- 1880 British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: Scotsman Bob Ferguson wins first of 3 straight titles; beats Peter Paxton by 5 strokes
Flack Wins the Double
1896 Australian athlete Edwin Flack claims the middle distance double at the Athens Olympics winning the 800m final in 2:11.0; his 2nd victory of the Games after success in the 1500m
- 1896 Greek shooter Pantelis Karasevdas scores a perfect 40 hits to win the military rifle event at the Athens Olympics; Greek 1-2-3 with Pavlos Pavlidis and Nicolaos Trikupis taking out the minor placings
- 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
- 1913 Brooklyn Superbas' (later Dodgers) Ebbets Field opens; visiting Philadelphia Phillies win, 1-0
Bellyache Heard Round the World
1925 At the height of his fame Babe Ruth rushed to hospital with a mysterious condition labelled “the bellyache heard round the world". Ruth reported dead by some newspapers. [1]
- 1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1931 Stanley Cup Final Game Three: Chicago Black Hawks defeat Montreal Canadiens 3-2 (Canadians eventually win in best of five series)
- 1932 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs beat New York Rangers, 6-4 for 3-0 series sweep; Toronto's first SC as the Maple Leafs
- 1935 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup
- 1941 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Dorothy Kirby wins comfortably by 16 strokes ahead of Helen Sigel
- 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
- 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings
- 1946 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 6-3 for a 4-1 series victory
Leo Durocher Suspended
1947 Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year for "association with known gamblers"
1950 14th US Masters Tournament: Jimmy Demaret becomes the first 3-time Masters champion by 2 strokes ahead of Australian Jim Ferrier
- 1959 13th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics sweep Minneapolis Lakers in 4 games, first of Boston Celtics' record 8 straight titles
- 1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators)
- 1960 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1962 26th US Masters Tournament: Arnold Palmer wins the 3rd of his 4 Masters titles in an 18 hole Monday playoff with Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald; tournament's first 3-way playoff
Baseball Record
1965 1st baseball game at Houston Astrodome, Astros beat NY Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits MLB's 1st indoor homerun; US President Lyndon Johnson and wife Lady Bird attend
- 1966 Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens
- 1967 31st US Masters Tournament: Gay Brewer wins his only major title by 1 stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols
- 1968 Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
- 1969 MLB Chicago Cubs Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles in 11-3 win over the Philadelphia , at Wrigley Field in Chicago
1972 36th US Masters Tournament: Jack Nicklaus leads wire-to-wire to win the 4th of his 6 Masters titles, 3 strokes ahead of Bruce Crampton, Tom Weiskopf and Bobby Mitchell
- 1972 New Zealand cricket opening batsmen Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis (187) make 387 partnership in 4th Test v WI in Georgetown, Guyana
- 1973 37th US Masters Tournament: Due to weather delays final round is played on Monday with Tommy Aaron winning his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of J. C. Snead
I Suffer With You...
1974 San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc addresses fans, "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you... I've never seen such stupid ball playing in my life!"
1978 42nd US Masters Tournament: 42-year-old Gary Player shoots a record-tying final round 64 (−8) to win by 1 stroke from Rod Funseth, Tom Watson and Hubert Green
- 1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
Sports History
1978 In separate NBA games Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points (33 in 1 quarter)
- 1980 Los Angeles Kings tie NHL record with two shorthanded playoff goals (vs NY Islanders)
Sports History
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela makes MLB debut as opening day starter due to pitching staff injuries, beats Astros 2-0; goes on to win both Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards
- 1982 LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
- 1983 137th Grand National: Ben de Haan wins aboard 13/1 bet Corbiere; Jenny Pittman first female GN winning trainer
Sports History
1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in a Stanley Cup game and passes Jean Béliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
- 1988 142nd Grand National: Irish jockey Brendan Powell wins aboard 10/1 shot Rhyme 'n' Reason by 4 lengths from Durham Edition
- 1988 NHL New Jersey Devils win 3-0 over New York Islanders; Devils lead 2-1 in playoff 1st round
1989 53rd US Masters Tournament: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the first of his 3 Masters titles after a final round 65 (−7) and a birdie on the 2nd hole of a sudden-death playoff with Scott Hoch
Sports History
1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
Baseball Record
1989 MLB New York Yankees outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in 4-3 loss to Cleveland Indians
Contract of Interest
1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract extension with New York Yankees
- 1990 NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
- 1992 Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
- 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
- 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
- 1994 147th Grand National: Jockey Richard Dunwoody wins his second GN aboard Irish 16/1 shot Miinnehoma by 1¼ lengths from Just So
- 1997 Cleveland Indians pitcher Jose Mesa is acquitted of rape
- 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
- 1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl"
- 2005 158th Grand National: 9-year-old 7/1 favourite Hedgehunter, ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Willie Mullins, win by 14 lengths from 40/1 shot Royal Auclair
2006 70th US Masters Tournament: Phil Mickelson wins his 2nd green jacket by 2 shots from South African Tim Clark
- 2011 164th Grand National: Jason Maguire wins aboard Irish 14/1 shot Ballabriggs; first GN win for trainer Donald McCain Jr., son of 4-time winning trainer Ginger McCain
- 2013 32nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Louisville, 93-60; Huskies' 8th National title
Sports History
2014 Joel Embiid declares for the 2014 NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility
- 2016 169th Grand National: David Mullins victorious aboard 33/1 Rule The World; wins by 6 lengths from race favourite The Last Samuri
2017 81st US Masters Tournament: Spaniard Sergio García beats Justin Rose of England in a sudden-death playoff, after they completed 72 holes at -9; Garcia's 1st major title in his 74th attempt
- 2021 San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove no-hits the Texas Rangers, 3-0 at Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX
- 2022 Joel Embiid is named the NBA scoring champion, averaging 30.6 points per game
- 2023 87th US Masters Tournament: Jon Rahm becomes 4th Spaniard to win the tournament; finishes on -12 to beat Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka by 4 strokes
- 2023 Joel Embiid is named the NBA scoring champion for the second straight season, averaging 33.1 points per game
Sports History
2023 Kawhi Leonard leads the Los Angeles Clippers to a win over the Phoenix Suns, securing the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket
