1862 - Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens.
1912 - Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended.
1918 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game.
1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0.
1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1.
1944 - Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0.
1948 - 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4.
1944 - Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0.
1948 - 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4.
1952 - Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners.
1953 - George Brett, Glen Dale WV, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP) is born.
1953 - Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago.
1956 - Dan Patrick, American sportscaster is born.
1959 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between
1959 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between
Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest.
1965 - Canadian Football Players Association organizes.
1967 - John Smoltz, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young), born in Detroit, MI.
1969 - Emmitt Smith, running back (Dallas Cowboys,
3-time NFL rushing leader) is born.
1969 - Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach CA,
beach volleyballer (Olympics-96) is born.
1970 - South-Africa excluded from Olympic play.
1973 - California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0.
1975 - Ray Lewis, Bartow FL, football linebacker (Baltimore Ravens) is born.
1991 - Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11).
2009 - Wayman Tisdale, basketball player (b. 1964) dies on the morning of
May 15th, at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa of complications from cancer.
2013 - Chelsea defeats Benfica to win the UEFA Europa League.
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