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Events in Sport

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1884 - Canadian Rugby Football Union forms
1903 - VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo
1914 - Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
1942 - 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8")
1949 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1958 - Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
1959 - Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
1962 - Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational
1964 - Cassius Clay becomes a black Moslem
1965 - Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali
1969 - Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
1975 - NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
1976 - Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game
1979 - Toronto Maple Leaf Darryl Sittler scores NHL record 10 pts (6 goals)
1982 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1985 - NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
1987 - Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
1988 - 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
1988 - Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1988 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1989 - 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
1989 - Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
1991 - Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1992 - Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
1993 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20
1993 - Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
1995 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting
1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
1998 - NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7

Birthdays in Sport

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1902 - Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920)
1909 - Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS]
1910 - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)
1919 - Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
1921 - Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner)
1928 - Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1938 - Juan Pizarro, baseball player
1945 - Gerald Davies, British rugby player
1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, actor (The Boxer)
1949 - Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)
1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1950 - Burt Hooton, baseball player
1950 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (KC Royals)
1950 - Marilyn Cochran, Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)
1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player
1951 - Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
1953 - Robert Brazile, NFLer
1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
1955 - Charlie Puleo, baseball player
1955 - Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
1957 - Carney Lansford, baseball player
1957 - Damaso Garcia, baseball player
1959 - Sammy Lee, British soccer player
1962 - Alan Sippy, cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's)
1963 - Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland)
1964 - Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, Riverside Calif, swimmer (Olympic-silver-84)
1964 - Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star
1965 - Kristal Parker-Gregory, Columbus OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th)
1965 - Reginald Thal, soccer player (MVV)
1967 - Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, Dayton Ohio, long jumper (Oly-br-92, 96)
1968 - Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
1968 - Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
1968 - Peter Bondra, Lutsk Ukr, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
1969 - Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player (Oly-bronze-96)
1970 - Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Denis Chasse, Montreal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1970 - Stanley Roberts, NBA center (LA Clippers, Minn Timberwolves)
1971 - Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
1972 - Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)
1972 - John Slaney, St John's, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
1973 - Billy Baumhoff, St Louis MO, soccer midfielder/forward (Oly-gold-96)
1973 - Juwan Howard, NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1973 - Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
1973 - Sonia Paquette, St-Janvier Quebec, hurdler (Olympics-96)
1973 - Tim Bowens, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Ryan Phillips, linebacker (NY Giants)
1974 - Steve Nash, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1975 - Alexandre Daigle, Montreal, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
1975 - Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
1976 - Terry Battle, running back (Detroit Lions)
1976 - Sreto Ristić, German footballer
1977 - Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1977 - Hillary Wolf, Chicago, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
1978 - Endy Chávez, baseball player
1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1986 - Michael Orozco, American footballer
1988 - Matthew Stafford, American college football player
1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths in Sport

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1911 - Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies
1940 - Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for Engld v Australia 1894-95), dies
1942 - Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56
1959 - Napoleon Lajorie, baseball player, dies at 83
1962 - Arthur Carr, cricketer (11 Tests for Eng 22-29), dies shovelling snow
1963 - Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
1964 - Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Oly-gold-32), dies at 59
1985 - Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
1993 - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
2002 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
2005 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)