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Events in Sport

  • 1900 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25
  • 1902 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75
  • 1909 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
  • 1910 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
  • 1922 Mayor Hylan closes 2 streets for building of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
  • 1936 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
  • 1941 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway, 1st leg of successful Triple Crown
  • 1947 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
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Birthdays in Sport

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Deaths in Sport

  • 1886 Mary Ewing Outerbridge, American citizen credited with importing tennis to the US from Bermuda (1874), dies of illness at 34
  • 1917 Norman Callaway, Australian cricket batsman (207 in only FC innings), dies on WWI battlefield at 21
  • 1921 Teddy Pilette, Belgian auto racer (first Belgian Indy 500), dies in a road accident at 36
  • 1958 Frank Foster, English cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 3 x 50, 45 wickets, BB 6/91; Warwickshire CCC), dies at 69
  • 1987 Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies
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Weddings in Sport

  • 1986 American Mousketeer-actress-singer Annette Funicello (43) weds American harness racing horse breeder and trainer Glen Holt (55), until her death in 2013
  • 1997 American wrestler and actor The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] (25) weds American businesswoman and future body builder and film producer Dany Garcia (28); divorce in 2008

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