TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1918 — New York Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Boston Red Sox’s Babe Ruth 5-4.
1919 — First legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Philadelphia Phillies beat New York Giants 4-3).
1924 — The Games of the VIII Olympiad open in Paris, France. 1935 — 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05.
1940 — 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05.
1946 — 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6.
1946 — Washington Senators’ Cecil Travis gets six straight hits before being stopped.
1949 — Air crash at Turin (whole Torino-soccer team survives). 1957 — 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2.
1963 — 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8.
1965 — Willie Mays’s 512th home run breaks Mel Ott’s 511th National League record home run.
1968 — First ABA championship: Pittsburgh Pipers beat New Orleans Buccaneers, 4 games to 3. 1968 — 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 2:02.5.
1968 — Dancer’s Image disqualified due to drugs after winning 94th Kentucky Derby.
1969 — NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in four games.
1974 — 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Junior aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04.
1975 — In Candlestick Park at 12:32 pm, Houston Astros’ Bob Watson scores the major league’s one millionth run.
1982 — Minnesota Twins’ rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette’s syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Boston Red Sox bleacher fans. 1985 — 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Junior on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2.
1989 — Junior Felix of Toronto Blue Jays becomes 53rd to hit home run on first at bat.
1990 — Baltimore Orioles’ player Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher record of 41 consecutive scoreless innings.
1991 — 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03.
1994 — Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II.