1869 : Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7
1882 : 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40¬
1884 : 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40¬
1916 : 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8
1921 : 47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2
1925 : 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6
1931 : 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8
1933 : Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game
1936 : 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59
1938 : In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
1939 : 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)
1948 : Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion
1954 : Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone
1959 : 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57
1964 : 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8
1970 : 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2
1973 : AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki
1976 : Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Phila Flyers in 4 games
1979 : FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel
1980 : 34th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2
1981 : 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6
1982 : Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep
1982 : Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games
1984 : Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel
1984 : Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minn
1984 : Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
1986 : Joaqu¡n Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election
1987 : 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8
1990 : Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino
1992 : 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6
1997 : Expos trailing SF Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13

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