1665 – Boston’s First Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist churches in America, is founded [NS March 1]
1862 – The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade
1957 – Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
1978 – 32nd NBA championship: Washington Bullets defeat Seattle Supersonics in 7 games
1980 – Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
2003 – French Open Women’s Tennis: In an all-Belgian final, Justine Henin-Hardenne outclasses Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-4 for her 1st of 7 Grand Slam singles titles
2004 – “Live Like You Were Dying” single released by Tim McGraw (Grammy Award Best Country Song, 2004; Billboard Song of the Year, 2004)
2008 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Ana Ivanović of Serbia wins her only Grand Slam singles title; beats Russian Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3
2014 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Maria Sharapova of Russia wins her 5th Grand Slam singles title; beats Romanian Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
2016 – “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”, a play written by Jack Thorne with JK Rowling, premieres in London