- 1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
Chess Master Retires
1859 American Paul Morphy, widely regarded as the world's best chess player, retires after returning from a 10-month chess tour of Europe
- 1887 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
Fitzsimmons KOs Dunkhost
1900 Weighing in at 170 lbs British former world heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons KOs 270 lb American Ed Dunkhost in round 2 of a lop-sided bout in Brooklyn, New York
- 1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park, Manhattan; beat Washington Senators, 6-2
- 1905 First official soccer game between neighbouring countries Belgium-Netherlands; Dutch win, 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Antwerp
- 1910 Cleveland Naps Addie Joss limits St.Louis Browns to 8 hits in 2-1 victory
- 1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen
- 1919 Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings
- 1921 1st American Professional Football Association Championship (1920): undefeated Akron Pros awarded inaugural title
- 1921 American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron, Ohio
- 1922 Chicago pitcher Charlie Robertson throws a perfect game as the White Sox beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Navin Field
- 1938 The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End
Gehrig Sets Record
1939 Lou Gehrig sets a MLB record playing his 2,130th consecutive and final game for the New York Yankees.
- 1940 Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0
Feller's 2nd MLB No-Hitter
1946 Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller's 2nd career MLB no-hitter; beats New York Yankees, 1-0
Baseball Record
1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits
Golf Tournament
1961 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Mickey Wright wins her 5th major title by 1 stroke from Patty Berg & Louise Suggs
Baseball Record
1961 SF outfielder Willie Mays becomes just the 9th player in MLB history to hit 4 homers in one game in the Giants 14-4 win against the Braves in Milwaukee
- 1962 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Mickey Wright wins her 8th major title in a playoff with Ruth Jessen
- 1967 MLB Baltimore Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers
- 1968 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
- 1969 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney records his second MLB no-hitter in 10-0 rout of Houston Astros
- 1970 Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games
- 1971 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games
- 1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
Boxing Title Fight
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
1985 Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th & 29th runs of April
- 1985 NFL Draft: Virginia Tech defensive end Bruce Smith first pick by Buffalo Bills
Sports History
1986 Bill Elliott sets all-time NASCAR qualifying record, winning pole for the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway; 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h; 44.998 seconds)
Sports History
1988 NY Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets AL & ties ML Rec
- 1989 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
Sports History
1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
- 1997 Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
- 2012 Manchester City defeat Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League's history
- 2015 NFL Draft: Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2022 Brock Purdy is selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, becoming Mr. Irrelevant
- 2023 Seattle Kraken become first NHL franchise to earn its first-ever playoff series win against reigning Stanley Cup champion, eliminating Colorado Avalanche in 7 games