1937 – Byron Nelson wins the Masters by two strokes over Ralph Guldahl. 1974 – Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth’s career home run record by hitting his 714th homer in a game against Cincinnati. 1983 – Lorenzo Charles dunks in Derek Whittenburg’s desperation 3-point attempt...
1930 – The Montreal Canadiens complete a two-game sweep of Boston to win the Stanley Cup. 1987 – The Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to the Oakland A’s for three minor leaguers. 1988 – Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux wins the NHL scoring title, ending Wayne Gretzky’s streak of...
1931 – 17-year-old girl pitcher Jackie Mitchell strikes out both Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth in an exhibition game. 1972 – New York Mets manager Gil Hodges dies of a heart attack. Hodges played in parts of 20 seasons as a major league and was an eight-time All-Star. A...
1938 – Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in the fifth round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1969 – The Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Pinella to the Yankees. Pinella would go on to win Rookie of the Year after hitting .282 with 11 homers and...
1931 – Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne is among eight people killed in a plane crash in Kansas. In his 13-year tenure at Notre Dame, Rockne led the Irish to a 105-12-5 record with three national championships. 1968 – The MLB expansion franchise in Seattle chooses...
1940 – Indiana wins the college basketball national championship, defeating Kansas 60-42. 1976 – Paul Silas becomes the third player in NBA history to record 10,000 career rebounds before scoring 10,000 career points. 1980 – George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs...
1929 – The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 win over the Rangers, sweeping the best of three series. 1940 – Joe Louis makes short work of Johnny Paychek, knocking him out in the second round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1941 – Wisconsin wins the...
1942 – Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 to win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. 1950 – CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 to win the NCAA men’s hoops tournament. With the win, CCNY becomes the only team to win the NIT and NCAA tournament in the same year as CCNY beat Bradley...
