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Events in Sport

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1901 - Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then Long Jump record at 24' 11 3/4"
1914 - US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
1921 - 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts)
1927 - Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats
1936 - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal
1937 - Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup
1938 - 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2)
1940 - St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings
1948 - Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6)
1950 - Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
1954 - Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers
1954 - Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio
1956 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open
1956 - WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 - Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million
1959 - Chic Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto
1961 - Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal
1962 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1965 - Dave Marr wins PGA title
1966 - 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000)
1966 - Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title
1967 - 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7
1973 - Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0
1973 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic
1975 - Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5
1978 - New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo)
1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open
1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame
1980 - NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game
1984 - Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1984 - Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
1985 - Baseball Players go on strike for 2 days
1990 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1991 - Sergei Bubka of USSR sets Pole Vault world record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
1996 - Dallas Cowboys play KC Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico

Birthdays in Sport

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1866 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
1910 - Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
1921 - Nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion)
1935 - John McCartan, St Paul Minn, ice hockey player (Oly-gold-60)
1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
1938 - Hayes Wendell Jones, Sturksville Mich, 110m hurdler (Oly-gold-1964)
1947 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
1948 - Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield Ct, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96)
1948 - Ray Clemence, English footballer
1950 - Rosi Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976)
1961 - Athula Samarasekera, cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman)
1962 - Otis Thorpe, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons)
1962 - Patrick Ewing, Kingston Jamaica, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92)
1962 - Richard De Groen, cricketer (NZ medium pacer 1993-)
1962 - William Roberts, NFL guard (NY Jets, NE Patriots)
1965 - M V Sridhar, cricketer (score 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994)
1967 - Mike Fox, NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
1968 - John Olerud, Seattle WA, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1968 - Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
Hall of Fame NBA Centre Patrick Ewing (1962) 1969 - Halle Cioffi, Cleveland OH, tennis star
1969 - James Fuller, NFL/WLAF safety (N O Saints, Frankfurt Galaxy, Scotland)
1969 - Robert Scott, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1969 - Vasbert Conniel Drakes, cricketer (Barbados fast bowler, WI ODI 1995)
1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-)
1970 - Andy Antoine, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 - Everett McIver, NFL guard (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins)
1970 - Travis Moore, CFL receiver (Calgary Stampeders)
1971 - Perry Carter, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1971 - Valeri Karpov, Chelyabinsk Russia, NHL left wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1972 - Aaqib Javed, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1989- )
1972 - Darryl Yung, Victoria BC, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1973 - Brendan Todd, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96)
1973 - Ed Burman, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
1973 - Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
1974 - Frankie Hejduk, La Mesa California, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 - Jason Shelley, WLAF wide receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
1976 - Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player (Sparta)
1976 - Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer
1977 - Eric Hinske, American baseball player
1977 - Michael Walsh, English footballer
1977 - Mark Mulder, American baseball player
1978 - Kristin Link, Fairfax Va, diver (Olympics-96)
1978 - Lorrie Fair, Los Altos CA, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1979 - David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer
1980 - Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
1980 - Jason Čulina, Australian soccer player
1981 - Carl Crawford, American baseball player
1981 - Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer

Deaths in Sport

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1911 - Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)
1927 - Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies
1934 - Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for South Africa), dies at 26
1944 - Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies
1966 - Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies
1991 - Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82
1994 - Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
1994 - Terry Hibbitt, soccer star, dies at 47
2002 - Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916)
2005 - Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936)
2005 - Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)