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Events in Sport

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1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title
1919 - National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series
1924 - 44th US Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62)
1927 - Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers
1940 - 23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa
1945 - 59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)
1956 - Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings
1957 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
1960 - Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
1962 - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament
1965 - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons)
1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
1969 - NY Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated
1970 - 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1971 - Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
1972 - Chic White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0
1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks 1979 - 79th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara
1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1991 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1994 - Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km)
1995 - Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
1996 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic

Birthdays in Sport

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1850 - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company
1857 - Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1912 - Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
1916 - Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles
1927 - Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1937 - Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner
1941 - Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)
1943 - Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)
1948 - Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)
1952 - Jimmy Connors, tennis brat (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)
1960 - Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984)
1960 - Rex Hudler, Tempe AZ, outfielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
1961 - Jeff Russell, Cincinnatti OH, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
1963 - Sam Mitchell, NBA forward (Minn Timberwolves)
1965 - Doug Linton, Santa Ana CA, pitcher (KC Royals)
1965 - Lennox Lewis, London England, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)
1966 - Olivier Panis, French race car driver
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Lennox Lewis (1965) 1967 - Andreas Möller, German footballer
1968 - Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1969 - Russell Freeman, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1969 - Shani Waugh, Bunbury Aust, LPGA golfer (Aust sub-jr champ-1986, 87)
1969 - Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 - Rich Aurilia, Brooklyn NY, infielder (SF Giants)
1971 - Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)
1971 - Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1972 - James Willis, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 - Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star
1973 - Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1974 - Jason Lawson, NBA center (Orlando Magic)
1974 - Karina Wieland, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1977 - Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1979 - Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1980 - Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
1981 - Katie Teft, Grand Rapids Mich, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 - Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1982 - Joey Barton, English footballer
1982 - Jason Hammel, American baseball player
1983 - Mark Foster, English rugby player
1988 - Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer
1989 - Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1990 - Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver

Deaths in Sport

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1896 - Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1934 - James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player, All Black (b. 1860)
1937 - Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74
1985 - Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64
1989 - A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51
1991 - Concetto Lo Bello, Italian intl soccer judge, dies
1994 - Detlef Macha, German DR cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35
1996 - Paddy Clift, cricketer (Rhod & Leicester all-rounder 1970-88), dies
1997 - Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95
1998 - Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933)