- 1900 Newly renamed American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 (still as a minor league, was Western League)
- 1901 Jimmy Collins, having left the Boston Beaneaters (NL), captains and manages his first game for the Boston Americans (loses 10-6 at Baltimore Orioles)
- 1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
- 1912 First home run hit at Fenway Park by Hugh Bradley of the Red Sox
- 1920 Husband and wife team Ludowika & Walter Jakobsson representing Finland, win the pairs skating gold medal at the Antwerp Olympics; Ludowika is the only German-born athlete at the Games
- 1920 Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring 7 goals in Canada's 12-1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match
Lou Gehrig's Big Mistake
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
- 1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
- 1941 A tradition begins with the first organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
- 1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
- 1950 U of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
Golf History
1952 Patty Berg scores 64, the best competitive round of golf by a woman
Baseball History
1961 New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
- 1964 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 1
LPGA Titleholders Championship
1964 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Marilynn Smith retains title; beats Mickey Wright by 1 stroke
- 1966 International Olympic Committee votes to award German city of Munich the right to host the 1972 Summer Olympic Games
- 1974 Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw
Baseball Record
1975 MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs in 7-3 win over Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh ties NL record of 11 HRs in April
- 1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
Baseball Record
1980 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter, in 7-0 win over St. Louis Cardinals, at Veterans Stadium; 1st National League to record 6 1-hitters
NFL Draft
1983 NFL Draft: Stanford quarterback John Elway first pick by Baltimore Colts
- 1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
- 1988 NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
Sports History
1988 NY Mets Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager in MLB history to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al López was 1st)
Mike Tyson' Speeding Ticket
1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York
- 1990 NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
Baseball Record
1990 Texas Rangers Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 one-hitters in 1-0 win over Chicago White Sox at Arlington Stadium
Maradona Suspended
1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics
Baseball Record
1992 MLB St. Louis Cardinals Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
- 1992 NFL Draft: University of Washington defensive end Steve Emtman from first pick by Indianapolis Colts
- 1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
- 2003 NFL Draft: USC quarterback Carson Palmer first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
- 2008 NFL Draft: University of Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long first pick by Miami Dolphins
- 2012 NFL Draft: Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck first pick by Indianapolis Colts
London Marathon
2015 35th London Marathon: Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge & Ethiopian Tigist Tufa win
FC Bayern Munich win the Bundesliga
2015 FC Bayern Munich wins the 2014–15 Bundesliga for a 25th time
- 2017 Gift Ngoepe becomes 1st black African to play in Major League Baseball, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- 2018 NFL Draft: Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield first pick by Cleveland Browns; 4 QBs taken in top 10 selections for first time in history
Pelé Added to Dictionary
2023 Brazilian Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary adds "pelé" as a new adjective to its online edition, meaning "exceptional, incomparable, unique" [1]
