1879 – 41st Grand National: Garry Moore aboard 5/1 chance The Liberator wins by 2 lengths from Jackal
1924 – 83rd Grand National: Bob Trudgill wins aboard 25/1 shot Master Robert; last GN from a general riding start, now-familiar ‘tape’ introduced the following year.
1942 – 4th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth, 53-38; Cardinal forward Howie Dallmar is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
1952 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1960 – Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters in Glasgow, Scotland
1967 – “Sherry!” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
1981 – Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981 – France performs nuclear test
1990 – Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1993 – Conservatives win French parliamentary election