Chesbro's 1st Win
1904 NY Highlanders' future Baseball HOF pitcher Jack Chesbro's first of 41 wins this season; pitches complete game and beats Boston Americans, 8-2 at Hilltop Park, NYC
Taft's First Pitch
1910 US President William Howard Taft begins the tradition of throwing the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of the baseball season at National Park in Washington, D.C.
- 1917 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
- 1925 First regular-season Chicago Cubs game broadcast on radio (WGN) by caller Quin Ryan; Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-2
- 1928 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: In only their 2nd season in the NHL, New York Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 2-1 for a 3-2 series win
1931 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 2-0 for a 3-2 series win; Canadiens' back-to-back Championships
- 1941 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson in 2:30:38; his third victory in the event
- 1948 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Toronto Maple Leafs go back-to-back with a 7-2 win over Detroit Red Wings for a 4-0 series sweep
Sports History
1955 26-year-old catcher/outfielder Elston Howard becomes first African-American to play for NY Yankees; hits single with 1 RBI in 8-4 loss to Boston Red Sox
- 1955 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings win back-to-back titles; beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1 for a 4-3 series victory
- 1960 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-0 for a 4 game sweep; 5th consecutive title
- 1962 France retains the Five Nations Rugby Championship with an 11-0 win over Ireland at Stade Colombes, Paris
Baseball History
1964 LA Dodgers' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk in 4-0 Opening Day win over St. Louis Cardinals
- 1968 32nd US Masters Tournament: Bob Goalby shoots a final round 66 (-6) to win his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo who has his card famously marked incorrectly
- 1968 First NBA game at New York's iconic Madison Square Garden; NY Knicks beat San Diego Rockets, 114-102
- 1969 First regular-season MLB game played outside the United States; Montreal Expos beat St. Louis Cardinals, 8-7 at Parc Jarry, Montreal
- 1973 Ireland edges France, 6-4 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin to create a 5-way tie for the Five Nations Rugby Championship; each nation wins their 2 home matches
- 1983 New York Islanders tie own record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals vs. the New York Rangers
- 1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st playoff penalty shot
- 1985 Hussein Ahmed Salah wins the inaugural IAAF World Marathon Cup with a time of 2:08:09
- 1988 NHL playoffs: New Jersey Devils win 6-5 over NY Islanders to take 1st round 4-2
- 1991 55th US Masters Tournament: Welshman Ian Woosnam wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of José María Olazábal; 4th straight year the Masters champion is from the UK
- 1991 Chicago Blackhawks become the first NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (against Minnesota North Stars)
- 1994 New Jersey Devils end season with one of their best results in franchise history, achieving a 47-25-12 record for 106 points
- 1995 India defeats Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in Sharjah to win its fourth Asia Cricket Cup
1996 60th US Masters Tournament: Englishman Nick Faldo wins his 3rd Masters and 6th and final major title, 5 strokes ahead of Greg Norman of Australia
- 1996 Detroit Red Wings finish the NHL season with an all-time record of 62 wins
2002 66th US Masters Tournament: Tiger Woods becomes the third player to claim back-to-back Masters, three strokes ahead of Retief Goosen of South Africa
- 2007 160th Grand National: 33–1 shot Silver Birch, ridden by Robbie Power, edges out McKelvey to win by three-quarters of a length
- 2012 165th Grand National: Daryl Jacob wins aboard Neptune Collonges; beats Sunnyhillboy in a photo finish and the closest ever GN finish
- 2013 77th US Masters Tournament: Adam Scott wins his first major title and becomes first Australian Masters champion with a 2nd hole sudden death playoff win against Ángel Cabrera
- 2018 171st Grand National: Davey Russell wins aboard 10/1 Tiger Roll in a photo finish from Pleasant Company
- 2019 83rd US Masters Tournament: Tiger Woods wins his 5th Masters title by 1 stroke from Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka; Woods' 15th major and first in 11 years
- 2021 Chicago White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodón no-hits the Cleveland Indians, 8-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago
2024 88th US Masters Tournament: World #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler beats Sweden's Ludvig Åberg by 4 strokes for his second Masters win in 3 years
