5/5/2014 Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos Piraeus is voted the 2014 Best Defender Trophy winner by Turkish Airlines Euroleague head coaches. He also becomes the first player in the Euroleague this century to compile at least 30 blocks and 30 steals in a single season.
5/5/2007 Theofanis Gekas scores his 20th goal with VfL Bochum against Hamburg (0-3), and will become the Top Goal Scorer in Bundesliga having played in 32 games. He will sign with Bayer 04 Leverkusen after the end of the german championship
5/5/2002 Panathinaikos win their third Euroleague trophy in Bologna after defeating Kinder Bologna 89-83
5/5/2000 Gino Bartali, the legendary Italian cyclist of the 40s and 50s (2 times Tour de France winner), dies in Florence aged 85
5/5/1995 Former 6-time-world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik dies in Moscow aged 83. Aside from being one of the best all-time players Botvinnik worked as mechanical engineer on artificial intelligence projects developing programs for computer chess
5/5/1992 15 people die and more than 800 get injured when a whole section of Fouriani Stadium in Corsica collapses during the French Cup semi-final between Bastia and Marseille
5/5/1991 First mountain bike Cross Country race held in Greece
5/5/1990 Women’s European Gymnastics Championships open at Peace and Friendship Stadium
5/5/1987 Carl Lewis’ father dies of cancer. At the funeral the world champion puts his 100m gold olympic medal in the hands of the deceased
5/5/1956 First Judo World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan
5/5/1955 Musical drama ”Damn Baseball” opens in Broadway
5/5/1935 First European Basketball Championship closes in Geneva. The games started on March 2, with 10 teams. Latvia won the title after beating Spain 24-18

 

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