April 1
1920 - The Ottawa Senators defeat the Seattle Metropolitans 6-1 to capture the NHL Stanley Cup, three games to two.
1938 - Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in the fifth round in Chicago to retain his world heavyweight title.
1940 - Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York signs the Dunnigal bill, which legalizes pari-mutuel wagering and outlaws bookmakers at the state’s racetracks.
1972 - The first collective players strike in major league history begins. The strike lasts 12 days and cancels 86 games.
1984 - Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61 for the NCAA women’s basketball title.
1985 - Villanova shocks Georgetown with a 66-64 victory to win the NCAA title. The Wildcats, led by Dwayne McClain’s 17 points, shot 79 percent, making 22 of 28 shots, and hit 22 of 27 free throws.
1990 - Betsy King holds on for a two-stroke victory over Kathy Postlewait, taking the LPGA Dinah Shore tournament for the second time in four years.
1991 - Duke ends years of frustration with a 72-65 victory over Kansas for its first national title in five championship-game appearances and nine trips to the Final Four.
1992 - A week before the Stanley Cup playoffs are to begin, the NHL players strike for the first time in the league’s 75-year history. The strike lasts 10 days.
1996 - Kentucky wins its first national title in 18 years with a 76-67 victory over Syracuse.
2002 - With Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter leading the way, Maryland wins its first national championship with a 64-52 victory over Indiana.
2003 - Ed Belfour becomes the seventh NHL goalie to win 400 regular-season games when Toronto beats New Jersey 3-2 in overtime.
2007 - Morgan Pressel, 18, becomes the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history, closing with a 3-under 69 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Pressel plays her final 25 holes at Mission Hills without a bogey. Suzann Pettersen squanders a four-shot lead with four holes to play.
2009 - Eastern Kentucky plays Kentucky State in a baseball game on April Fools’ Day, and the result is no joke: EKU led 49-1 when the teams stop after five innings. EKU began substituting during its 22-run first inning.
2010 - Dayton denies last year’s national champs another title, with the Flyers beating North Carolina 79-68 to win the NIT.
2011 - Jarome Iginla scores his second goal of the game with 5:03 left to reach 1,000 points and help Calgary rally to beat St. Louis 3-2.
2012 - Sun Young Yoo wins the Kraft Nabisco Championship with an 18-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole, earning her first major title after I.K. Kim misses a 1-foot putt on the final hole of regulation.
2017 - Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu rallies to win the men’s world figure skating title. Hanyu, fifth after the short program, posts a world-record free skate score and lands four quadruple jumps.
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