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Events in Sport

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1877 - International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
1887 - 1st Minor League baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)
1912 - Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
1923 - Christy Mathewson becomes pres of Boston Braves
1927 - Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1929 - Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
1930 - Capelle soccer team forms
1952 - 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1953 - US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1955 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1958 - Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
1958 - LA Coliseum Comm approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility
1963 - End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey & Alan Davidson
1963 - Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
1971 - Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
1972 - 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
1974 - Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA
1975 - Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
1976 - Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title
1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1982 - NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
1983 - Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
1985 - After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson 1986 - Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
1988 - Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in Figure Skating
1988 - Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
1988 - Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
1993 - Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
1993 - Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1993 - NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
1997 - SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
1998 - Tara Lipinski wins Olympic Figure Skating gold medal

Birthdays in Sport

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1903 - Pierre Charles, Belgian Heavyweight boxer
1926 - Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v South Africa 1953)
1926 - Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56)
1928 - Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1930 - Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer
1934 - Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
1937 - Roger Penske, auto racer
1938 - Jack Bicknell, WLAF head coach (Barcelona Dragons)
1939 - Frank Arundel, English footballer
1940 - Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
1942 - Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
1943 - Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
1944 - Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach (Feyenoord)
1947 - Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
1948 - Gerda Boykin, LPGA golfer
1949 - Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner (immense England)
1951 - Bonnie Lauer, LPGA golfer
1951 - Phil Neal, English soccer player
1957 - Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
1959 - Bill Gullickson, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1959 - Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver
1961 - Steve Lundquist, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1984)
1962 - Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Giants)
1963 - Charles Barkley, Leads Ab, NBA forward (Phoenix, Rockets, Oly-gold-96)
1964 - Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia MO, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney)
1966 - Britt Hager, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
1966 - Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
1966 - Dennis Allen Mitchell, Cherry Point NC, 100m/200m (Olympics-silver-96)
1966 - Derek Lilliquist, US baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves)
1967 - Broderick Thomas, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minn, Cowboys)
1967 - Chris Singleton, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1967 - Kurt Knudsen, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1967 - Theresa Luke, Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Tom Waddle, NFL player (Chicago Bears/Cincinnati Bengals)
1968 - Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 - Tommy Vardell, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions)
1969 - [Touchdown] Tommy Vardell, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
1970 - Bryan Robinson, defensive end (St Louis Rams)
1970 - Jeff Robinson, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
1971 - Jari Litmanen, soccer player (Ajax)
1973 - Vladimir Iiic, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons, Rhein Fire)
1974 - Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czech, tennis star (1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL)
1975 - Brendan Witt, Humboldt, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1975 - Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1977 - Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 - Stephon Marbury, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
1977 - T.J. Slaughter, American football player
1978 - Andrea Moody, Abbotsford BC, 4X100 swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 - Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
1981 - Tony Hibbert, English footballer
1982 - Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1983 - Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 - Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1985 - Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player

Deaths in Sport

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1937 - "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
1964 - R T Stanyforth, English Cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
1994 - Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
2003 - Harry Jacunski, American football player
2006 - Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
2009 - Larry H. Miller, American businessman and owner of the Utah Jazz (b. 1944)