On This Day in Sport for May 27
Events in Sport
- 1878 6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75
- 1878 Australian cricket fast bowler Fred Spofforth takes 10-20 (6-4 and 4-16) in quick-fire 9 wicket tour match win over the MCC in London
- 1881 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5
- 1882 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5
- 1902 27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8
- 1903 37th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75
- 1904 NY Giants first baseman Dan McGann collects MLB record 5 stolen bases in 3-1 win over the Brooklyn Superbas at the Polo Grounds in NYC; record broken in 1991 by Otis Nixon
- 1905 30th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8
- More Events in Sport
Sam Snead
Pat Cash
Ezzard Charles
Maurice RichardWeddings in Sport
- 1949 American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (31) weds Pakistani race horse owner Prince Aly Khan (37); separate in 1951, divorce finalized in 1953
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
May in Sport History
The 100-year Football Curse that Appears to be Working
S.L. Benfica has failed to win a European Championship since 1962, when former coach Béla Guttmann placed a 100 year curse on the club. Is the curse working?
May 2, 1962All-Female Crew Triumphs in Whitbread
After New Zealand’s Peter Blake crushed all opposition in the 1989-90 Whitbread round the world race an all-female crew came home on this day, stealing the show
May 28, 1990
