On this day in:

• 1876Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)

• 1905Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)

• 1950Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st African American to be drafted into the NBA (for Boston Celtics)

• 19526th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3

• 1980A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umpires from attacking a fan

• 1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points in a Cup game (3 goals, 4 assists)

• 1997Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR

• 2009NFL Draft: Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford first pick by Detroit Lions

Today we remember Dennis Crompton dual star of Cricket and Footbal for England

On this day in:

• 1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR

• 1950NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 110-95 to take series, 4 games to 2

• 1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers

• 1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game

• 1969 LA Laker Jerry West scores 53 points

• 1983David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka

• 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker

• 1991 Björn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after an 8 year lay off without practising or playing any exhibition matches

• 1991Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home

• 201238,000 London Marathon entrants have their home and email contacts published in a data protection breach

• 2013 West Indian cricketer, Chris Gayle, smashes the fastest century in history (30 balls)

Happy Birthday to the late and great aussie sprinter Betty Cuthbert

On this day in:

• 1908Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.

• 1912Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11

• 1945Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride

• 1982Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season

• 1986 Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game

• 1996Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season

• 2008Danica Patrick driving for Andretti Green Racing wins the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi; first female driver in history to win an IndyCar Series race

• 2018Arsène Wenger announces he will leave London EPL club Arsenal after 22 years as manager

Happy Birthday to 5 time Grand slam champion Maria Sharapova

On this day in:

• 18971st Boston Marathon (B.A.A. Road Race), won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the world's oldest annual marathon inspired by success of the first marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics

• 1947England beats France, 6-3 at Twickenham to be level on points with Wales for a share of the Five Nations Rugby Championship; first appearance of France in tournament since 1931

• 1960Baseball uniforms begin displaying players' names on their backs

• 1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1990Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)

• 1991 Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

Happy anniversary to Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa.

On this day in:

• 1809First run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket, England

• 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1922Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0

• 1927 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in 2:40:22.2; his 5th victory in the event

• 1946 Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals

• 194953rd Boston Marathon won by Gösta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8

• 196216th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3

• 1966 Bill Russell becomes first African American coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)

• 1970France beats England, 35-13 at Stade Colombes, Paris to earn a share of the Five Nations Rugby Championship with Wales

• 1991 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136

• 1992Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)

• 1994Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day for WI vs England to beat Gary Sobers' world record

• 1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football

• 1998 NFL Draft: Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning first pick by Indianapolis Colts

• 1999 Wayne Gretzky plays his last game in the NHL, as his New York Rangers lose 2-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins

Happy Birthday to Test wicket record holder Muttiah Muralitharan.