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Sporting Events on May 04

1780 : Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby
1871 : 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players),
1897 : 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12«
1898 : 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
1899 : 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
1919 : 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)
1919 : Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3
1924 : 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France
1935 : 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05
1940 : 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05
1946 : 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6
1957 : 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2
1963 : 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8
1963 : Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game
1968 : 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3
1969 : Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1973 : Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20
1974 : 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04
1981 : Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0)
1982 : Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's
1985 : 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
1990 : Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
1991 : 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03
1991 : Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9)
1994 : Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II
1996 : 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01

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