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Sporting Events on May 30

1894 : Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game
1899 : 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47
1903 : 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8
1906 : 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20
1910 : 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22
1911 : 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
1913 : as managers who have won 1,000 games
1930 : Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph)
1935 : Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1937 : Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24
1948 : Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game
1953 : 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1954 : Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
1957 : Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
1964 : 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game & NY's 22 K's in 2nd games
1966 : Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
1969 : Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
1971 : Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
1973 : Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup
1979 : Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich
1980 : Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
1981 : LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games)
1984 : Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome
1985 : Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 1
1991 : 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic
1991 : Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)
1996 : 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture
1996 : Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension
1997 : Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs

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