4
- 1930 Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
- 1932 MLBs Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
- 1939 71st Belmont: James Stout riding Johnstown wins in 2:29.6
Birthdays in Sport
Billy Cunningham
77th Birthday
Rafael Nadal
34th Birthday
Deaths in Sport
Muhammad Ali
(1942 - 2016)
Weddings in Sport
- 1908 NHL goaltender Georges Vezina (21) weds Marie Adelaide Stella Morin in Chicoutimi, Canada