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Events in Sport

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1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1912 - Hobbs & Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG
1920 - Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
1924 - Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Wash Senators)
1925 - AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
1946 - 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
1957 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1961 - AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1968 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1971 - Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
1974 - Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
1974 - Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
1975 - William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1979 - Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1980 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1981 - 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
1981 - Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1985 - 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1985 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1989 - Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1989 - Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
1989 - Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
1989 - To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
1990 - Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1991 - 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
1991 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991 - NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
1992 - Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
1992 - Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
1995 - Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
1998 - Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery

Birthdays in Sport

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1847 - A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
1862 - W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for S Africa 1889)
1884 - Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila)
1893 - William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)
1903 - Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)
1905 - Walter Brown, sports organizer (NBA)
1906 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
1910 - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (NZ opening batsman v England 1933)
1923 - Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)
1924 - Bud (Norman) Poile, NHLer
1926 - Danny Blanchflower, British(?) soccer player
1928 - Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1940 - Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)
1941 - John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
1949 - Joe Lavender, NFLer
1952 - Mike Varty, NFLer
1954 - Larry McWilliams, baseball player
1955 - Greg[ory John] Norman, Queensland Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper)
1955 - Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
1957 - Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
1957 - Pranab Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982)
1961 - David Ward, cricketer (prolific Surrey batsman)
1961 - Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star
1962 - Bobby Czyz, American boxer
1963 - Bennie Thompson, NFLer (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens)
1963 - Harris Huizingh, soccer player (FC Groningen)
1963 - Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star
1963 - Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies)
1964 - Roger Reijners, soccer player (MVV)
1964 - Sam Graddy, Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1966 - Daryl Johnston, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1967 - Bradley Hughes, Mordialloc VIC, Australasia golfer
1967 - Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer (NY Jets, St Louis)
1967 - Jacky Durand, French cyclist
1968 - Peter Popovic, Koping Swe, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
1968 - Ryan Bowen, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Jayhawk Owens, Cincinnati Ohio, catcher (Colorado Rockies)
1969 - Tim Clark, US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1970 - Alberto Castillo, Dominican/US baseball catcher (NY Mets)
1970 - Bobby Jones, Fresno CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
1970 - Brendan Eppert, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver
1970 - Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer
1971 - Kevin Sefcik, Oaklawn IL, infielder (Phila Phillies)
1971 - Marty Nothstein, Allentown Pa, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96)
1971 - Wayne Gandy, tackle (St Louis Rams)
1972 - Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer (Australian Test fast bowler v WI 1996)
1972 - Sara Simmons, Belmont Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
1972 - Torey Hunter, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers)
1974 - Andrew English, CFL receiver (BC Lions)
1974 - Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star (1994 Futures NC)
1974 - Ty Law, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
1975 - Tina Thompson, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1975 - Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese born baseball player
1976 - Lance Berkman, American baseball player
1977 - Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer
1980 - César Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player
1980 - Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Steve Tully, English footballer
1981 - Andrew Johnson, English footballer
1982 - Keith Dunne, Irish footballer
1982 - Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player
1984 - Alex Gordon, American baseball player
1986 - Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player

Deaths in Sport

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1948 - Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
1982 - K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
1985 - Johnny Mokan, baseball player (b. 1895)
1989 - Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"
2006 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (b. 1947)