On This Day in Sport
- 1734 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina
- 1879 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37
- 1897 37th British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: English amateur Harold Hilton wins 2nd Open title by 1 stroke from Scot James Braid
- 1900 Second modern Summer Olympics (Games of the II Olympiad) opens in Paris and continues for 5 months
- 1913 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4
- 1920 Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers & arrest 24 fans for gambling
- 1922 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, previously suspended by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY Yankees lineup and go hitless
- 1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot
- More Events in Sport
- 2006 Race car driver Jacques Villeneuve (35) weds Johanna Martinez at a civil ceremony in Switzerland
Stan Mikita
Chris Froome
Billy Cannon
Carol Mann
Niki Lauda
