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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 47 of 47

1883 - 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2)
1899 - Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's
1903 - 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
1909 - Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals
1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
1917 - 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8
1927 - 31st US Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa
1929 - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
1932 - Sutcliffe & Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex
1938 - St Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row
1945 - 71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8
1946 - 46th US Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury GC Cleve
1951 - 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1951 - 83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29
1955 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1956 - 56th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill CC NY
1956 - 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8
1957 - White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6
1963 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
Versatile Athlete Jim Thorpe 1968 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA "500" Ladies Golf Classic
1968 - 68th US Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 275 at Oak Hill CC NY
1968 - Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's US open under par
1971 - Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
1974 - 74th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot GC NY
1974 - Sandra Haynie wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Open
1977 - Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
1979 - Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
1983 - Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
1984 - Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter Hurdles race
1985 - 85th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1985 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1985 - T C Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open
1985 - Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11 inches) in Indianapolis
1988 - Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
1988 - In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
1989 - Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US Open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
1991 - 91st US Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline Natl GC Minn
1991 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1991 - Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
1992 - Colo Rockies 1st Minor League team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game
1992 - Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)
1994 - Martin Brodeur becomes 1st Devil to win Calder Trophy
1995 - Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)
1995 - Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
1996 - 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2
1996 - 96th US Golf Open: Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills CC
1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 57 of 57

1821 - Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1908)
1906 - Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)
1914 - Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948)
1916 - Hank Luisetti, NBA forward (1st to use a one-handed shot)
1923 - Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (d. 1962)
1925 - Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner (Cleveland Indians)
1927 - Thomas W "Tom" Graveney, English Cricket batsman (50's & 60's)
1930 - Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)
1945 - Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 - Ron LeFlore, American baseball player
1949 - Paulo César, Brazilian footballer
1951 - Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
1952 - Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR, pairs Figure Skating (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1957 - Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
1961 - Robbie Kerr, cricketer (Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985)
1962 - Wally Joyner, American baseball player
1963 - Mohsin Kamal, cricketer (Pakistani fast bowler 1984- )
1965 - J J Birden, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1965 - Johannes Harisch, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1966 - Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
1966 - [Eric] Randy Barnes, Charleston WV, shot putter (Oly-silv/gold-88, 96)
1968 - Alton Montgomery, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1968 - Matt Turk, NFL punter (Washington Redskins)
1968 - Nehemiah Perry, cricketer (fine Jamaican off-spinner)
1969 - Kevin Young, Alpena MI, infielder (KC Royals)
1969 - L B Stephens, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 - Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer
1970 - Michael Husted, NFL place kicker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1970 - Phil A Mickelson, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1991 Northern Telecom)
1970 - Cobi Jones, American soccer player
1971 - Andre President, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 - Christopher Gomez, LA California, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1971 - Chris Gomez, American baseball player
1972 - Shawnelle Scott, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1972 - Simon Khan, English golfer
1973 - Shannon Myers, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
1973 - Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer
1975 - Asa Carlsson, Vasteras Sweden, tennis star (1995 Futures-Stockholm)
1976 - Frank van Twillert, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1977 - Kerry Wood, American baseball player
1977 - Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster, former USC football player
1978 - Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
1980 - Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
1980 - Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
1981 - Miguel Villalta, Peruvian Footballer
1981 - Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
1981 - Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Chris Wingert, American soccer player
1983 - Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
1984 - Steven Whittaker, Scottish Footballer
1984 - Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
1986 - Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi Cricketer
1986 - Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
1986 - Robert Rothbart, Bosnian-Israeli Basketball Player
1986 - Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
1987 - Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 6 of 6

1880 - James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
1961 - O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1970 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
1984 - Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (b. 1895)
1993 - Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (3073 runs in Tests), dies
1996 - Mel Allen, American sportscaster (NY Yankees), dies at 83