- 1891 53rd Grand National: Irish jockey, trainer Harry Beasley wins aboard 4/1 Come Away
- 1892 54th Grand National: Capt. Roddy Owen wins aboard 20/1 chance Father O'Flynn
- 1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
- 1920 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Pat O'Hara Wood beats fellow Australian Ronald Thomas 6-3, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1, 6-3
- 1934 American all-round female super athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias pitches a hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in their exhibition pre-season baseball game against Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1937 England beats Scotland, 6-3 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to clinch the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown
- 1948 102nd Grand National: 50/1 chance Sheila's Cottage first mare to win the GN for 46 years; ridden by Irish jockey Arthur Thompson
- 1949 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Amateur Peggy Kirk wins her only major title by 2 strokes from Patty Berg and Dorothy Kirby
- 1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley, 92-76; Explorers' small forward Tom Gola is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
- 1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan, 91-80; Bruins' back-to-back National titles; Gail Goodrich 42 points
- 1965 Wales misses out on a 4th Grand Slam after losing to France, 22-13 at Stade Colombes, Paris despite winning the Five Nations Rugby Championship
Event of Interest
1969 Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila is paralysed in an auto-accident near Addis Ababa
Abebe Bikila
- 1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
Hall of Fame
1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash
Roberto Clemente
- 1977 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Mark Hayes wins in windy conditions, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike McCullough
- 1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
- 1982 France beats Ireland, 22-9 at the Parc des Princes, Paris but the Irish take the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-1 record and also their 5th Triple Crown
Event of Interest
1983 In a clash of tennis legends, Martina Navratilova outclasses Chris Evert Lloyd 6-2, 6-0 to win her first of 5 straight WTA Tour Championships at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
Boxing Title Fight
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
Mike Tyson
Event of Interest
1990 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
