1935 2nd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Gene Sarazen wins Monday playoff with Craig Wood by 5 strokes
1943 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins, 2-0 for a 4-0 series sweep and their 3rd SC Championship
1943 1943 NFL Draft: Frank Sinkwich from University of Georgia first pick by Detroit Lions
1945 1945 NFL Draft: Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals
1956 20th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jack Burke Jr. wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of amateur Ken Venturi; final Masters played without a 36-hole cut
1967 121st Grand National: John Buckingham aboard rank 100/1 outsider Foinavon avoids famous carnage to win by 15 lengths from favourite Honey End
1968 Major League Baseball decides to postpone Opening Day because of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr
1969 First Major League Baseball game featuring a Canadian team; Montréal Expos beats NY Mets, 11-10 at Shea Stadium; KC Royals, SD Padres and Seattle Pilots also win on debut
1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games
1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
1972 126th Grand National: Graham Thorner aboard 14/1 bet Well To Do wins from 1970 winner Gay Trip; Black Secret & General Symons dead heat for 3rd
1976 1976 NFL Draft: Lee Roy Selmon from University of Oklahoma first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1980 Islander Potvin’s 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title
1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn
1989 143rd Grand National: Irish 12-year-old Little Polveir, ridden by jockey Jimmy Frost wins by 7 lengths from West Tip
1991 Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident
1991 Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
1991 Oakland A’s stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena in USA to ban smoking
1993 Indians’ Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same inn (vs Yanks)
1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
1995 American Bruce Seldon defeats by RTD over Tony Tucker in 7 rounds to win vacated WBA boxing title
1995 148th Grand National: Irish rider Jason Titley wins aboard 40/1 outsider Royal Athlete; trainer Jenny Pitman’s second GN victory
2000 153rd Grand National: Irish 10/1 shot Papillon, ridden by jockey Ruby Walsh and trained by his father Ted Walsh wins by 1¼ lengths from Mely Moss
2003 22nd NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 73-68; UConn guard Diana Taurasi is named Most Outstanding Player
2006 159th Grand National: 11–1 Irish shot Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden wins by 6 lengths from defending champion Hedgehunter
2007 71st US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Zach Johnson wins his first major title, 2 strokes ahead of Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini and Tiger Woods
2008 27th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Stanford, 64-48; Volunteers’ back-to-back titles; coach Pat Summitt, 8 national championships
2012 76th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Bubba Watson wins on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with South African Louis Oosthuizen
2013 75th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Michigan, 82-76; Cardinals’ forward Luke Hancock hits 22 points
2014 33rd NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Notre Dame, 79-58; 2nd time a school has won both men’s & women’s Div I national titles in same year
2017 170th Grand National: Derek Fox wins aboard 14/1 One For Arthur; second ever Scottish-trained winner of the event
2018 82nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Patrick Reed wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of fellow American Rickie Fowler
2019 81st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Virginia beats Texas Tech, 85-77 OT; Cavaliers first ever National title; forward De’Andre Hunter, 27 points
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