1875 - First Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75.
1903 - James "Cool Papa" Bell, Starkville, Mississippi, baseball
center fielder in Negro league baseball, considered by many to have
been one of the fastest men ever to play the game (d. 1991) is born.
1915 - Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st & winds up
with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever.
1939 - First sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball.
1956 - Sugar Ray [Charles] Leonard, Rocky Mount
North Carolina, boxer (Olympics-gold-76) is born.
1959 - Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122.
1963 - Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1.
1963 - Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1.
1969 - Balt., Cleve. & Pitts. agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL.
1970 - Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits.
1970 - Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits.
1979 - Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs.
1998 - David Wells (New York Yankees) pitches a
perfect game against the Minnesota Twins.
2011 - Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (b. 1936) dies.
2013 - Ken Venturi, American golfer and sports broadcaster,
2013 - Ken Venturi, American golfer and sports broadcaster,
dies from multiple infections at 82.
2014 - Arsenal defeats Hull City to win the 2014 FA Cup Final.
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