Events in Sport
- 1878 6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75
- 1878 Australians Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19
- 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 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
- 1905 30th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8
- 1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11
Donald Bradman
Event of Interest
1948 Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians
Hank Greenberg
- 1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0
- 1960 Baltimore manager Paul Richards devises oversized catcher's mitt, used by Baltimore Oriole Clint Courtney
- 1961 Fiorentina of Italy win 1st European Cup Winner's Cup against Glasgow Rangers 4-2 in Florence (2nd leg)
- 1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½"
- 1961 60th Men's French Championships: Manuel Santana beats Nicola Pietrangeli (4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2)
- 1961 60th Women's French Championships: Ann Haydon beats Yola Ramirez (6-2, 6-1)
- 1964 European Cup Final, Praterstadion, Vienna: Internazionale beats Real Madrid, 3-1 for their first title
- 1965 10th European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Jair da Costa scores winner as defending champions Internazionale beat Benfica, 1-0
- 1968 NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
Event of Interest
1968 George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles
George Halas
- 1971 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
- 1972 Indianapolis 500: Mark Donohue wins in 3:04:23.851 (262.262 km/h)
- 1974 Pirates Ken Brett no-hits Padres until 9th inning
- 1975 Stanley Cup Final, The Aud, Buffalo, NY: Philadelphia Flyers take back-to-back titles; beat Buffalo Sabres, 2-0 for a 4-2 series win
- 1979 Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears wins in 3:08:47.950 (255.723 km/h)
- 1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but umpire says no
- 1981 25th European Cup: Liverpool beats Real Madrid 1-0 at Paris
- 1982 New owners headed by John McMullen buy NHL's Colorado Rockies and move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands under the new name NJ Devils
- 1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day
- 1984 Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears wins in 3:03:21.638 (263.308 km/h)
- 1987 Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young & Sutton)
- 1987 31st European Cup: Porto beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Vienna
- 1990 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
- 1994 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils, 4 games to 3
- 1997 Indianapolis 500: Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indy 500
- 1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yanks pay out most $28M
- 2000 NHL Western Conference Final: Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
- 2000 Super Rugby Final, Canberra: Crusaders claim their 3rd consecutive title with a 20-19 win over the ACT Brumbies; flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens kicks 5 penalties for the winners
- 2001 Indianapolis 500: Hélio Castroneves wins in 3:31:54.180 (227.841 km/h)
Event of Interest
2001 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Ridgewood CC, NJ: 5-time British Open champion Tom Watson wins first of 6 Champions Tour major titles with a 1 stroke win over Jim Thorpe
Tom Watson
- 2006 NHL Western Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks, 4 games to 1
- 2006 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders retain title with a 19-12 win over the Wellington Hurricanes; Dan Carter kicks 4 penalties & a conversion for the winners
- 2007 Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 2:44:03.5608 (244.257 km/h)
- 2009 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1
- 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, Rome: Barcelona beats Manchester United, 2-0; first Spanish treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League
- 2011 NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 games to 3
- 2012 Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 2:58.51.2532 (269.934 km/h)
- 2012 IPL Cricket Final, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets; Manvinder Bisla top scores, 89 (48)
- 2015 Golden State Warriors win the NBA Western Conference
- 2017 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Arsenal beats Chelsea, 2-1; Aaron Ramsey scores 79' winner as Arsène Wenger becomes most successful manager in FA Cup history, winning his 7th title
- 2018 Indianapolis 500: Will Power becomes the first Australian driver to win the event
- 2018 IPL Cricket Final, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets; Shane Watson top scores, 117 no (57); SK's 3rd IPL title
Birthdays in Sport
- 1852 Billy Barnes, English cricketer (England all-rounder 1880-90), born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (d. 1899)
- 1863 Arthur Mold, English cricket fast bowler (England 3 Tests; 1,673 1st class wickets), born in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire (d. 1921)
- 1870 Lionel Palairet, British cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age), born in Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, England (d. 1933)
- 1887 Frank Woolley, English cricketer (long-running England left-arm all-rounder), born in Tonbridge, Kent (d. 1978)
- 1903 Walt Kiesling, American Pro Football Hall of Fame guard (NFL 1920s All-Decade Team; First-team All-Pro 1929, 30, 32; Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears) and coach (Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1962)
- 1904 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese track and field athlete (Olympic gold 1932), born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (d. 1997)
- 1908 Alex Brown, English snooker player, born in London (d. 1995)
- 1912 Terry Moore, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Vernon, Alabama (d. 1995)
- 1942 Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic bronze 1964)
- 1947 Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach, born in Ljubljan, FPR Yugoslavia
- 1951 John Conteh, British boxer, WBC Light Heavyweight crown (1974-77), born in Liverpool
- 1954 Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1972)
- 1954 Jackie Slater, American football player
- 1955 Graham "Jock" Edwards, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests; 6 ODIs), born in Nelson, New Zealand (d. 2020)
- 1956 Nick Lowery, NFL kicker (NY Jets)
- 1957 Bruce Furniss, US swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1976)
- 1957 Duncan Goodhew, English 100m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1980), born in London, England
- 1960 Ray Armsetad, 4X400 runner (Olympic gold 1984), born in Kirksville, Missouri
- 1960 Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler (Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84)
- 1961 Jill Sterkel, US swimmer (Olympic bronze 1976, 84, 88)
- 1961 John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoeist/kayaker (Olympic-92)
- 1962 Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer, all-rounder (1981-92), commentator and coach of India (2017-), born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India
- 1962 Ray Borner, Australian basketball center (Olympics 1984, 88, 92, 96)
- 1965 Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa LA, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
Pat Cash
1965 Pat Cash, Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1987), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Pat Cash
- 1966 Eric Leckner, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
- 1966 John Jaha, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1966 Ray Sheppard, Pembroke, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
- 1967 Chin Yang, Laos-born American jockey
- 1967 Doug West, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- 1967 George McCloud, NBA forward/guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns)
- 1967 Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
- 1968 Cedric Smith, NFL running back (Wash Redskins, Arizona Cardinals)
- 1968 Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman (Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP)
- 1968 Jeff Bagwell, infielder (Houston Astros), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1969 Francois Letourneau, St Jerome Quebec, canoeist (Olympics 1996)
- 1969 Lesley Tashlin, 100m hurdler (Olympics 1996), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1969 Todd Hundley, Martinsville VA, catcher (NY Mets)
- 1969 Travis Williams, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
- 1970 Michael Blackburn, Australian laser sailor (Olympic bronze 2000), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1970 Todd Collins, linebacker (New England Patriots)
- 1970 Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
- 1971 Corey Beck, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
- 1971 Ferdino Hernandez, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1972 Antonio Freeman, NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
- 1972 Karen Hecox, US 1500m runner
- 1972 Troy Sienkiewicz, NFL tackle/guard (San Diego Chargers)
- 1974 Danny Wuerffel, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1996, U of Florida; NFL: New Orleans Saints), born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- 1975 Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
- 1976 Richard Park, Seoul Kor, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
- 1977 Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
- 1977 Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1978 Adin Brown, American soccer player
- 1979 Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
- 1980 Jessica Deglau, 200m butterfly (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1981 Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
- 1981 Miloy, Angolan footballer
- 1981 Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
- 1983 Bobby Convey, American soccer player
- 1985 Chien-Ming Chiang, Taiwanese baseball player
- 1990 Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure skater
- 1991 Beauden Barrett, New Zealand rugby union utility back (83 caps; World Male Rugby Player of the Year 2016, 17; Hurricanes 125 games), born in New Plymouth, New Zealand
- 1996 Minjee Lee, Australian golfer (ANA Inspiration 2017 3rd, 5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Perth, West Australia
Deaths in Sport
- 1947 Ed Konetchy, American MLB player, dies at 61
- 1953 Jesse Burkett, American Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder (NL batting champion 1895-96, 1901; 240 hits in 1896 MLB record for 15 years), dies at 84
- 1971 Jack Doscher, American baseball pitcher (1st son of a major leaguer to play MLB), dies at 90
Ezzard Charles
1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies of ALS at 53
Ezzard Charles
Maurice Richard
2000 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Canadian NHL star (Montreal Canadiens, MVP-1947), dies of abdominal cancer and Parkinson's disease at 78
Maurice Richard
- 2001 Victor Kermit Kiam II, American businessman (Remington shavers) and NFL owner (Patriots), dies at 74
- 2006 Craig Heyward, American NFL fullback (Pro Bowl 1995; New Orleans Saints), dies from brain cancer at 39
- 2011 Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974)
- 2019 Bill Buckner, American MLB 1st baseman (1986 World Series infamous fielding error; NL batting champ 1980), dies of dementia at 69
