This Day in Sports History

May 5

1904— Cy Young of the Red Sox pitches a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics, beating Rube Waddell 3-0.

1934— Cavalcade wins the Kentucky Derby by more than three lengths over Discovery. It’s his third victory in a span of less than two weeks.

1966— The Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 to win the Stanley Cup in six games.

1969— The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 107-102 in the seventh game to win the NBA championship for the 10th time in 11 years. Player-coach Bill Russell retires as a player.

1973— Secretariat wins the Kentucky Derby with a record time of 1:59.2. Secretariat beats Sham and goes on to win the Triple Crown.

1978— Pete Rose of the Reds becomes the 14th player with 3,000 hits, singling in the fifth inning against Montreal’s Steve Rogers at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium.

1993— Canisius beats Niagara 11-1 in softball to set an NCAA Division I record with 34 straight wins.

1999— Colorado becomes the first team in 35 years and the third this century to score in every inning in a 13-6 win over the Chicago Cubs.

2001— Monarchos wins the Kentucky Derby carrying Jorge Chavez across the finish line in 1:59 4-5, only two-fifths of a second off the track record set by Secretariat en route to the Triple Crown in 1973. Monarchos finishes a dominating 4 3/4 lengths over Invisible Ink.

2007— Street Sense, ridden by Calvin Borel, roars from next-to-last in a 20-horse field to win the Kentucky Derby by 2 1-2 lengths over Hard Spun.

2007— Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Oscar De La Hoya in one of the richest fights ever. Mayweather, using his superb defensive skills and superior speed, wins a 12-round split decision and win the WBC 154-pound title in his first fight at that weight. The sellout crowd of 16,200 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas sets a record $19 million gate.