On this day in:

• 18961st modern Olympic games open in Athens, Greece. America's James Connolly wins 1st Olympic gold in modern history, is awarded a silver medal and an olive branch [3/25 OS]

• 1900 James J. Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1935H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more

• 1952 16th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Sam Snead wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes over Jack Burke Jr

• 1958 22nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Arnold Palmer wins the first of his 4 Masters titles, 1 stroke ahead of Doug Ford and Fred Hawkins; first of his 7 major titles

• 1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his #

• 1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season

• 1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradonasuspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use

• 2014ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Dhaka: captain Meg Lanning's 44 from 30 balls leads Australia to 106/4; beat England 105/8 to win by 6 wickets (with 29 balls remaining); 3rd consecutive T20 WC