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What happened in history on this day: April 4?
On April 4 in ...
- 1899 - South Africa all out 35 in cricket versus England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11).
- 1911 - Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball Most Valuable Player.
- 1921 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to 2.
- 1929 - First Amateur Athletic Union Greco-Roman wrestling championships held.
- 1930 - Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket first triple century.
- 1930 - Les Ames makes the first Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149).
- 1937 - 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283.
- 1938 - 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285.
- 1948 - 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to first base; it ends in a tie.
- 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open.
- 1965 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational.
- 1970 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson.
- 1974 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th.
- 1976 - 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin.
- 1982 - 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little.
- 1983 - 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52.
- 1985 - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal.
- 1986 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season.
- 1988 - 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Oklahoma 83-79.
- 1988 - Eddie Hill becomes first to drag race a quarter mile in under 5 seconds.
- 1988 - Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Cincinnati Reds vs Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1988 - New York Mets set Opening Day record with six homeruns.
- 1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle.
- 1989 - New York Yankees' Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons; his 287th win puts him 19th overall as New York Yankees beat Minnesota Twins on opening day 4-2.
- 1992 - Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium.
- 1993 - 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats Ohio State 84-82.
- 1993 - 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw.
- 1993 - At Camden Yards, Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. president to throw the first pitch of the baseball season from the pitcher's mound.
- 1993 - Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament.
- 1994 - First game played at Jacobs Field; Cleveland Indians beat Seattle Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings.
- 1994 - 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72.
- 1994 - Largest opening day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706.
- 1997 - Anaheim Ducks clinch their first-ever playoff berth.
- 1997 - Atlanta Braves officially open Turner Field against Chicago Cubs.
- 1998 - NFL Europe (formerly WLAF), kicks off season.
- 2005 - North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 to win the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at the Edward Jones Dome in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Births of sports figures on April 4
- 1888 - Birth of Tris Speaker baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose.
- 1895 - Birth of Charlie Hallows cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28).
- 1899 - Birth of William Brann; cricket player (South African batsman versus England 1922-23).
- 1932 - Birth of Bapu Nadkarni; cricket player (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68).
- 1935 - Birth of Easton Dudley Ashton Saint John McMorris in Saint Andrew, Kingston, Jamaica; cricket player (West Indies batsman of 1960s).
- 1938 - Birth of A Bartlett Giamatti in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; president of Yale/baseball commissioner (1989).
- 1939 - Birth of Joanne Carner in Kirkland, Washington, USA; LPGA golfer (US Open 1970, 1976).
- 1941 - Birth of Major Lance; US boxer/dancer/singer ("Hey Little Girl").
- 1944 - Birth of Lawrence A Hough; American rower (Pairs without cox-1968 Olympics-silver).
- 1945 - Birth of Bryan Andrews; cricket player (New Zealand medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74).
- 1952 - Birth of Rosemarie Ackermann in the German Democratic Republic; high jumper (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1957 - Birth of Paul Downton; cricket player (England wicket-keeper in 1980s).
- 1958 - Birth of Derek Kallicharran; cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy).
- 1958 - Birth of John Wesley Jones in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA; 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1960 - Birth of Bev Smith in Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada; basketball forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1960 - Birth of Jon[athan] Agnew; British broadcaster/cricketer (England pace bowler late 1980s).
- 1961 - Birth of Matt Cole in Stratford, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Space Coast).
- 1962 - Birth of Sherrin Smyers in Newcastle, Australia; LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th).
- 1962 - Birth of Tina Tombs in Montréal, Québec, Canada; LPGA golfer (1990 Jamie Farr Toledo).
- 1963 - Birth of Dale Hawerchuk in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers).
- 1963 - Birth of Jack Del Rio; NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1964 - Birth of Gregory Thomas Kraft in Detroit, Michigan, USA; PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney-second).
- 1965 - Birth of Tony Burse; Canadian Football League fullback (Edmonton Eskimos).
- 1966 - Birth of Michal Clingman in Indio, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-9th-1994).
- 1966 - Birth of Myriam Schropp in West Germany; tennis star.
- 1966 - Birth of Stanislav Medrik in Nitra, Czechoslovakia; hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia).
- 1968 - Birth of Andre Bowden; WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1969 - Birth of Anthony Tucker; NBA forward (New York Knicks).
- 1969 - Birth of Carlos Reyes in Miami, Florida, USA; pitcher (Oakland Athletics).
- 1969 - Birth of Dennis de Nooijer; Dutch soccer player/twin brother of Gerard (Sparta).
- 1969 - Birth of Gerard de Nooijer; Dutch soccer player/twin brother of Dennis (Sparta).
- 1970 - Birth of Barry van Galen; Dutch soccer player (Roda JC).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Stoltenberg in Australia; tennis star.
- 1971 - Birth of Allan Houston; NBA guard (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons).
- 1971 - Birth of Felipe Lira in Miranda, Venezeula; pitcher (Detroit Tigers).
- 1971 - Birth of Jaime Fernandez; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Yanic Perreault in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; NHL center (Los Angeles Kings).
- 1972 - Birth of Chad Eaton; defensive tackle (New England Patriots).
- 1972 - Birth of Jim Werland in Ventura, California, USA; canoe (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Matt Wagner in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA; pitcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 1973 - Birth of Damon Allen in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; figure skater (1997 Midwestern champion).
- 1973 - Birth of Peter Hoekstra; Dutch soccer player (PSV, Ajax).
- 1973 - Birth of Ryan Coughlin; Canadian Football League offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes).
- 1973 - Birth of Tiffany Woosley; WNBA guard (Houston Comets).
- 1974 - Birth of O J Santiago; tight end (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1975 - Birth of Kisha Ford; WNBA guard/forward (New York Liberty).
- 1979 - Birth of Charles Butler in Salt Lake City, Utah; dance skater (and Joseph-1997 National).
- 1979 - Birth of Rebecca Stoyel in South Australia; gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Björn Wirdheim; Swedish race car driver.
- 1983 - Birth of Doug Lynch; Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1984 - Birth of Sean May, American basketball player.
Deaths of sports figures on April 4
- 1938 - Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (West Indies 1935), dies of malaria at age 24.
- 1959 - Stanley Snooke, cricket player (brother of S J, duck in South African Test), dies.
- 1963 - Endzion Barelli dies two days after winning a boxing match at age 18.
- 1984 - John Arnold, cricket player (England bat versus New Zealand 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies.
- 1991 - Death of Forrest Towns, American runner (born 1914).
- 1991 - Death of Edmund Adamkiewicz, German football player (born 1920).
- 1991 - Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies.
- 1996 - Death of Barney Ewell, American athlete (born 1918).
- 2000 - Death of Derek Allhusen, British equestrian (born 1914).
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