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 37th British Golf Open: Harold Hilton shoots a 314 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
- 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
- 1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot
- 1940 Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen
- 1941 White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games
- 1945 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
- 1946 Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances
- 1948 Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)
- 1950 75th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
- 1960 Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
- 1961 86th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6
- 1962 Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
- 1964 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Fraizer to qualify for US Olympic team
- 1967 92nd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2
- 1972 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets, 4 games to 2
- 1972 97th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6
Golf Tournament
1973 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
Donna Caponi
- 1978 103rd Preakness: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed for the 2nd-leg of the Triple Crown
Boxing Title Fight
1983 Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Larry Holmes
Boxing Title Fight
1983 Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Mike Weaver
Event of Interest
1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
Roger Clemens
- 1985 Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out
- 1985 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Event of Interest
1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
Mike Schmidt
- 1989 114th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8
Event of Interest
1991 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP
Michael Jordan
- 1992 36th European Cup: Barcelona beats Sampdoria 1-0 at London
- 1995 120th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4
- 1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time
- 1998 6th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Juventus 1-0 at Amsterdam
- 2000 125th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Red Bullet wins in 1:56.00
- 2006 131st Preakness: Javier Castellano aboard Bernardini wins in 1:54.65
- 2015 NASCAR 2016 hall of fame inductees: Bobby Isaac, Terry Labonte and Jerry Cook
- 2017 142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing wins in 1 minute 55.98 seconds
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)
- 1920 Elizabeth "Betty" Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression), born in Leicester, England (d. 2011)
- 1921 Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1926 Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
- 1927 [Harold] Bud Grant, Wisc, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota)
- 1931 Chiharu Igaya, Japan, slalom (Olympic silver 1956)
- 1931 Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1937 Dave Hill, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis), born in Jackson, Michigan
- 1938 Christina Bass-Kaiser, 3K Dutch speed skater (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1940 Stan Mikita, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (4 time NHL scoring leader), born in Sokolče, Slovak Republic (d. 2018)
- 1942 Lynn Davies, long jumper
- 1943 Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80)
- 1944 Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England)
- 1946 Bakhaavaa Buidaa, Mongolia, wrestler (Olympic silver 1972) disqualified
- 1946 Craig Patrick, NHL coach
- 1946 Bobby Murcer, American baseball outfielder (5-time MLB All Star), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
- 1950 Yvon Lambert, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1950 Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer
- 1952 Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
- 1956 Andrew Hilditch, cricketer (Australian opening bat 1979-85)
- 1956 Tomas Smid, Czech, tennis star
- 1958 Mike Engleman, Sonoma California, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
- 1961 Clive Allen, WLAF kicker (London Monarchs)
- 1961 Sally Quinlan, LPGA golfer
- 1961 Vaughn Jefferis, Matangi NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olymp-bronze-96)
- 1963 David Wells, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees), born in Torrance, California
- 1963 Dipak Chudasama, cricketer (Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup)
- 1964 Jeff Schwarz, American baseball pitcher (California Angels, Chicago White Sox)
- 1964 Todd Peat, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
- 1965 Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor)
- 1965 Joe Cioe, Cranston RI, Canadian Tour golfer (NH Open-1992, 93)
- 1965 Todd Stottlemyre, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays), born in Yakima, Washington
- 1966 Lawyer Tillman, NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
- 1966 Liselotte Neumann, Finspang Sweden, LPGA golfer (1988 US Women's Open)
- 1967 Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart Ger, tennis star (1989 Futures Israel)
- 1968 Damon Mays, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1968 Phil Hansen, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
- 1968 Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby union and rugby sevens footballer, born in Suva, Fiji
- 1969 Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star
- 1970 Jason York, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
- 1970 Missy Cress, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets), born in Burbank, California
- 1970 Niklas Andersson, Kungalv SWE, NHL forward (Team Sweden, NY Islanders)
- 1970 Terrell Brandon, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1971 Jonas Berqvist, Angelhorn SWE, hockey forward (Team Sweden, Olympics 1998)
- 1971 Niklas Andersson, Kungalv Swe, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
- 1971 Sandy Schreur, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
- 1971 Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
- 1971 Tony Stewart, American race car driver
- 1972 Michael Cox, Hannibal Missouri, 1.5k runner
- 1974 Brandon Jessie, tight end (NY Giants)
- 1975 Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
- 1975 Mark Zupan, American quadriplegic rugby player
- 1976 Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1976 Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
- 1977 Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
- 1977 Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards
- 1980 Austin Kearns, American Baseball player
- 1981 Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
- 1981 Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
- 1981 Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
- 1982 Petr Čech, Czech footballer
- 1982 Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
- 1986 Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
- 1993 Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
Weddings in Sport
- 2006 Race car driver Jacques Villeneuve (35) weds Johanna Martinez at a civil ceremony in Switzerland
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, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
- 1968 Albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies
- 1973 Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
- 1976 Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 64
- 1980 Jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies
- 2000 Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)
- 2007 Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
- 2014 Phil Sharpe, English cricketer, dies at 77
- 2018 Carol Mann, American golfer (1964 Western Open, 1965 US Open), dies at 77
- 2018 Billy Cannon, American football player (Heisman-1959), dies at 80