1887 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39.25
1890 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
1891 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52.25
1909 First Giro d’Italia takes place in Milan – Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna is the winner
1911 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
1916 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
1922 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
1922 47th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
1927 VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
1933 58th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
1939 64th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
1942 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
1942 Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 HRs in a game
1944 69th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
1950 First ever race of the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship is run at Silverstone, England and won by Giuseppe Farina of italy in an Alfa Romeo
1952 Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate’s Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27 in 9-innings, as he no-hits Welch Minors; 4 Minors do reach base
1960 Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1976 9th & final ABA championship: NY Nets beat Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2
1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
1981 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st European Cup Winner’s Cup against Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2-1 in Düsseldorf
1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
1985 Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
1987 Ajax of the Netherlands win 27th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Lokomotive Leipzig 1-0 of East Germany in Athens
1987 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
1989 Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1994 MLB Cleveland Indians begin a 18 home game win streak at newly opened Jacobs Field
1995 Team New Zealand beats Team Dennis Conner 5-0 to win the America’s Cup for the first time
1998 Chelsea of England win 38th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Stuttgart of Germany 1-0 in Stockholm
2006 English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (71,140): Liverpool beats West Ham United, 3-1 on penalties after 3–3 (a.e.t.); Reds 7th title
2007 At 16 years, 65 days Matthew Briggs debuts for Fulham in a 3-1 defeat at Middlesbrough; youngest player to appear in an English Premier League match
2012 Manchester City win the English Premier League for the first time
2012 Manchester City beats QPR 3-2 at City of Manchester Stadium to win English Premier League title on goal difference from Manchester United; Citizens recover from 2–1 down with 2 stoppage-time goals; first EPL title decided on goal difference
2012 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Matt Kuchar wins by 2 strokes ahead of Ricky Fowler, Zach Johnson, Martin Laird and Ben Curtis
2018 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: American Webb Simpson wins by 4 strokes from Xander Schauffele, Charl Schwartzel and Jimmy Walker
2018 Arsène Wenger guides Arsenal to a 1-0 win at Huddersfield in his final game as Gunners manager after 22 years in charge
2018 Manchester City ends the EPL season with a 1-0 win at Southampton having smashed 11 Premier League records including biggest title winning margin (19 points) and most points (100)
2018 Liverpool’s Egyptian soccer forward Mohamed Salah scores in a 4-0 win against Brighton to set the EPL goal scoring record (32) for a 38-game season
2019 The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, Greystone G &CC: Steve Stricker wins his first career major title by 6 strokes ahead of Billy Andrade, Paul Goydos & David Toms
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