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What happened in history on this day: April 5?
On April 5 in ...
- 1902 - Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25.
- 1911 - MCC tour match versus Jamaica finishes in a tie.
- 1915 - Jess Willard defeats Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1919 - Heavyweight Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba.
- 1925 - New York Yankees whip Brooklyn Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer.
- 1927 - Johnny Weissmuller set records in the 100- and 200-metre freestyle.
- 1930 - England out for 849 in cricket versus West Indies Kingston, Andrew Sandham out for 325.
- 1952 - Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th Amateur Athletic Union wrestling title.
- 1953 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Golf Open.
- 1959 - 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284.
- 1964 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Women's Golf Open.
- 1967 - Philadelphia '76ers player Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds.
- 1972 - Baseball season is delayed due to a strike.
- 1972 - New York Mets trade Ken Singleton to Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub.
- 1973 - NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19).
- 1974 - Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai.
- 1979 - Baltimore Orioles' manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper.
- 1981 - 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez.
- 1981 - Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes.
- 1982 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season.
- 1983 - New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment.
- 1984 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421).
- 1987 - 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King.
- 1987 - Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title.
- 1989 - Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak.
- 1990 - John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record three years in a row.
- 1990 - New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in first game of preliminaries.
- 1991 - Joe Dumaars (Detroit Pistons) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games.
- 1992 - 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62.
- 1992 - 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino.
- 1992 - Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International.
- 1992 - Game two of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea Stadium.
- 1993 - 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71.
- 1993 - Colorado Rockies first baseball game - lose to New York Mets 3-0.
- 1993 - Crowd of 73,293 watches New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 9-1.
- 1993 - At Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, the Florida Marlins play their major league first game ever, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-3.
- 1994 - Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak.
- 2008 - In Miami, Florida, American Serena Williams defeats Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Sony Ericsson Open for the fifth time.
- 2010 - Duke defeats Butler 61-59 in the NCAA basketball tournament to win the national championship.
Births of sports figures on April 5
- 1868 - Birth of J F "Flooi" Du Toit cricket player (one Test South Africa 1892).
- 1882 - Birth of Don Blackie cricket player (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46).
- 1893 - Birth of Clas Thunberg Finland, speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924, 1928).
- 1909 - Birth of Gerald Bond; cricket player (one Test South Africa versus England 1938, 0 and 0-16).
- 1921 - Birth of Les Jackson; cricket bowler (England twice, 1949 and 1961).
- 1922 - Birth of Tom Finney; British soccer star.
- 1934 - Birth of Tina Maria Stone; runner (one year distance record of 15,472 miles).
- 1938 - Birth of Colin Bland; cricket player (South African bat Maybe the best cover field).
- 1942 - Birth of Arthur Barrett; cricket player (West Indies leggie early 1970s).
- 1953 - Birth of John Buchanan; cricket player (Queensland batsman 1978-79, Shield coach 1995).
- 1958 - Birth of Johan Kriek in South Africa; tennis player (US Indoor 1982).
- 1964 - Birth of Martha Faulconer in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; golfer (1993 ShopRite LPGA-5th).
- 1964 - Birth of Robert "Bob" Kaehler in Burlingame, California, USA; rower (Olympics-5th-1992, 1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Brent Hughes in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres).
- 1966 - Birth of Larry Norman in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; canoeist (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Scott Dill; NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings).
- 1970 - Birth of Erlan Sagymbayev; hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1970 - Birth of Tim Jacobs; NFL running back (Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins).
- 1971 - Birth of Bob Kuberski; NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1971 - Birth of Finidi George; soccer player (Ajax).
- 1971 - Birth of Stuart Peele; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Shigemasa Ito; WLAF offensive linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1973 - Birth of Ed Hobbs; WLAF running back (London Monarchs).
- 1973 - Birth of Emile Palmer; WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs).
- 1973 - Birth of Estefania Knuth in Barcelona, Spain; LPGA golfer (1992 French International).
- 1973 - Birth of Spencer Folau; NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens, Rhein Fire).
- 1973 - Birth of Tony Banks; quarterback (Saint Louis Rams).
- 1973 - Birth of Yutaka Kawaguchi; hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998).
- 1974 - Birth of Mike DuHaney in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; soccer defender (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Rick Terry; NFL defensive tackle (New York Jets).
- 1975 - Birth of Nikki Dryden in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 800 metre swimmer (Olympics-6th-1992, 1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Ike Hilliard; NFL wide receiver (New York Giants).
- 1976 - Birth of Ryan Drese in San Francisco, California; baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1982 - Birth of Matt Pickens; American soccer player.
Deaths of sports figures on April 5
- 1884 - John Wisden publisher/cricket player (prominent Sussex player), dies.
- 1928 - Roy Kilner, cricket player (9 Tests for England 1924-26), dies at age 38.
- 1939 - William Cooper, cricket player (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies.
- 1985 - Tyrell Johnson, cricket player (West Indies left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies.
- 1986 - Colin McCool, cricket player (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wickets), dies.
- 2000 - Death of Lee Petty, American race car driver (born 1914).
- 2007 - Death of Darryl Stingley, American football player (born 1951).
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