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On This Day - 5 May

05 May 2021

[caption id="attachment_133964" align="alignleft" width="300"] World championships of judo are first held in Japan in 1956[/caption]

1908 - 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2

1922 - Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (The Bronx, New York)

1935 - Jessie Owens of the US sets long jump record at 26 feet 8.25 inches

1956 - Jim Bailey (US) runs the mile record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, California

1956 - World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo, Japan

1986 - Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland, Ohio

2019 - The biggest opening partnership in ODI history. Against Ireland in Dublin, Shai Hope and John Campbell made personal bests of 170 and 179 in a stand of 365, which took West Indies to their second-highest ODI total - 381. The mammoth chase proved too difficult for Ireland, who only two months before had been fighting West Indies for a place in the World Cup. They folded for 185 in 35 overs


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