ON THIS DATE

1903: Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane is born in Bridgewater, Mass.

1951: Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven is born in Zeist, Netherlands.

1952: Sam Snead wins The Masters, his second. 1958: Arnold Palmer wins The Masters, his first of four.

1970: Maurice Stokes, NBA rookie of the year and three-time All Star, dies of a heart attack at age 36.

1973: The Pittsburgh Pirates retire jersey No. 21in honor of Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash four months earlier.

1977: The Seattle Kingdome opens. (d. 2000) 1980: Gordie Howe, 52, completes his 26th NHL season. (He also played six the the World Hockey Association.)

1987: Los Angeles Dodgers GM Al Campanis, appearing with Ted Koppel on “Nightline,” sparks a racial controversy and torches his career by saying blacks might lack “the necessities” to be in baseball management.

1992: The Baltimore Orioles play their first game at Camden Yards.

1992: Duke and coach Mike Krzyzewski win the NCAA championship for the second year in a row, routing Michigan’s Fab Five, 71-51.

1997: Jack Kent Cooke, NFL team owner (Washington), dies at 84.

2004: Diana Taurasi leads UConn to its third consecutive women’s basketball championship.

2014: Lexi Thompson, 19, wins the Kraft Nabisco Championship, her first major title.

2018: A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16people and injuring 13others.