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Sporting Events on May 24

1877 : 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45«
1878 : CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston
1879 : 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40«
1900 : 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¬
1902 : games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1905 : 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
1926 : Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)
1930 : Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week
1935 : 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
1940 : 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
1940 : 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1940 : NY Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
1972 : Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona
1980 : Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 2
1981 : Al Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
1984 : Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1986 : Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
1987 : Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1988 : Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
1989 : AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona
1989 : NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
1990 : Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
1990 : Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1992 : 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
1992 : Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500

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