Make a little room in the saddle, Eddie Arcaro. You’ve got company in sports history.
It was on June 7, 1941, that Arcaro rode Whirlaway to a 2½-length victory in the Belmont Stakes, the latter becoming the fifth horse to win the Triple Crown. It is the sports achievement most associated with that day.
It’s likely there will be a new entry next year.
It will say on that day in 2018, the Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 to win the Stanley Cup.
It might add that it was the first Stanley Cup championship in Washington’s 43-year history as an NHL franchise, and that the Capitals denied the Knights’ bid to become the first team in the major pro sports to win a championship in its inaugural season since the 1950 Cleveland Browns.