- 1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25
- 1886 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.50
- 1888 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00
- 1890 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45
- 1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
Johnson Ends Scoreless Streak
1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends MLB record scoreless streak at 56 innings
- 1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington, D.C.
- 1919 44th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 on way to first Triple Crown
- 1920 Giants inform the Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at the end of the 1920 season
- 1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
- 1927 53rd Kentucky Derby: HOF jockey Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery defeats Osmand by a nose in the stretch in 2:06
- 1935 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains a victory over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs, which proves to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win is not until May 29, 1939
- 1938 63rd Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8
- 1938 England soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3
Foxx's Huge Home Run
1940 Boston Red Sox Jimmie Foxx HR goes over the left field roof of Comiskey Park in Chicago
- 1949 74th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56
Sports History
1967 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Baltimore Orioles' Stu Miller
Baseball Record
1972 In Willie Mays' 1st game as New York Met, his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 (his former team of over 20 years), at Shea Stadium, New York
- 1975 Dynamo Kyiv of the Soviet Union win 15th European Cup Winner's Cup over Ferencvár osi TC of Hungary 3-0
- 1977 KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
- 1977 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Jacques Lemaire scores twice as Montreal Canadiens edge Boston Bruins, 2-1 in OT for a 4 game sweep and back-to-back titles
- 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
- 1980 Valencia of Spain wins 20th European Cup Winner's Cup against Arsenal of England 5-4 on penalties in Brussels
- 1981 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2
World Record
1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5)
- 1986 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 3
- 1987 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2
- 1988 Jose Oquendo is the first non-pitcher in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game as he and the St. Louis Cardinals lose to the Braves 7-5 in 19 innings
- 1988 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils, 4 games to 3
- 1989 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
Sports History
1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 1st player to hit 6 doubles across two consecutive games since St. Louis Cardinal Red Schoendienst in 1948
Sports History
1994 Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617
- 1994 FA Cup Final: Manchester United defeat Chelsea 4-0 at Wembley Stadium, London
- 1995 At 43 years and 162 days, Manchester City goalkeeper John Burridge becomes the oldest player to appear in an EPL match in a 3-2 home defeat to Queens Park Rangers
Baseball Record
1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)
1995 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: Kelly Robbins wins her only major title by 1 stroke from defending champion Laura Davies of England
Sports History
1996 New York Yankees' controversial pitcher Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners, 2-0 at Yankee Stadium
Sports History
1997 Baseball's Executive Council suspends NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for his suing other team owners
- 1997 FC Barcelona of Spain win 37th European Cup Winner's Cup against Paris Saint-Germain of France 1-0 in Rotterdam
- 2011 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (88,643): Manchester City beats Stoke City, 1-0; Yaya Touré scores 74' winner; Citizens' 5th title
Sports History
2016 Gabriel Medina becomes the first surfer ever to land the move "Backflip" in competition
2017 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 21-year-old South Korean Kim Si-woo shoots final round 69 to win by 3 strokes ahead of Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter
- 2018 Arsenal finish EPL season in 6th place on 63 points; fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997
- 2018 US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states
