On this day in:

• 1868Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen

• 18764th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75

• 189520th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5

• 189933rd Belmont: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23

• 1900Retired London fire master Eyre Massey Shaw aged 70 reputedly becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics for sailing (disputed)

• 190438th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6

• 1906After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0

• 1919Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap

• 1922 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire

• 1935 Track and field athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in 45 minutes at a Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Remembered as "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport".

• 1948 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis

• 1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title rematch

• 1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander

• 197529th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Wash Bullets in 4 games

• 1981Bobby Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified

• 1981 Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to play 3,000 baseball games (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)

• 1985Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)

• 1986 KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit

• 198832nd European Cup: PSV Eindhoven beats Benfica (0-0, 6-5 on penalties) at Stuttgart

• 1994 Mark Messier scores a natural hat trick for the New York Rangers in game 6 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals

• 2002Crusaders win 4th Super 12 Rugby title with a 31-13 thumping of the ACT Brumbies at Jade Stadium, Christchurch; flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens boots 3 penalties, 2 conversions and a dropped goal for the winners

• 2013 21st UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at London