Events in Sport
- 1893 7th U.S. Women's National Championship: Aline Terry beats Augusta Schultz (6-1, 6-3)
- 1894 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin
- 1900 14th U.S. Women's National Championship: Myrtle McAteer beats Edith Parker (6-2, 6-2, 6-0)
- 1906 20th U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Homans beats Maud Barger-Wallach (6-4, 6-3)
- 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out & retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game
- 1917 31st U.S. Women's National Championship: Molla Bjurstedt beats Marion Vanderhoef (4-6, 6-0, 6-2)
- 1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0
Golf Major
1922 British Open Golf, Royal St George's GC: Walter Hagen becomes first American-born winner of the Open Championship, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Barnes and George Duncan
Walter Hagen
- 1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's
Baseball Record
1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox
Lou Gehrig
- 1930 Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8
- 1932 Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland)
Boxing Title Fight
1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title
Bronko Nagurski
- 1945 77th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot wins in 2:30.2
Event of Interest
1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak
Ernie Banks
Event of Interest
1963 US Open Golf, The Country Club : Julius Boros wins 2nd Open in playoff with Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit
Arnold Palmer
Golf Tournament
1963 LPGA Western Open Golf, Maple Bluff CC: Mickey Wright defends title by 9 shots from Kathy Whitworth; 10th major
Mickey Wright
Kathy Whitworth
Boxing Title Fight
1969 Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
Joe Frazier
- 1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
- 1972 US President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
- 1972 Bernice Gera becomes first female umpire in US pro baseball, Geneva Senators and Auburn Twins in Geneva, New York
- 1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched
- 1974 LPGA Championship, Pleasant Valley CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 2 shots from JoAnn Carner
- 1975 75th US Golf Open: Lou Graham shoots a 287 at Medinah CC ILL
- 1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
- 1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
- 1981 Longest game in Professional Baseball: Pawtucket Red Sox finally beat Rochester Red Wings 3-2 in 33 innings (game began 18th April)
- 1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
- 1985 Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million
- 1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
- 1988 Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft
Golf Tournament
1991 Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Beth Daniel
- 1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
- 1994 Replay shows Oakland Athletics's Bobby Witt beat Kansas City's Greg Gagne to 1st in 6th but umpire Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, ruining Witt's perfect game
- 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
Baseball Record
2003 Barry Bonds steals second base against the LA Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career homers and 500 steals
Barry Bonds
Event of Interest
2005 San Antonio Spurs beat Detroit Pistons 4-3 in NBA finals MVP: Tim Duncan (his third), San Antonio
Tim Duncan
- 2005 59th NBA Championship: San Antonio Spurs beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
- 2008 Félix Hernández of the Seattle Mariners hits a grand slam home run against New York Mets, 1st pitcher since Steve Dunning in 1971
- 2013 India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket
- 2018 Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa becomes the second-youngest grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, 13 days
Birthdays in Sport
- 1884 Cyclone Taylor, ice hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1892 Able Kiviat, American runner (Olympic gold 1912)
- 1904 Quintin McMillan, cricketer (South African leg spinner 1929-32)
- 1916 Len Hutton, cricketer (England opener, 364 v Australia The Oval 1938)
- 1917 Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer
- 1922 Leonard Dorfman, horse trainer
- 1922 Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
- 1925 Art Modell [Arthur Bertram], American businessman (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
- 1925 Richard Barber, cricketer (scored 12 & 5 in only Test NZ v WI 1956)
- 1932 Bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s)
- 1940 Mike Shrimpton, cricketer (occasional NZ Test batsman 1963-74)
- 1940 Simon Hobday, South African golfer (1994 US Senior Open), born in Mafikeng, South Africa (d. 2017)
- 1940 Wilma Rudolph, American athlete (3 Olympic gold 100/200/4x100m 1960), born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee (d. 1994)
- 1949 Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
- 1951 Michèle Mouton, French race car driver
- 1953 Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic silver 1980)
- 1955 Jean Tigana, French footballer
- 1956 Tony Hill, American football player
- 1957 David Houghton, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman, 266 v Sri Lanka 1994)
- 1959 Danny Sharp, Canadian Tour golfer (1986 Quinte Festival), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- 1961 LaSalle Thompson, NBA forward/center (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1962 Kari Takko, Uusikaupunki FIN, hockey goalie (Team Finland)
- 1963 Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
- 1964 Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
- 1965 John "Chip" McKibben II, Balboa Island California, rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1965 Leith Wastle, Benalla VIC, Australian golfer
- 1965 Peter O'Malley, Bathurst NSW, Australian golfer
- 1966 Barbara Jordan, US softball outfielder (Olympic gold 1996)
- 1966 Chantal Daucourt, Swiss mountain cyclist (world-bronze-95), born in Bienne, Switzerland
- 1966 Vladislav Neiman, Men's flyweight boxer (Olympics 1996), born in Israel
- 1967 Derrick Walker, NFL tight end (KC Chiefs)
- 1968 Kent Steffes, beach volleyballer (Olympic gold 1996), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1968 Ronnie West, WLAF RB (London Monarchs)
- 1969 Elbert Ellis, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers)
- 1970 A C Earl, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
- 1970 Kerri Ann Buchberger, Russell Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics 1996)
- 1970 Mike Bartrum, tight end (New England Patriots)
- 1970 Rich Manning, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
- 1970 Robert Brooks, NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
- 1970 Roger Knarren, soccer player (MVV)
- 1971 Felix Potvin, Anjou, NHL goalie (Toronto Maple Leafs)
- 1971 Joe Rumolo, CFL defensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
- 1972 Cory Schlesinger, NHL running back (Detroit Lions)
- 1972 Larry Whigham, NFL safety (NE Patriots)
- 1972 Roell Preston, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1972 Zinédine Zidane, French soccer midfielder/Real Madrid manager (Champions League 2016-17-18, World Cup 1998), born in Marseille, France
- 1973 Mark Larsen, Danish gallop jockey
- 1974 Dontonio Wingfield, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers)
- 1974 Mark Hendrickson, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
- 1975 Alexander Serikow, Landshut GER, hockey forward (Team Germany)
- 1975 Jane Jamieson, Australian heptathlete (Olympics 1996)
- 1975 Kevin Dyson, American football player
- 1976 Paola Suarez, Argentinian tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires), born in Pergamino, Argentina
- 1976 Wade Barrett, American soccer player
- 1976 Brandon Stokley, American football player
- 1976 Patrick Vieira, French footballer
- 1977 Hayden Foxe, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)
- 1977 Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
- 1978 Matt Light, American football player
- 1979 LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
- 1980 Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
- 1980 Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player (French Open 2010), born in Milan, Italy
- 1983 Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
- 1988 Milk [Daniel Donigan], American figure skater and drag performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1992 Bridget Sloan, American gymnast, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1996 Five-time Olympic speed skater gold medalist Bonnie Blair (32) weds four-time Olympian Dave Cruikshank (27) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bonnie Blair
Deaths in Sport
- 1891 George Parr, cricketer (Nottinghamshire & All-England), dies
- 1969 Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 3,000m steeplechase 1936), dies at 62
- 1969 Charles Hollis "Chuck" Taylor, American basketball player and shoe salesman, dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1995 Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
- 2002 Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
- 2003 Doug Ring, Australian cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's), dies at 84
- 2006 Luke Graham, American wrestler (b. 1940)
- 2006 Dave Webster, American football player (led his football team to a National Championship in 1958), dies at 68
- 2006 Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), dies at 66
- 2007 Rod Beck, American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, dies at 38
- 2011 Dennis Marshall, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1985)
- 2012 Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer, dies from an apparent heart attack at 48
- 2013 Sharon Stouder, American swimmer, dies at 64