- 1880 Amateur Athletic Association, the governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
World Record 100km
1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in a world record time of 2:39:18
- 1894 Lave Cross becomes 1st Philadelphia Phillies player to hit for the cycle in 22-5 win over the Bridegrooms at Eastern Park, Brooklyn
- 1901 First game in baseball's American League: Chicago White Stockings win against the Cleveland Blues 8-2, other games rained out
Jack Hobbs Debut
1905 First-class cricket debut of Sir Jack Hobbs, "The Master" for Surrey v the "Gentlemen of England" (18 & 88)
- 1905 Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3
- 1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run a 100-yard three-legged race in 11 seconds
- 1917 NY Yankees left-handed pitcher George Mogridge no-hits Boston Red Sox, 2-1 at Fenway Park
- 1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
1946 11 players named to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Jack Chesbro, Griffith and McGinnity
- 1956 AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
- 1957 Chicago Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning
- 1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
Baseball Record
1962 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax's 2nd career 18-strikeout, in a 10-2 win over Cubs in Chicago
- 1963 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
Hall of Fame
1963 Future Basketball Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game for Boston as Celtics beat LA Lakers, 112-109 in Game 6 for their 5th straight NBA C'ship
- 1966 Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee)
- 1967 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 2
- 1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baseball Record
1978 Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game
Shoemaker Wins #8,000
1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th horse race, 2,000 more than any other jockey
- 1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set an NBA regular season game record
- 1982 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
- 1988 NFL Draft: Auburn tight end Aundray Bruce first pick by Atlanta Falcons
- 1994 NFL Draft: Ohio State defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
- 1994 NY Rangers sweep NY Islanders in NHL playoffs
Sports History
1995 Court orders New York Yankees baseball player Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
- 1996 Highest scoring MLB baseball game in 17 years - Minnesota Twins 24, Detroit Tigers 11
Sports History
2004 NFL Draft: Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning first pick by San Diego Chargers
