TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1877 17th British Open: Jamie Anderson shoots a 160 at Musselburgh Links.

1896 First modern Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece. American James Connolly wins the first Olympic gold medal in modern history.

1900 James J. Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in the first round for heavyweight boxing title.

1926 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), three games to one.

1936 3rd Masters: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285.

1941 8th Masters: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280.

1947 11th Masters: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281.

1952 16th Masters: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286.

1954 Montreal Canadiens score three goals in 56 seconds in a playoff game against Detroit.

1958 22nd Masters: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284.

1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting goods store explode, killing 43 in Virginia.

1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young.

1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season as a professional hockey player.

1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley.

1987 Al Campanis appears on late-night news show Nightline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy.

1991 Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 months by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use.

1992 54th NCAA men’s basketball championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51.

2004 23rd NCAA women’s basketball championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee 70-61.

2009 71st NCAA men’s basketball championship: North Carolina beats Michigan State 89-72

2010 29th NCAA women’s basketball championship: Connecticut beats Stanford 53-47.

2015 77th NCAA men’s basketball championship: Duke beats Wisconsin 68-63.

Arnold Palmer, centre, argues a rules point at the 12th hole after his ball became embedded in the mud during the final round of the 1958 Masters. Palmer played the plugged ball and finished the hole with a bogey, then went back and played one not plugged because he thought he was entitled to relief and shot par. He went on to win his first Masters, 58 years ago today.