TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1862 — Union Grounds, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the first baseball enclosure, opens.
1876 — Second Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25.
1912 — 37th Preakness: Clarence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6.
1912 — Detroit Tigers’ Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlanders’ game and is suspended.
1918 — 43rd Preakness
(1st Division): Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6. 1918 — 44th Preakness (2nd Division): Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Junior wins in 1:53.4.
1918 — Washington Senators’ Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18inning game.
1919 — Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 10-0.
1926 — 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8.
1937 — 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4.
1948 — 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4.
1952 — Johnny Longden becomes second jockey to ride 4,000 winners.
1953 — Heavyweight Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavyweight boxing title.
1959 — 100th anniversary of first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams; Teams re-enact the original contest.
1965 — 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2.
1965 — Canadian Football Players Association organizes.
1970 — South Africa excluded from Olympic play for Apartheid policies.
1971 — 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54.
1973 — Nolan Ryan pitches his first no-hitter game, as the California Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals 3-0.
1976 — 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55.
1981 — Leonard Barker of Cleveland Indians pitches perfect game versus Toronto Blue Jays.
1982 — 108th Preakness: 16-yearold Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma’s Ruler wins in 1:55.4.
1989 — Toronto Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston, who leads team to AL East championship. 1991 — Queen Elizabeth is President George Bush’s guest at the Oakland Athletics — Baltimore Orioles game played at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium.
1991 — Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1991 — The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox play a game for 4 hours and 11 minutes setting a record for slowest game ever played in nine innings.
1993 — 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6.
1993 — Montreal Expos retire their first number, No.10 for Rusty Staub. 1999 — 125th Preakness: Chris Antley on Charismatic wins in 1:55.2.
2004 — Arsenal complete a whole English Premiership season unbeaten, 38 games.
2004 — South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
2010 — Lookin at Lucky racehorse finishes first at the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes in Pimlico, Md.