- 1862 24th Grand National: Harry Lamplugh wins aboard The Huntsman; first French trained winner; only human fatality recorded in the event, jockey Joe Wynne
- 1881 Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first Black international football player and captain
- 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) baseball franchise is approved as a member of the American League
- 1908 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 9-3 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
- 1910 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3
- 1912 Establishment of the first football club in Bulgaria - Botev Plovdiv
- 1949 Ireland retains Five Nations Rugby Championship & Triple Crown with a 5-0 win over Wales at St. Helen's Ground, Swansea
NHL Record
1966 Chicago Black Hawks Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
- 1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
World Record
1978 American speed skater Eric Heiden sets world record in 1000m (1:14.99)
- 1980 NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
- 1983 4th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Boston College, 85-77
- 1987 Ice Pairs World Championship at Cincinnati won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)
- 1987 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)
- 1989 10th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 88-79
- 1989 30th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Florida, 72-60
- 1989 36th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke, 77-74
- 1995 16th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Connecticut, 94-78
- 1995 36th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 95-93 (OT)
- 1995 42nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT)
- 1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
Cricket History
1995 West Indies cricketer Brian Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain
- 2000 41st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Arkansas beats Auburn, 75-67
- 2000 47th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats #20 Maryland, 81-68
- 2005 26th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats West Virginia, 68-59
- 2006 47th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats South Carolina, 49-47
- 2006 53rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #7 Boston College, 78-76
- 2011 32nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Connecticut beats #3 Louisville, 69-66
- 2020 2020 NCAA men's basketball tournament is cancelled over concerns of the spread of COVID-19; first time 'March Madness' not held since it began in 1939; women's tournament also cancelled
- 2020 NHL pauses the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Scottie Scheffler becomes third golfer, after Jack Nicklaus & Tiger Woods, to hold Masters & Players titles at same time; wins by 5 from England's Tyrrell Hatton
