On this day in sports: May 30

1. 1899 Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona. Source
2. 1911 At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race. Source
3. 1914 RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City. Source
4. 2016 Died: Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953) Source
5. 2016 Died: Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1950) Source
6. 2024 Died: Drew Gordon, American professional basketball player (born 1990) Source

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