Monday Milestone

This Week in History
1927, May 20
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean solo by air, winning the Orteig Prize

This Week in History
1973, May 6
Secretariat becomes the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby in less than two minutes.

“It’s SECRETARIAT! And he’s got his Kentucky Derby”
- Radio announcer Cawood Ledford calls Secretariat home in the Kentucky Derby

It had never been done before.

In almost a hundred years of the Kentucky Derby, the “most exciting two minutes in sport”, no horse had ever broken the two minute barrier.

“My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet”
- a prophetic Ayrton Senna before his death

This Week in History:
1994, May 1
Three time world champion Ayrton Senna is killed after crashing into the Tamburello corner of the San Marino Grand Prix at high speed

Many say he was the greatest of his generation. He could have been the greatest ever.
But motor racing can be a high stakes game sometimes, and can end abruptly and prematurely. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

This Week in History:
1989, April 15
Ninety-six people are crushed to death with poor crowd control, as too many fans fill the stadium at Hillsborough in Sheffield for the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forrest and Liverpool.

“I think Augusta is where I need to be”
- Tiger Woods

This Week in History:
1997, April 13
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest person to ever win the US Masters with a course record –18 at Augusta National at 21 years and three months of age.

“You couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life
 if you had an electrified fooling machine”
- Homer Simpson, in “So It’s Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show” (Episode 9F17)

 This Week in History:
1698, April 1,
The first true evidence of April Fool’s Day in Britain occurs with the Washing of the Lions at the Tower of London.

What’s not to love about the first of April?

“Who will it be?
Who'll be king?
It's once in a lifetime chance
Who'll rule the world?
Gotta see who’ll rule the world”
- Kasey Carlone ‘Who’ll rule the world’ – theme for the 1992 Benson and Hedges World Cup

This Week in History:
1992, March 25
Pakistan defeat England in the final of the 1992 Benson and Hedges World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

This Week in History
1892, March 18
Lord Stanley of Preston donates a trophy to North American hockey beginning the tradition of the Stanley Cup.

This Week in History
1913, March 12
The federal capital of Australia comes into being when Canberra is born.

“The seat of Government of the Commonwealth … shall be in the State of New South Wales,
and be distant not less than one hundred miles from Sydney.”
- s125 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution

"No one can take this away from me"
- Canadian Ben Johnson's incorrect assertion after winning gold during the 1988 Seoul Olympics 100m track race

This Week in History:
1993, March 5
Ben Johnson returns a second positive drug test resulting in widespread condemnation and a ban for life.
 

Everywhere we turn at the moment in sport, they are there.