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What happened in history on this day: April 2?
On April 2 in ...
- 1906 - South Africa completes a 4-1 cricket series drubbing of England.
- 1908 - Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday.
- 1931 - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1939 - 6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279.
- 1955 - Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules.
- 1955 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 1955 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins.
- 1967 - Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational.
- 1969 - Milwaukee Bucks sign Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor).
- 1974 - Tony Greig takes 8-86 versus West Indies Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in second inning).
- 1976 - Oakland Athletics trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman to Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell.
- 1977 - Montreal Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a loss.
- 1978 - 7th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post.
- 1978 - Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, versus Australia Georgetown.
- 1980 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in an NHL season.
- 1982 - In exhibition game Oakland Athletics' pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15-inch toy bat (under Billy Martin's orders), protesting disallowing of designated hitter.
- 1984 - 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75.
- 1986 - NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance).
- 1988 - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45.
- 1988 - Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, West Indies versus Pakistan, Georgetown.
- 1989 - 18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster.
- 1989 - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60.
- 1989 - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in two games.
- 1990 - 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-Las Vegas beats Duke 103-73.
- 1994 - First exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cleveland Indians, 6-4.
- 1995 - 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: University of Connecticut Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64.
- 1995 - 7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus.
- 1995 - Major League Baseball owners accept baseball players' return-to-work proposal, agree to delay start of season until April 26.
- 1996 - Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore; Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore.
- 1996 - Detroit Tigers' slugger Cecil Fielder steals first base in 1,097th career game.
- 1997 - Chicago White Sox agree to pay Albert Belle US$10 million for the season.
- 1998 - World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Russian Alexei Yagudin wins.
- 2003 - Todd Zeile becomes the only major league player to hit a home run for ten different teams: New York Yankees, Detroit Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, and Colorado Rockies.
- 2008 - Liam Tancock of Exeter, England, sets new world record 50m backstroke of 24.47 seconds, at Pond's Forge, Sheffield, England.
- 2022 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats San Jose Sharks by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Calgary Flames by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Winnipeg Jets by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Montreal Canadiens beats Tampa Bay Lightning by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats New Jersey Devils by score 7-6.
Births of sports figures on April 2
- 1910 - Birth of Arnie Herber; NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers, New York Giants).
- 1927 - Birth of Billy Pierce; pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven-time all-star.
- 1932 - Birth of Mahmood Hussain; Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wickets in 27 Tests).
- 1936 - Birth of Jack Brabham in Australia; race car driver (world champion 1966).
- 1945 - Birth of Don Sutton; baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1946 - Birth of Richard Collinge; cricket player (New Zealand record wicket-taker (116) before Hadlee).
- 1951 - Birth of Ayako Okamoto in Hiroshima, Japan; LPGA golfer (1990 Sara Lee).
- 1952 - Birth of Dan Halldorson in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1985 World Cup).
- 1952 - Birth of Joseph Kent Massey in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1956 - Birth of Farrukh Zaman; lefty cricket spinner (bowled ten overs, Pakistan versus New Zealand 1976).
- 1959 - Birth of Adrian Meagher; Australian baseball pitching coach (Olympics-1996).
- 1959 - Birth of Brian Goodell; American 400 metre/1500 metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1976).
- 1959 - Birth of Carmen Ayala-Troncoso in New York City, New York, USA; 5000m runner.
- 1959 - Birth of Gelindo Bordin; Italian marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1988).
- 1959 - Birth of Ken Macleay; cricket player (at Bedford-on-Avon Australian ODI medium pacer).
- 1960 - Birth of Linford Christie in Saint Andrews, Jamaica; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold 1992).
- 1961 - Birth of Cindy Mackey in Athens, Georgia, USA; LPGA golfer (1986 MasterCard International Pro-Am).
- 1961 - Birth of Gijs Steinmann; Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 1962 - Birth of Alex Tripolski in Israel; Men's Shooting 50 metre air pistol (Olympics-16th-1996).
- 1962 - Birth of Bruce Kozerski; NFL tackle/guard (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1963 - Birth of Dermot Reeve in England; cricket player (in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992).
- 1964 - Birth of Pete Incaviglia in Pebble Beach, California, USA; outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1966 - Birth of Andrei Kovalev; NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
- 1966 - Birth of Bill Romanowski; NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1966 - Birth of Willie Green; NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1969 - Birth of Yj Nagata [Yuji]; wrestler (NJPW).
- 1970 - Birth of Jerry Reynolds; NFL guard/tackle (New York Giants).
- 1970 - Birth of Jon Lieber in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA; pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1970 - Birth of Marcus Christensen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; figure skater (1995 Canadian-second).
- 1970 - Birth of Tammi Reiss; WNBA guard (Utah Starzz).
- 1971 - Birth of James Ransom in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; epee fencer (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Todd Woodbridge in Sydney, Australia; tennis star (1995 doubles Wimbledon).
- 1972 - Birth of Graham Hood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 1.5k runner (Olympics-1992, 1996).
Deaths of sports figures on April 2
- 1933 - K S Ranjitsinhji, cricket player (989 Test runs, first-class average 56), dies.
- 1947 - Joseph Hardstaff, cricket player (311 runs in five Tests for England 1907-08), dies.
- 1972 - Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at age 57.
- 1979 - Carroll D Rosenbloom, Los Angeles Rams' president, dies at age 72.
- 1979 - Ivan Barrow, cricket player (11 Tests for West Indies 1930-39), dies.
- 1980 - Dick Howorth, cricket player (England slow lefty all-rounder late 1940s), dies.
- 1995 - Harvey Penick, American premier golf instructor/author, dies at age 90 (born 1904).
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