Events in Sport
- 1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
- 1913 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland aboard Covertcoat wins
- 1921 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
- 1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
- 1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
Golf Major
1937 4th Masters Golf Tournament: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
Byron Nelson
- 1938 5th Masters Golf Tournament: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
Event of Interest
1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
Connie Mack
Golf Tournament
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
Louise Suggs
Golf Tournament
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
Mickey Wright
- 1970 124th Grand National: Pat Taaffe aboard Gay Trip wins
Event of Interest
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
Hank Aaron
- 1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
- 1981 135th Grand National: Bob Champion aboard Aldaniti wins
- 1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
- 1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC State beats Houston 54-52
- 1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
NHL Record
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
Wayne Gretzky
Event of Interest
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- 1989 NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
- 1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
- 1992 146th Grand National: Carl Llewellyn aboard Party Politics wins
- 1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
- 1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw
- 1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
- 1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ark Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
- 1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 HRs in 1993 hits 3 HRs on opening
Event of Interest
1994 LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
Darryl Strawberry
- 1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
- 1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
- 1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
- 1998 151st Grand National: Carl Llewellyn aboard Earth Summit wins
- 2005 67th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Illinois 75-70
- 2006 25th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Maryland beats Duke 78-75
- 2009 162nd Grand National: Liam Treadwell aboard Mon Mome wins
- 2011 73rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Butler 53-41
- 2012 Somalia's National Theatre is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation
Birthdays in Sport
- 1888 Tris Speaker, American baseball player, hit more doubles than Pete Rose, born in Hubbard, Texas (d. 1958)
- 1895 Charlie Hallows, English cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28), born in Little Lever, Lancashire (d. 1972)
- 1899 William Brann, South African cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23), born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province (d. 1953)
- 1916 Mickey Owen, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Nixa, Missouri (d. 2005)
Gil Hodges
1924 Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Mets), born in Princeton, Indiana (d. 1972)
Gil Hodges
- 1932 Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68), born in Nashik, Bombay, British India
- 1933 Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2007)
- 1935 Easton McMorris, West Indian cricketer (WI batsman of 60's), born in St Andrew, Kingston, Jamaica
- 1938 A Bartlett Giamatti, American President of Yale and baseball commissioner (1989), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
- 1939 JoAnne Carner, American LPGA golfer (1976 US Women's Open), born in Kirkland, Washington
- 1939 Ernie Terrell, American boxer (WBA champ 1965-7), born in Belzoni, Mississippi (d. 2014)
- 1940 Richard Attwood, British racing driver, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- 1944 Lawrence A. Hough, American rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver), born in Janesville, Wisconsin
- 1945 Bryan Andrews, New Zealand cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1947 Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster, born in Marion, Illinois
- 1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German high jumper (Olympic gold 1976), born in Lohsa, Sachsen, Germany
- 1952 Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer, born in Australia (d. 1995)
- 1956 Tom Herr, American baseball player, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 1957 Paul Downton, English cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 80's), born in Farnborough, London
- 1957 Kelso, American racehorse, born in Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky (d. 1983)
- 1958 Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy), born in Berbice, Guyana
- 1958 John Wesley Jones, American sprinter, 4X100m relayer (Olympic gold 1976), born in Lawton, Oklahoma
- 1960 Bev Smith, Canadian basketball forward (Olympics 1996), born in Salmon Arm, Canada
- 1960 Jonathan Agnew, English cricket broadcaster, born in Macclesfield, Cheshire
- 1962 Sherrin Smyers, Australian LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th), born in Newcastle, Australia
- 1962 Tina Tombs, LPGA golfer (1990 Jamie Farr Toledo), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1963 Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1963 Jack Del Rio, American football player, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Castro Valley, California
- 1964 Gregory Thomas Kraft, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney-2nd), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1964 Paul Parker, English soccer player, born in West Ham, Essex
- 1964 Branco [Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal], Brazilian footballer and coach, born in Bagé, Brazil
- 1965 Tony Burse, American football running back (Edmonton Eskimos), born in LaFayette, Georgia
- 1966 Michal Clingman, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-9th-1994), born in Indio, California
- 1966 Myriam Schropp, German tennis star, born in Mannheim, Germany
- 1966 Stanislav Medrik, Olympic ice hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia), born in Nitra, Slovakia
- 1967 Juliana "Juli" Furtado, American cyclist (Olympics 10th 1996), born in NYC, New York
- 1968 Andre Bowden, fullback and linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
- 1969 Anthony Tucker, American basketball forward (NY Knicks), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1969 Carlos Reyes, American baseball pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Miami, Florida
- 1969 Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta), born in Oost-Souburg, Netherlands
- 1969 Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta), born in Oost-Souburg, Netherlands
- 1970 Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
- 1970 Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis star, born in Narrabri, Australia
- 1971 Felipe Lira, baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Santa Teresa, Venezuela
- 1971 Jaime Fernandez, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1971 Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey center (LA Kings), born in Sherbrooke, Canada
- 1972 Chad Eaton, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Exeter, New Hampshire
- 1972 Jim Werland, Ventura California, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996)
- 1972 Matt Wagner, American baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners), born in Cedar Falls, Iowa
- 1973 Damon Allen, American figure skater (1997 Midwestern champ), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- 1973 Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Ajax), born in Assen, Netherlands
- 1973 Ryan Coughlin, Canadian football offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes), born in Renfrew, Ontario
- 1973 Tiffany Woosley, American basketball player (Houston Comets), born in Shelbyville, Tennessee
- 1973 Loris Capirossi, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born in Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy
- 1973 Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete (ITU World Championships), born in Sydney
- 1974 O. J. Santiago, American football tight end (Atlanta Falcons), born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada
- 1974 Dave Mirra, American BMX rider, born in Chittenango, New York (d. 2016)
- 1975 Kisha Ford, American WNBA guard and forward (NY Liberty), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1976 Emerson, Brazilian footballer (Brazil national team), born in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 1976 Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver, born in Seclin, France (d. 1997)
- 1977 Omarr Smith, American football defensive back, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1978 Jason Ellison, American baseball player, born in Quincy, California
- 1978 Alan Mahon, Irish footballer (Tranmere Rovers), born in Dublin
- 1979 Charles Butler, American figure skater, born in Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1979 Rebecca Stoyel, Australian gymnast (Olympics 1996)
- 1979 Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey goaltender, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 1980 Björn Wirdheim, Swedish racing driver, born in Växjö, Sweden
- 1983 Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer (Le Mont), born in Langenthal, Switzerland
- 1983 Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1983 Ben Gordon, British-American basketball player, born in London
- 1984 Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian-Serbian backstroke swimmer, born in Vorkuta, Russia
- 1985 Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player (Real Madrid), born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 1986 Aiden McGeady, Republic of Ireland national team footballer, born in Rutherglen, Scotland
- 1986 Cameron Barker, Canadian professional ice hockey player, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- 1987 Cameron Maybin, American baseball player, born in Asheville, North Carolina
- 1988 Frank Fielding, English football goalkeeper, born in Blackburn, Lancashire
Deaths in Sport
- 1938 Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24
- 1959 Stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in South African Test), dies
- 1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
- 1967 Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
- 1984 John Arnold, cricketer (Eng bat v NZ 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies
- 1991 Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
- 1991 Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
- 1991 Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
- 1996 Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
- 1999 Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2004 Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
- 2008 Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)
- 2013 Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league player, dies at 80
- 2015 Elmer Lach, Canadian professional ice hockey player, dies at 97