On This Day in Sport
Events in Sport
- 1734 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina
- 1879 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37
- 1897 British Open Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: English amateur Harold Hilton wins 2nd Open title by 1 stroke from Scot James Braid
- 1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 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
- 1922 Babe Ruth & Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY lineup & go hitless
- 1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot
Birthdays in Sport
- 1869 Joshua Pim, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1893-94), born in Bray, Wicklow (d. 1942)
- 1901 Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37)
- 1914 Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995)
- 1916 Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006)
Deaths in Sport
- 1911 E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies
- 1926 Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for England 1892), dies
- 1939 Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59
- 1940 Amar Singh, Indian cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies at 29
Weddings in Sport
- 2006 Race car driver Jacques Villeneuve (35) weds Johanna Martinez at a civil ceremony in Switzerland