1733 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
1895 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37.50
1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75
1903 Chicago White Sox commit 11 errors against Detroit Tigers but win 10-9 at South Side Park. Chicago
1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6
1917 St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
1921 American Soccer League forms
1933 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters
1939 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
1951 Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
1953 MLB St. Louis Browns Alva ”Bobo” Holloman, in his first start game as starting pitcher, no-hits visiting Philadelphia A’s, 6-0
1961 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
1967 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
1970 European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Feyenoord beats Celtic, 2-1; first time title won by a Dutch club
1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
1974 A’s pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed – first and only Derby victory and 1st-leg of Triple Crown
1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
1982 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1
1988 Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils’ coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to ‘eat another doughnut you fat pig!,’ he is suspended
1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
1991 Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301′ 9”
1992 NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
1992 Werder Bremen of Germany win 32nd European Cup winner’s Cup against AS Monaco of France 2-0 in Lisbon
1995 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
1997 Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
2000 126th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Fusaichi Pegasus wins in 2:01.12
2006 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in 2:01.36
2017 143rd Kentucky Derby: Always Dreaming ridden by John Velasquez wins
2019 Pablo Sandoval becomes second MLB player since 1900 to throw a scoreless outing, hit a home run and steal a base in the same game in SF Giants’ 12-4 loss in Cincinnati; joins Christy Mathewson 1905
2019 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Judd Trump wins his first world crown beating John Higgins of Scotland, 18-9
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