• Home
• Dates
• Days
• Birthdays
• Deaths
• Events
• Sports

Results 1 - 28 of 28

1908 - Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth
1935 - 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
1936 - 1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger
1948 - 5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1953 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1960 - Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)
1963 - AFL's Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs
1976 - Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic
1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1983 - 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at NY Islander
1983 - Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
1983 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
1984 - 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1985 - 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados
1985 - Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5½" basketball shot
1986 - 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
1987 - 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
1987 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1989 - Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
1991 - Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
1992 - 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
1994 - Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car
1994 - Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432
1996 - NFL & Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind
1998 - 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0
1998 - 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at NYC
1998 - NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics
2002 - XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States