1868 Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen1876 4th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.751895 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard
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1877 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.51879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.51900 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim
1873 1st Preakness Stakes: G. Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43 at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland1883 9th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins
1877 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:381883 Cubs’ Billy Sunday’s 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh
1819 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC1866 1st-class debut of cricketer Fred Grace aged 15 years 159 days at the Magdalen Ground,
1734 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina1879 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:371900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open
1905 Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ1928 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.41929 Cloudburst causes stampede in
1880 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37.51897 MLB American baseball New York Giants’ Bill Joyce sets record of 4 triples in
1860 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded1875 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.751881 7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard
1882 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.001884 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.251894 Fire in Boston destroys