Events in Sport
- 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston, 54-52; Wolfpack win with buzzer-beating dunk by Lorenzo Charles off a desperation 30 foot shot from Dereck Whittenburg
Birthdays in Sport
- Ben Gordon, British-American basketball player, born in London
- Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer (Le Mont), born in Langenthal, Switzerland
Deaths in Sport
- Bernard Vukas, Croatian soccer forward (59 caps, Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split; Olympic silver 1948, 52), dies at 55