1877 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
1879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5
1900 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼
1905 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
1918 Cleveland Indians Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) as the Indians beat the Yankees 3-2
1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A’s 9-7
1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Philadelphia 1)
1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A’s 25-2
1940 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1940 NY Giants swat Boston Bees, 8-1, in 1st night game at Polo Grounds, NYC
1941 German athlete Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1,000m in 2:21.5 at Dresden, Germany
1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
1968 American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title 14x)
1972 Glasgow Rangers of Scotland win 12th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Dynamo Moscow 3-2 of the Soviet Union 3-2 in Barcelona
1980 Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: In first Finals appearance, NY Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 5-4 in OT for a 4 games to 2 series win
1981 Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser crosses finish line ahead of Mario Andretti; Unser disqualified for pit lane infraction, later reinstated for his 3rd race victory
1984 Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1986 Stanley Cup Final, Saddledome, Calgary, AL: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4-3 for 4-1 series victory
1987 Indianapolis 500: 47 year-old, now part-time driver Al Unser Sr. wins his record-tying 4th Indy title in a huge upset
1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL’s Stanley Cup finals
1989 NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
1989 33rd European Cup: Milan beats Steaua Bucuresti 4-0 at Barcelona
1990 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Oilers’ 5th Cup win in 7 years
1992 Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
1993 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
1994 NHL Western Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
1995 3rd UEFA Champions League Final: Ajax beats Milan 1-0 at Vienna
1998 Indianapolis 500: American ex-Formula One driver Eddie Cheever Jr finishes 3 seconds ahead of 1996 winner Buddy Lazier; first Indy fully sanctioned by the IRL
2000 8th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Valencia 3-0 at Saint-Denis
2003 Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Auckland Blues beat defending champion Canterbury Crusaders, 21-17 for their 3rd title
2009 Indianapolis 500: 2001 and 2002 champion Hélio Castroneves of Brazil wins his record tying 3rd Indy title from the pole position; 60th victory in the race for Firestone
2009 Manchester United wins 1-0 at Hull City Stadium to win English Premier League title for 3rd consecutive season, for a second time; equals Liverpool’s record of 18 league titles
2009 IPL Cricket Final, New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, RSA: Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs; Herschelle Gibbs top scores, 53 (48)
2010 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 1
2011 NHL Western Conference Finals: Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 1
2014 UEFA Champions League Final, Lisbon: Real Madrid beats cross town rivals Atlético Madrid, 4-1 after extra time; scores locked at 1-1 in regulation; Los Blancos record 10th title
2015 Indianapolis 500: 2000 champion Juan Pablo Montoya of Columbia sets record for most years between two victories in the race – fifteen years
2015 IPL Cricket Final, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs; Lendl Simmons top scores, 68 (45)
2015 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, French Lick Resort: Defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins by 4 strokes from Mexican Esteban Toledo
2017 UEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm
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