1882 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00
1884 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25
1894 Fire in Boston destroys the South End Grounds baseball stadium and 200 other buildings
1914AmericanHorseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1914 Ewing Field baseball park opens near Masonic Street, San Francisco. Relocated a year later. 1916 41st Preakness Stakes: Hall of Fame jockey Linus McAtee aboard the J.K.L.RossownedDamrosch wins in 1:54.80
1921 46th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2
1925 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6
1927NYYankeeBobMeusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home
1930 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2
1931 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8
1932 Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston
1936 61st Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59
1938 Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores 278 vs MCC in 349 mins with 35 fours and 1 six
1941 First US radio performance of Robert Russell Bennett's 'Symphony in D for the Dodgers'
1948 First chess world championship since WWII; Russian player Mikhail Botvinnik wins a 5-player tournament to begin 20-year Russian domination
1953 Philadelphia Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a lead-off single, then retires next 27 in a row in 3-0 win over Braves at County Stadium in Milwaukee
1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone
1955 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century
118 at Bridgetown
1955 Rocky Marciano beats Don Cockell by TKO in the 9th round at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
1956 England cricket spin bowlerJimLakertakes10-88 for Surrey v Australia in tour match at The Oval, London
1957 NY Yankee players including Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Hank Bauer are involved in a brawl at the Copacabana nightclub while watching Sammy Davis Jr. perform, leads to Billy Martin trade
1959 84th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57
1964 89th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8
1965 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 & homers
1970 95th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2
1973ACMilanofItalywin
13thEuropeanCupWinner's CupagainstLeedsofEngland
1-0 in Saloniki
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Stanley Cup Final, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA: Guy Lafleur and Pete Mahovlich each have a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3 for a 4 games series sweep
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in
15 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 FC Barcelona of Spain wins 19th European Cup Winner's Cup against Fortuna Düsseldorf of West Germany 4-3 in Basel
1979 MLB National League approves sale of Houston Astros by Ford Motors to John J McMullen for
$19M
1980 34th NBA Championship: LALakersbeatPhiladelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
1981 106th Preakness: Jorge Velásquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in
1:54.6
1981 Houston shortstop Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples as Astros beat Chicago Cubs, 6-1
1982 Stanley Cup Final, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC: 3-peat for NY Islanders; sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games with a 3-1 Game
4 win
1984 Juventus of Italy win
24thEuropeanCupWinner's CupagainstPortoofPortugal
2-1 in Basel
1984 Mackay pays
$218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
1984 MLB Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer off Fernando Valenzuela, in 7-2 win against Dodgers, in Los Angeles
1985 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 2
1985NHLPrinceofWales Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Quebec Nordiques, 4 games to 2
1987 112th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8
1992 117th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6
1992 America's Cup: America Team USA defeats Il Moro di Venezia 4-1 to win in San Diego
1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana
1997 Atlanta Braves beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings
1997 MLB Montreal Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13
1997 MLB St Louis Cardinal Gary Gaetti records his
2,000th hit
1998 123rd Preakness: Kent Desormeaux aboard Real Quiet wins in 1:54.80
2003 NHL Western Conference Final: Anaheim Ducks beat Minnesota Wild,
4 games to 0
2009 134th Preakness: Calvin Borel aboard Rachel Alexandra wins in 1:55.08
2010 ICC Men's Cricket
T20 World Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados: England beats Australia by 7 wickets with
3 overs to spare for their first title; Player of the Series: England batsman Kevin Pietersen (248 runs)
2010ICCWomen'sCricket
T20 World Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados: Elise Perry with 3 for 18 off 4 overs leads Australia (106/8) to 3 run victory over New Zealand 103/6
2014ParisSaint-Germain F.C. & Manchester City F.C. are each fined 60 million for breaching Fair Play Regulations 2015 140th Preakness: Victor Espinoza aboard American Pharoah wins in
1:58.46
2019 Brooks Koepka fires tournamentrecordequalling, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, NY
2023 Intense floods in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy causes 23 rivers to burst their banks, resulting in at least 13 deaths and cancellation of the F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix [1]