This Day in Sports History: May 6

Unforgettable Games and Remarkable Records

• 1733: The first international boxing match occurred in Marylebone, London, between Bob Whittaker and Tito di Carni. Whittaker defeated Carni.
• 1903: Chicago White Sox commit 11 errors against Detroit Tigers but win 10-9.
• 1907: In challenging muddy conditions, Andy Minder won the Derby riding the horse Pink Star, albeit in a slow time of 2:12.6.
• 1915: Babe Ruth hit his first big league home run and pitched 12 innings in a 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees.
• 1917: St. Louis Browns pitcher Bob Groom pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox, 3-0.
• 1925: Ty Cobb hit his fifth home run in two games, tying Cap Anson's record, set back in 1884.
• 1934: The Boston Red Sox scored 12 runs during the fourth inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers, which included a record-breaking four consecutive triples.
• 1953: Alva "Bobo" Holloman threw a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics in his first game as a pitcher.
• 1954: Roger Bannister became the first person to run a sub-four-minute mile, finishing with a time of 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds, on the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England.
• 1965: With the fourth pick in the NBA draft, Jerry Sloan was selected by the Baltimore Bullets.
• 1967: Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
• 1970: Feyenoord of the Netherlands beat Celtic of Scotland 2-1 to win the European Cup Final.
• 1978: Steve Cauthen won on Affirmed. It was his first and only Derby victory and the first leg of his Triple Crown win.
• 1979: Fred Markham sets a bicycle speed record of 50.8 mph on a 200-meter course.
• 1982: The Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 to win the Clarence Campbell Conference Finals.
• 1982: Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners became the 15th pitcher to win 300 games.
• 1984: The Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken Jr. hit for the cycle, helping the Orioles defeat the Texas Rangers 6-1.
• 1987: Mario Andretti set an impressive one-lap speed record of 218.204 mph at the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race.
• 1989: Sunday Silence won the 115th Kentucky Derby.
• 1994: Lennox Lewis won the heavyweight boxing title in round eight against Phil Jackson with a technical knockout.
• 1998: In only his fifth career start, Kerry Wood struck out 20 batters, tying Roger Clemens for the MLB record for most strikeouts in a single game.
• 2000: Kent Desormeaux won riding Fusaichi Pegasus with a time of 2:01.12
• 2009: Marco van Basten resigned as manager of the Dutch football club Ajax.
• 2019: Pablo Sandoval became the second player since 1900 to throw a scoreless outing, hit a home run, and steal a base in the same game.