1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1897 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼
1906 Philadelphia A’s pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
1907 Boston’s Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0
1909 American Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) in NYC
1909 British runner Henry Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31) in the Polytechnic Marathon in London
1915 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
1919 Appingedam soccer team forms
1920 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins by a head from Upset in 2:09
1923 England Test opening batsman Jack Hobbs scores his 100th 1st-class cricket 100 with 116 not out for Surry v Somerset at Bath
1925 50th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Sox baseball team
1935 Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife faints when he returned to track
1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1943 68th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
1954 1st shot-put over 60′ (18.29 m)-Parry O’Brien, Los Angeles, CA
1970 NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
1974 FC Magdenburg of East Germany win 14th European Cup Winner’s Cup against AC Milan of Italy 2-0 in Rotterdam
1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
1984 The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
1988 Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
1994 Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
1996 Paris Saint-Germain of France win 36th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Rapid Wien of Austria 1-0 in Brussels
2010 Last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process
2011 The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, Shoal Creek G&CC: Tom Lehman wins second of 3 Champions Tour majors with par on 2nd playoff hole against Australian Peter Senior
2013 Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United’s manager at the end of the season
2014 NFL Draft: South Carolina outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney first pick by Houston Texans
2018 Seattle Mariners MLB left-hander James Paxton hurls a no-hitter in a 5-0 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto
2020 11-year old Brazilian skateboarder Gui Khury creates world record by performing 1st 1080 degree turn on a vertical ramp
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