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Events in Sport

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1865 - 1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace
1874 - Game of lawn tennis introduced
1889 - Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss
1918 - 32nd US Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63)
1926 - Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs
1929 - Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader
1930 - Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader
1937 - Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for Heavyweight boxing title
1938 - Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium
1944 - Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn
1946 - Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket
1946 - Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians
1949 - Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title
1958 - Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
1958 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1959 - Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax)
1965 - Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's
1969 - Susie Berning wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic
1975 - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Tennis Great John McEnroe 1981 - John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon
1982 - Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
1983 - NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period
1984 - Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins
1986 - Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1987 - Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
1990 - Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
1990 - Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
1991 - Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros #1 at NHL entry draft
1993 - NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
1994 - 48th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1994 - US beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)
1996 - 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain & Ireland wins 11-6
1996 - Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title
1996 - Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut
1997 - Ernie Els wins golf's Buick Classic
1997 - Nationwide Senior Golf Championship
1997 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International
1997 - World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24

Birthdays in Sport

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1713 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1855 - Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)
1903 - Carl Hubbell, pitcher (NY Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA
1906 - Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1911 - Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)
1920 - Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
1920 - Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator
1923 - Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)
1935 - V V Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests)
1939 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1944 - Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1947 - Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
1948 - "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
1948 - Nolan Clarke, cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
1948 - Sue Roberts, LPGA golfer
1953 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1955 - LeAnn Cassaday, LPGA golfer
1956 - Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
1957 - Nick Santagata, jockey
1962 - Clyde "Glide" Drexler, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers)
1963 - Randy Couture, Everett Wash, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olymp-96)
1964 - Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
1964 - Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
1964 - Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, NAC)
1965 - Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1966 - Camille Benjamin, Cleveland Ohio, tennis star
1966 - Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African)
1966 - Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Al Carlay, Manila Philippines, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1967 - Eric Green, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 - Mark van Hintum, soccer player (Willem II)
1968 - Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1969 - Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 - Anne "Annie" Summertime Kakela, US rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1970 - David Frisch, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
1970 - Rastko Cvetkovic, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1971 - Brant Brown, Porterville CA, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
1971 - Laryssa Biesenthal, Walkertown Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
1973 - Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 - Cory Alexander, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1974 - Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater
1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
1981 - Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1982 - Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1984 - Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
1984 - Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
1985 - Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
1986 - Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
1988 - Kieran Lee, English football player

Deaths in Sport

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1933 - Henry Birkin, British racing driver (b. 1896)
1940 - M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian Cricket), dies
1955 - Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31
1966 - Roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies
1979 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
1989 - Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60), dies at 66
1996 - Ray Lindwall, cricketer (228 wkts 61 Tests for Australia), dies at 74
2002 - Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2007 - Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)