TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MAY 4TH

1780 - The Derby horse race is held for the first time.
1871 - First baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players),

(Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double.

1919 - First legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3).

1928 - Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg South Carolina, golfer

(US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60) is born.

1929 - Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9.

1949 - Air crash at Turin (whole Torino soccer team survives).

1965 - Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record.

1974 - 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04.
1975 - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time.

1980 - White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of

11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming first lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958.

1982 - Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from

Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans.

1989 - Rory McIlroy, Holywood Northern Ireland, Professional Golfer is born.

1997 - Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open.

2002 - Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a

3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers

for one team and 100 with another.

2010 - Ernie Harwell, American sportscaster (b. 1918).

2013 - Floyd Mayweather defeats Robert Guerrero

to retain his WBC Welterweight title.