- 1900 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25
- 1902 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75
- 1909 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
- 1910 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
- 1922 Mayor Hylan closes two streets for building of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
Joe DiMaggio Debuts
1936 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1941 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway, 1st leg of successful Triple Crown
- 1947 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
- 1951 New York Yankees Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning; 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
- 1952 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins his record fifth Derby
- 1958 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05
- 1969 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
- 1975 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
- 1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon with 2:40:15.8
- 1977 1977 NFL Draft: Ricky Bell from USC first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 1978 West Indies all set to lose the cricket test v Australia at Kingston till riots end game in the last test match appearance for Bob Simpson
- 1979 1979 NFL Draft: Tom Cousineau from Ohio State first pick by Buffalo Bills
Baseball Record
1979 MLB Cleveland Indian Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)
- 1980 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
- 1983 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 0
- 1986 Cubs third baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
Sports History
1986 New York Yankees Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
Sports History
1991 Future Hockey HOF right wing Cam Neely injures knee on a cheap shot by Ulf Samuelsson in Wales Conference Finals; injury limits him to only 162 games for remainder of NHL career; retires at 31
- 1992 Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves
- 1992 Ohio Glory wins first WLAF game after 6 loses to defeat Frankfurt 20-17
- 1995 Australia defeats the West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
- 1997 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
Sports History
1997 Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
- 1999 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Stephen Hendry of Scotland defeats Welshman Mark Williams 18-11 for a record seventh world crown
- 2000 Sport of geocaching begins with the first cache placed and the GPS coordinates posted on Usenet
- 2003 129th Kentucky Derby: Jose Santos aboard Funny Cide wins in 2:01.19
2008 134th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Big Brown wins by nearly 5 lengths; runner-up Eight Belles euthanised after fracturing both front ankles; first fatality in Derby history
- 2014 140th Kentucky Derby: Victor Espinoza aboad California Chrome wins in 2:03.66
- 2015 Chelsea wins the 2014–15 English football Premier League
- 2018 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL's first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension
- 2021 World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Mark Selby wins his 4th world title with an 18-15 win over countryman Shaun Murphy
Most Goals in a Premier League Season
2023 Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland scores in a 3-0 win over West Ham to set a new record for most goals scored in a single Premier League season (35)
Baseball Record
2023 MLB LA Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins NY Yankee legend Babe Ruth as only pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs in 6-4 over the Cardinals in St. Louis
Ledecky Breaks Own Record
2025 American swimmer Katie Ledecky breaks her own world record for the 6th time in the 800-meter freestyle event at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale, Florida [1]
- 2025 Kentucky Derby: Sovereignty, ridden by Venezuelan-born jockey Junior Alvarado, wins on muddy track after Maximum Security is disqualified [1]
