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April 27:
1899 - The Western Golf Association was founded in Chicago, IL.
1903 - Jamaica Race Track opened in Long Island, NY.
1938 - A colored baseball was used for the first time in any baseball game. The ball was yellow and was used between Columbia and Fordham Universities in New York City.
1947 - "Babe Ruth Day" was celebrated at Yankee Stadium.
1963 - Brian Sternberg set the pole vault record 16 feet, 5 inches.
1983 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) broke a 55-year-old major league baseball record when he struck out his 3,509th batter of his career.
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April 28:
1930 - The first organized night baseball game was played in Independence, Kansas.
1961 - The NFL chose Canton, Ohio, as the site for the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
1967 - Muhammad Ali refused induction into the U.S. Army and was stripped of boxing title. He sited religious grounds for his refusal.
1971 - Hank Aaron hit his 600th career home run.
1985 - Billy Martin was named the manager of the New York Yankees for the fourth time.
1987 - It was announced that the NBA expansion teams would be in Charlotte and Miami in 1988.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles lost for the 21st consecutive time. It was the longest streak to start a season in major league baseball.
1993 - Dale Hunter (Washington Capitals) executed a blindside check on Pierre Turgeon (New York Islanders). On May 4 Hunter was given a 21 game suspension.
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April 28:
1941 - The Boston Bees agreed to change their name to the Braves.
1981 - Steve Carlton, of the Philadelphia Phillies, became the first left-handed pitcher in the major leagues to get 3,000 career strikeouts.
1985 - Billy Martin was brought back, for the fourth time, to the position of manager for the New York Yankees.
1986 - Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox set a major-league baseball record by striking out 20 Seattle Mariner batters.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles set a new major league baseball record by losing their first 21 games of the season.
1997 - Craig MacTavish announced his retirement from the NHL after 17 seasons.
2002 - Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating his probation on a 1999 conviction on drug and solicitation of prostitution charges.
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April 30:
1922 - Charlie Robertson (Chicago White Sox) threw a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers.
1939 - Lou Gehrig played his last game with the New York Yankees. He had played in 2,130 consecutive games.
1940 - Belle Martell was licensed in California by state boxing officials. She was the first American woman, prizefight referee.
1961 - Willie Mays (San Francisco) hit four home runs against the Milwaukee Braves.
1970 - Billy Williams (Chicago Cubs) became the first National League player to play in 1,000 straight games.
1971 - The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Baltimore Bullet in the fourth straight game of a championship series. They were only the second team in major league history to take another team out in four straight games.
1989 - Bill Shoemaker won his 1,000th stakes race.
1993 - Monica Seles was stabbed by Gunter Porsche. Porsche had run out onto the court after her match and stabbed Seles in the upper back.
1996 - The New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles played the longest nine-inning game in major league baseball history. The game took four hours and 21 minutes.
1997 - Riddick Bowe announced his retirement from boxing to pursue a career with the HBO cable network. His career record was 40-1 with 32 knockouts.
1997 - The Atlanta Braves set a major league record when the got their 19th win in the month of April.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez became the second youngest major league player to reach 250 home runs. He was 26 years and 277 days old.
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May 1:
1883 - In Philadelphia, the first National League game was played since 1876.
1884 - Moses Walker became the first black player in major league baseball.
1901 - The Detroit Tigers committed 12 errors against the Chicago White Sox.
1901 - Herb McFarland hit the first grand slam in the American League.
1920 - Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a New York Yankee. It was his 50th career home run.
1920 - The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves tied after a 26-inning game.
1922 - Charlie Robertson (Chicago White Sox) pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game against the Detroit Tigers. The Sox won 3-0. Another perfect game did not come along until 46 years later.
1926 - Satchel Page made his pitching debut in the Negro Southern League.
1951 - Mickey Mantle hit his first home run.
1951 - Minnie Minoso became the first black player to play for the Chicago White Sox.
1962 - Bo Belinsky pitched a no-hitter in only his fourth start.
1969 - Leonard Tose bought the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000.
1986 - Bill Elliot set a stock car speed record when he went 212.229 mile per hour.
1991 - Nolan Ryan (Texas Rangers) pitched his 7th no-hitter.
1992 - The Los Angeles Dodgers postponed three games due to riots due to the Rodney King case.
1992 - Rickey Henderson stole his 1,000th base.
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May 11:
1946 - Boston Braves Field hosted its first night game. The Giants beat the Braves 5-1.
1959 - Yogi Berra (New York Yankees) ended his streak of 148 errorless games.
1977 - Ted Turner managed an Atlanta Braves game.
1985 - In Bradford, England, 56 people died when a fire engulfed the main grandstand at Bradford's soccer stadium. Over 200 were injured.
1996 - Al Leiter threw the first no-hitter in Florida Marlins history.
2003 - Rafael Palmeiro (Texas Rangers) hit his 500th career home run to become only the 19th player in baseball history to reach the mark.
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May 12:
1917 - Omar Khayyam became the first imported horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
1950 - The American Bowling Congress abolished its white males-only membership restriction after 34 years.
1955 - Sam Jones (Chicago Cubs) became the first black to pitch a no-hitter. The game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1957 - A.J. Foyt won his first auto racing victory in Kansas City, MO.
1966 - The St. Louis Cardinals played their first game at Busch Memorial Stadium. They won the game 4-3 over the Atlanta Braves.
1970 - Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs) hit his 500th home run.
1972 - The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings. The game was actually completed on May 13.
1982 - The United States Football League (USFL) was formed.
1985 - The New York Knicks won the first NBA Draft Lottery.
1996 - Lance Armstrong became the first cyclist to repeat in the American Tour DuPont.
1997 - Larry Bird was announced as the new head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
1998 - Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Bird became only the third rookie head coach to win the NBA Coach of the Year award.
1998 - The Atlanta Braves tied a national league record when they hit a home run in their 24th consecutive game.
1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) hit a 527-foot home run at Busch Stadium. It was the longest home run in the history of the stadium.
1998 - St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony LaRussa recorded his 1,500th victory.
2003 - Churchill Downs stewards announced that they had determined that Jose Santos had not done anything prohibited in his Kentucky Derby win.
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May 15:
1862 - Brooklyn's Union Grounds opened. It was the first enclosed baseball park.
1926 - The New York Rangers were officially granted a franchise in the NHL. The NHL also announced that Chicago and Detroit would be joining the league in November.
1935 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 20-5.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his major league baseball hitting streak of 56 games. The streak ended on July 17th.
1965 - The Canadian Football Players Association was organized.
1973 - Nolan Ryan (California Angels) pitched his first no-hitter.
1980 - The U.S. Basketball League canceled its summer schedule.
1991 - U.S. President Bush took Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game.
1993 - The Montreal Expos retired Rusty Staub's #10. It was the first number retired by the team.
1993 - In San Antonio, TX, the Alamodome opened.
1995 - The Vancouver Canucks set an NHL playoff record when Christian Ruutu and Geoff Courtnall scored shorthanded goals only 17 seconds apart.
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May 18:
1897 - William Joyce (New York Giants) set a record when he hit four triples in one game.
1933 - The first major league All-Star Game was announced. It was to be played on July 6 at Comiskey Park as part of the Chicago World's Fair.
1934 - Jimmie Foxx hit the first home run in Comiskey Park.
1942 - New York ended night baseball games for the duration of World War II.
1956 - Mickey Mantle hit home run from both sides of the plate for the third time.
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May 19:
1910 - Cy Young (Cleveland Indians) got his 500th win.
1912 - American League president Ban Johnson told the Detroit Tigers that if they continued to protest Ty Cobb suspension they would be banned from baseball.
1918 - The Washington Senators played their first Sunday game. They beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings.
1935 - The National Football League (NFL) adopted an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1942 - Paul Waner (Atlanta Braves) became the third National League player to get 3,000 hits.
1962 - Stan Musial set the National League hit record when he got his 3,431st hit.
1974 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the first post-'67 expansion team to win the Stanley Cup. The Flyers won the cup the following season as well.
1984 - The Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley Cup. They defeated the New York Islanders in five games.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox retired Bobby Doerr's #1.
1991 - Willy T. Ribbs became the first black driver to make the Indianapolis 500.
1994 - Jennifer Capriati checked into a drug rehab center.
2002 - Roger Clemens (New York Yankees) got his 287th win. He tied for 22nd place on the all-time victory list.
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May 20:
1922 - Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel returned to the Yankees lineup. They had been suspended on October 16, 1921.
1941 - Taft Wright (Chicago White Sox) set an American League record for 13 consecutive games with RBIs.
1946 - Claude Passeau made his first error since September 21, 1941. He set the pitcher's fielding record at 273 consecutive errorless chances.
1959 - The New York Yankees were in last place for the first time since May 25, 1940.
1984 - Roger Clemens got his first victory.
1988 - Mike Schmidt hit his 535th home run to move into 8th place on the all-time list.
1991 - Jeff Reardon got his 300th career save.
1995 - Marty Cordova tied a rookie record when he recorded home runs in 5 consecutive games.
1997 - Frank Thomas (Chicago White Sox) reached base safely for the 15th straight time.
2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Babe Ruth for second place with his 714th career home run.
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May 26:
1896 - In Manhattan Beach, NY, the first American intercollegiate bicycle race was held.
1917 - Walt Cruise hit the first home run out of Braves Field.
1923 - The first Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance was run.
1925 - Ty Cobb became the first major league baseball player to collect 1,000 extra-base hits.
1980 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) became the first National League player to record 6 1-hitters.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers won their fourth NHL Stanley Cup in five seasons. They swept the series 4 games to 0 against the Boston Bruins.
1990 - The Philadelphia Phillies retired Mike Schmidt's number 20
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June 4:
1927 - The U.S. defeated Britain in the first Ryder Cup international golf championship.
1940 - Forbes field hosted its first night game. The Pirates beat the Braves 14-2.
1940 - Sportsman's Park hosted its first night game. It was the first National League to be played at night. The Dodgers beat the Cardinals 10-1.
1964 - Sandy Koufax threw his third career no-hitter.
1968 - Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) pitched his sixth consecutive shutout.
1971 - The Oakland A's beat the Washington Senators 5-3. The game took 21 innings.
1974 - The NFL granted the Seattle Seahawks franchise.
1974 - Henry (Hank) Aaron set a National League record when he hit his 16th career grand slam.
1976 - The Boston Celtics defeated Phoenix in triple-overtime in Game 5 of the NBA finals. The Celtics took the series on June 6.
1980 - Gordie Howe announced his retirement from hockey. At the time he was playing for the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association.
1984 - For the first time in 32 years, Arnold Palmer failed to make the cut for the U.S. Open golf tournament.
1988 - Steffi Graf won the French Open for the second straight year.
1996 - Eddie Murray hit his 535th double. He moved into 18th on the all-time list by passing Lou Gehrig.
1996 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) started in his 133rd consecutive playoff game.
1997 - Michael Irvin (Dallas Cowboys) announced that he was putting his NFL career on hold. Irvin later retracted his announcement and returned to the game.
2000 - Julius "Dr. J" Erving reported his 19-year-old son, Cory, missing. His body was found on July 6, 2000.
2000 - Fred McGriff (Tampa Bay Devil Rays) got his 2,000th career hit.
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