| 5/4/2019 | Israel goalkeeper Isaak Hayik sets a new Guinness World Record for the oldest active player (73 years and 95 days) to appear in a professional match when he played for Ironi Or Yehuda against Maccabi Ramat Gan in the fourth division of Israeli football |
| 5/4/2009 | Trentino wins CEV Indesit Champions League by defeating Iraklis Thessaloniki 3-1 in the Final Four final in Prague. Plamen Konstantinov of Iraklis receives the “best receiver” award. |
| 5/4/2009 | Vlasios Maras, with 15,375 points, wins the gold medal at the horizontal bar exercise during the 3rd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships in Milan, becoming the first athlete to win 4 gold European medals in the horizontal bar. Earlier in the day, Elefterios Kosmidis won the bronze medal at the floor exercise with 15,350 points. |
| 5/4/2009 | Vouliagmeni Nautical Club Sportscar wins the Women’s Champions Cup by defeating ASD Orizzonte Catania (ITA) 12-9 in the Final Four final in Kirishi, Russia. |
| 5/4/2000 | 2 Leeds United fans are stabbed to death in violent street clashes in Istanbul on the eve of UEFA Cup semi-final with Galatasaray |
| 5/4/2000 | During the play-off sketball game Maroussi – Iraklis, Maroussi play maker John Korfas breaks the record of 360 appearances in Greek basketball championship games held by Panagiotis Fassoulas with 361 |
| 5/4/1990 | John Stockton reaches 1.000-assist mark for NBA record for third consecutive season |
| 5/4/1988 | First European Basketball Championship Final Four held in Gent. Tracer Milan win the title after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 90-84. Aris Salonica (featuring Nikos Galis and Panagiotis Giannakis) finish 4th |
| 5/4/1984 | Kareem Abdul Jabbar becomes the all-time scoring leader in the NBA when he reaches a 31.421 points, one more than Wilt Chamberlain |
| 5/4/1973 | The NFL adopts the jersey numbering system |
| 5/4/1967 | Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers sets NBA record of 41 rebounds as Philadelphia beat Boston 115-104 for the play-offs |
| 5/4/1965 | NFL penalty flags change colour from white to bright gold |
| 5/4/1923 | Firestone Tire & Rubber Company begins the first regular production of balloon tires |
| 5/4/1914 | The white flag with the 5 coloured rings is raised for the first time in Chatby stadium in Alexandria, Egypt during the Pan-Egyptian Games, organized to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Olympic Games. The rings were drawn by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 and would be unveiled for the first time at the 1914 Olympic Congress in Paris. They will make their Olympic games debut at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp on the official Olympic flag. |
| 5/4/1913 | US Soccer Federation is founded, instantly becoming member of FIFA. In 1961, it will become one of the founding members of CONCACAF |
| 5/4/1902 | First tragic event in football history during a Scotland-England derby at Glasgow's Ibrox Park. 25 die and 168 are wounded when a whole section of the stands collapses ten minutes after kick-off |
| 5/4/1884 | John Wisden, the writer of ''the Cricket's Almanac'' (issued in 1864 with 116 pages at the price of 1shilling), dies |
