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Events in Sport

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1942 - Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett & Gene Moore
1945 - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)
1948 - Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion
1948 - Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympic slalom champion
1949 - Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic
1956 - 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
1956 - NY Mayor Robert Wagner & Bkln Boro Pres Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build
1958 - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI v Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
1968 - Skater Kees Verkerk wins olympic gold in the 1500m
1969 - Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm & head coach of Redskins
1970 - 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
1970 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
1972 - Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
1974 - Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath
1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
1984 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
1991 - LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points
1991 - Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl
1992 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
1992 - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
1995 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13
1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minn Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record

Birthdays in Sport

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1889 - Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's)
1889 - Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's)
1891 - Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled)
1903 - Joan Whitney Payson, owner (NY Mets & horse stables)
1910 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer
1922 - Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (d. 1994)
1929 - Al Worthington, baseball player
1932 - Cesare Maldini - Italian footballer and manager
1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)
1939 - Brian Luckhurst, cricketer (England opener of 60's & early 70's)
1942 - Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1943 - Craig Morton, Flint Mich, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver)
1947 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
1949 - David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher (Sunday Sport)
1953 - John Beilein, American basketball coach
1955 - Mike Heath, baseball player
1956 - Hector Rebaque, Mexican racing driver
1959 - Glenn Dubis, Lincoln Neb, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96)
1960 - Jane Geddes, Huntington NY, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open)
1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
1964 - Jim Pugh, Burbank CA, tennis star
1965 - Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
1965 - James David McGovern, Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open)
1965 - Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star
1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
1966 - Jose Maria Olazabal, golfer
1966 - Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
1968 - Regina Rajchitova, Czech, tennis star
1968 - Roberto Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1968 - Will Furrer, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, St Louis Rams)
1970 - Darren Lehmann, cricketer (SA & Vic LHB Australian ODI 1996)
1970 - Forey Duckett, NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores)
1971 - Dianne Norman, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1971 - Peter "Chip" Cipollone, Ardmore Pa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1972 - Chris Bailey, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
1972 - Tony Johnson, tight end (New Orleans Saints)
1973 - Israel Raybon, defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Richard Matvichuk, Ft Saskatchewan C, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
1974 - Adrienne Johnson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1975 - Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1975 - Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
1976 - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico)
1976 - John Aloisi, Australian footballer
1976 - Brian Moorman, American football player
1977 - Adam Everett, American baseball player
1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player
1978 - Brian Russell, American football player
1981 - Loukas Vyntra, Greek football player
1982 - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007)
1982 - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
1982 - Tomas Kopecky, Ice hockey player
1982 - Kevin Everett, American football player
1984 - Carlos Tévez, Argentinine footballer
1984 - Nate Salley, American football player
1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
1985 - Laurence Maroney, American football player
1986 - Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver
1986 - Billy Sharp, English footballer
1986 - Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1915 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)
1952 - Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies
1960 - Louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies
1970 - Rudy York, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1979 - Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies
1981 - Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73
1993 - Jack Young, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies
1994 - Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63