- 1896 1st Modern Summer Olympic Games close at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece; USA wins gold medal count with 11 and Greece the total medal count with 46
- 1901 5th Boston Marathon won for second straight year by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 2:29:23.6
- 1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Tom Longboat in race record 2:24:24
Johnson's Strike Out Record
1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
- 1912 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan in race record 2:21:18.2
- 1918 22nd Boston Marathon won by Camp Devens relay team; race run as relay for 10-man military teams
- 1925 NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1
Babe Ruth's 60 HR Record
1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits #1 of MLB record season 60 HRs; tees off on A's Howard Ehmke in 1st inning of New York's 6-3 win over Philadelphia
- 1929 33rd Boston Marathon won by Canadian Johnny Miles in 2:33:08.6; his second win in the event
- 1935 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley in 2:32:07.4
- 1937 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3-0 for a 3-2 series win; back-to-back titles for Red Wings
- 1940 44th Boston Marathon won by Gérard Côté of Canada in 2:28:28.6; first of 4 wins in the event
- 1946 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27; first and only Cypriot athlete to win the event
Robinson 1st MLB African American
1947 Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1952 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-0 for a 4-0 series sweep
- 1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1
- 1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
- 1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley in 2:20:05; course length changed
- 1958 1st baseball game in California, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0
- 1961 France wins it’s 2nd outright Five Nations Rugby Championship with an 15-3 victory over Ireland at Lansdowne Road, Dublin
- 1963 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurèle Vandendriessche of Belgium in race record 2:18:58
- 1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
- 1967 France wins its 4th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship with an 11-6 win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road, Dublin
- 1968 72nd Boston Marathon: Amby Burfoot wins in 2:22:17; Bobbi Gibb 1st woman for 3rd straight year in 3:30:00 (unsanctioned)
Sports History
1968 Houston Astros beat NY Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings at the Astrodome; starting pitchers Tom Seaver and Don Wilson pitch 10 and 9 innings respectively in game that lasts over 6 hours
- 1974 78th Boston Marathon: Neil Cusack of Ireland takes men's race in 2:13:39; American Miki Gorman women's winner in 2:47:11
- 1976 Yankee stadium reopens after extensive renovation, Yankees beat Minnesota Twins after trailing 4-0
- 1977 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1979 43rd US Masters Tournament: Fuzzy Zoeller wins his only Masters with a birdie on the 2nd hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson
- 1984 48th US Masters Tournament: Ben Crenshaw wins the first of his 2 green jackets, 2 strokes ahead of 1977 & 1981 champion Tom Watson
- 1985 89th Boston Marathon: Englishman Geoff Smith repeats as men's champion in 2:14:05; American Lisa Larsen Weidenbach takes women's title in 2:34:06
Cricket History
1986 Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket
- 1989 Hillsborough disaster: 96 people are crushed to death and 766 are injured at Hillsborough Football Stadium in Sheffield, England, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest
- 1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
- 1991 95th Boston Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya wins his 2nd men's title in 2:11:06; Wanda Panfil of Poland woman's champion in 2:24:18
- 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road
Sports History
1992 NY Islander coach Al Arbour sets a record for coaching the most NHL games at 1,438
1996 100th Boston Marathon: Moses Tanui of Kenya takes centenary men's title in 2:09:15.9; 3-peat for Uta Pippig of Germany in women's race in 2:27:12
- 1996 Boston Athletic Association officially recognizes Bobbi Gibb's three Boston Marathon wins (1966, 1967, and 1968) in era prior to women being sanctioned for the race
- 1997 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
- 2000 NFL Draft: Penn State defensive end Courtney Brown first pick by Cleveland Browns
- 2001 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Doug Tewell wins his second & final Champions Tour major by 9 strokes from Mike McCullough
- 2002 106th Boston Marathon: Kenyan double; Rodgers Rop claims men's event in 2:09:02; Margaret Okayo women's winner in 2:20:43
- 2013 117th Boston Marathon: Lelisa Desisa Benti of Ethiopia men's winner in 2:10:22; Rita Jeptoo of Kenya wins women's section in 2:26:25
- 2013 Boston Marathon bombings: 3 people are killed and 183 injured after two explosions near the finish line
Laureus Awards
2015 Laureus World Sports Awards, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai, China: Sportsman: Novak Đoković; Sportswoman: Genzebe Dibaba; Team: German Men's National Football team
- 2019 123rd Boston Marathon: Lawrence Cherono of Kenya wins in 2:07:58, just 0.1s ahead of Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa; Worknesh Degefa of Ethiopia is women's champion in 2:23.31
- 2019 3 days after winning Hobey Baker Award as top college hockey player, Cale Makar becomes first defenseman to score in NHL debut during the playoffs in Colorado's 6-2 Game 3 win over Calgary
- 2019 Los Angeles Clippers overcome an NBA record 31-point deficit to score an improbable 135-131 Game 2 playoff victory over the Golden State Warriors in Oakland; shooting guard Lou Williams 36 points
