May 3
On This Day in Sport
Calendar
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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
More Events in Sport
More Birthdays 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
More Deaths 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