TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1875 — First Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75.
1915 — Chicago Cubs’ George (Zip) Zabel relieves with two outs in first and winds up with 4-3 19inning win over Brooklyn Dodgers in longest relief job ever.
1928 — The Games of the IX Olympiad open in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1969 — Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh agree to go from NFC to the AFC in the NFL.
1970 — Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits.
1974 — Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels, Belgium. 1975 — 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4.
1980 — 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Junior aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2.
1983 — Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in four games.
1986 — 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8. 1989 — Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.
1992 — Montreal Expos’ Gary Carter is third player to catch 2,000 games.
1992 — The Toronto Blue Jays reach the one-million mark in attendance sooner than any baseball team in major league history.
1997 — 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54.
2003 — Arsenal beats Southampton 1-0 to win the FA Cup.