1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1923 2 ”Black Sox” sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
1955 Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
1971 125th Grand National: John Cook aboard 28/1 chance Specify wins a close finish between the leading 5 in the final furlong
1976 Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
1976 130th Grand National: John Burke wins aboard Rag Trade; equal record 4th winner trained by Fred Rimell and 2nd winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone
1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
1982 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
1982 136th Grand National: 48 year old Dick Saunders wins aboard 7/1 favourite Grittar; oldest jockey to win the event
1983 2nd NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: USC beats Louisiana Tech, 69-67; Trojans’ forward Cheryl Miller tournament MOP
1987 MLB Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland A’s for 3 minor league players
1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Amy Alcott wins the 2nd of her 3 DS events, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Colleen Walker
1988 7th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tech beats Auburn, 56-54; Lady Techsters Erica Westbrooks MOP
1988 NJ Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time
1989 51st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Michigan beats Seton Hall, 80-79 (OT); Wolverines first title; small forward Glen Rice named tournament MOP
1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox
1992 1st exhibition game at Camden Field – Orioles beat NY Mets
1993 147th Grand National: race declared void, after 30 of 39 runners carried on racing despite a false start; bookmakers forced to refund estimated £75 million in bets staked
1994 13th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech, 60-59; Tar Heels first NCAA title on 3-point shot by Charlotte Smith as time expires
1994 1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced
1995 57th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Arkansas, 89-78; Bruins’ 11th national title
1996 South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield
1996 St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
2000 62nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Florida, 89-76; Spartans only top-4 seed to advance to the Final Four
2004 157th Grand National: Graham Lee wins aboard Amberleigh House; trainer Ginger McCain’s equal record 4th GN victory
2006 68th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Florida beats UCLA, 73-57; Gators first title; center Joakim Noah named tournament Most Outstanding Player
2007 26th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Rutgers, 59-46; Volunteers’ 7th national title; Candace Parker is named Most Outstanding Player
2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Stacy Lewis shoots final round 69 to win her first major, 3 strokes ahead of defending champion Yani Tseng
2012 31st NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Baylor beats Notre Dame, 80-61; Lady Bears’ second National title
2016 ICC Women’s Cricket T20 World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Hayley Matthews with 66 from 45 balls leads West Indies to 149/2; beat Australia 148/5 by 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare
2017 79th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Gonzaga, 71–65; Tar Heels point guard Joel DeWayne Berry II, 22 points
2019 San Antonio coach Geg Popovich is ejected after an NBA record low 63 seconds in the Spurs 113-85 loss in Denver; receives 2 technical fouls in a verbal confrontation with a referee
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