Today In Sports History 3/30

Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.

Baseball

• 1991 - First exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (New York Yankees versus Baltimore Orioles).
• 1993 - Peanuts comic strip character Charlie Brown hits a baseball game-winning home run, his first in 43 years.
• 1996 - New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game.
• 2006 - Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig appoints George Mitchell to head an investigation into the use of steroids in baseball.

Basketball

• 1940 - Second NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana University beats Kansas 60-42.
• 1943 - 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34.
• 1981 - 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50.
• 1986 - 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81.
• 1997 - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59.
• 1998 - 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, at Alamodome, San Antonio. Kentucky beats Utah 78-69.

Golf

• 1889 - John T Reid opens first US golf course (Yonkers, New York).
• 1952 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open.
• 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational.
• 1980 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
• 1990 - Jack Nicklaus makes his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament.
• 1994 - ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe.
• 1997 - 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King.
• 1997 - Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship.

Hockey 

• 1916 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2.
• 1918 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2.
• 1925 - Stanley Cup: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montréal Maroons (NHL), 3 games to 1.
• 1970 - USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship.
• 1975 - Ron Lalonde scores the first hat trick by a Washington Capitals' player.
• 1991 - 44th NCAA Ice Hockey Chanmpionship: Northern Michigan beats Boston University 8-7; Northern Michigan's first NCAA hockey title.