1862 First baseball enclosure opens at Union Grounds, Brooklyn1876 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.251894 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard
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1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.251886 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.501888 14th Kentucky
1887 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39.251890 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.751891 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard
1890 First official County Cricket Championship match begins; Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by 8 wickets at Bristol; James Cranston scores first century (101) in the competition1909
1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.251888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:491892 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton
1870 Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by
1889 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34.501901 Cleveland’s Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-21914
1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire1897 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul
1910 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.61921 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.21922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands:
1733 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni1895 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37.501896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie