Events in Sports History in 1984

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• Jan 2 13th Fiesta Bowl: #14 Ohio State beats #15 Pittsburgh, 28-23
• Jan 2 16-year-old future South African Test cricket batsman Darryl Cullinan scores his 1st first-class century (106 no) for Border against Natal B in East London
• Jan 2 50th Orange Bowl: #5 Miami (FL) beats #1 Nebraska, 31-30

• Jan 2 50th Sugar Bowl: #3 Auburn beats #8 Michigan, 9-7
• Jan 2 70th Rose Bowl: UCLA beats #4 Illinois, 45-9
• Jan 4 Adrian Dantley ties Wilt Chamberlain's NBA record for most free throws made in a game by converting 28 of 29 free throws in Utah's 116-111 win over Houston at Las Vegas
• Jan 4 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game

• Jan 6 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
• Jan 8 AFC Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Raiders beat Seattle Seahawks, 30-14
• Jan 8 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
• Jan 8 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat San Francisco 49ers, 24-21
• Jan 8 Washington Capitals Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1
• Jan 9 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession

• Jan 11 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game

• Jan 19 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km

• Jan 22 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts

• Jan 22 Super Bowl XVIII, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL: LA Raiders beat Washington Redskins, 38-9; MVP: Marcus Allen, Los Angeles, RB
• Jan 23 Buffalo Sabres become the first team in NHL history to win 10 straight road games with a 5-3 victory at Boston
• Jan 23 Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km

• Jan 26 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders

• Jan 29 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 45-3; MVP: Joe Theismann, Washington Redskins, QB
• Jan 31 36th NHL All-Star Game, Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 7-6; MVP: Don Maloney, NY Rangers, LW
• Feb 1 American lawyer and businessman David Stern becomes NBA Commissioner, succeeding Larry O'Brien; stays in position until 2014
• Feb 8 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation
• Feb 8 XIV Winter Olympic Games open in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
• Feb 9 East German ski jumper Jens Weißflog wins first of 3 career Olympic gold medals in the Normal Hill individual event at the Sarajevo Winter Games
• Feb 9 East German speed skater Karin Enke wins the 1,500m in world record 2:03.42 at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins 1,000m gold
• Feb 9 Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen wins the 10k gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; first of 3 individual medal sweep, also winning 5k and 20k events

• Feb 11 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
• Feb 12 12 years after winning the doubles in Sapporo (1972), Italian Paul Hildgarten wins the men's luge singles at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics

• Feb 12 East German luger Steffi Martin wins the first of 2 consecutive women's singles gold medals at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins in Calgary (1988)
• Feb 12 Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen wins the 5k gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; 2nd of 3 individual medal sweep, also winning 10k and 20k events
• Feb 12 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup after going undefeated in the qualifying rounds
• Feb 13 Karin Enke of East Germany wins her 2nd gold medal of the Sarajevo Winter Games, winning the women's 1,000m in Olympic record 1:21.61; also wins 1,500m gold
• Feb 13 Swedish cross country skier Gunde Svan wins 15k event, the first of 2 gold medals at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins 4 x 10k relay gold

• Feb 14 Canadian speed skater Gaétan Boucher takes out the 1,000m gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins 1,500m; narrowly beats Soviet skater Sergey Khlebnikov in both events
• Feb 15 An East German sweep of the medals in the women's 3,000m speed skating at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; Andrea Schöne takes gold ahead of teammates Karin Enke and Gabi Zange
• Feb 16 3-time men's figure skating world champion Scott Hamilton of the US wins the gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics from Brian Orser of Canada and Jozef Sabovčík of Czechoslovakia
• Feb 16 Bill Johnson becomes first American to win an Olympic downhill skiing gold at the Sarajevo Games; beats Swiss Peter Müller by 0.27s
• Feb 16 Canadian speed skater Gaétan Boucher takes out the 1,500m at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics, his second gold medal of the Games; also wins the 1,000m
• Feb 16 NJ Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
• Feb 16 Swedish cross country skier Gunde Svan takes his 2nd gold medal of the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in the 4 x 10k relay; also wins 15k gold
• Feb 16 Swedish cross country skier Thomas Wassberg wins 2nd career gold medal in 4 x 10k relay at Sarajevo Winter Olympics; 2nd of 4 career gold; 15k Lake Placid (1980), 50k Sarajevo, relay Calgary (1988)
• Feb 17 Biathletes Eirik Kvalfoss of Norway and West German Peter Angerer finish 2nd & 3rd respectively in the relay at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; both have complete sets of medals from biathlon events at the Games
• Feb 18 East German figure skater Katarina Witt wins first of 2 consecutive women's singles gold medals at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins gold in Calgary (1988)
• Feb 18 Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen wins the 20k gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; sweeps all 3 individual events, also winning 5k and 10k events

• Feb 19 1st brother combo to win Gold & Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil & Steve Mahre-Slalom)
• Feb 19 26th Daytona 500: Cale Yarborough wins for 2nd consecutive year and 4th time in career; last-lap pass to beat Darrell Waltrip
• Feb 19 Soviet Union wins its 6th Olympic ice hockey gold medal with a 2-0 win over silver medallists Czechoslovakia at the Sarajevo Winter Games
• Feb 19 Swedish cross country skier Thomas Wassberg wins 50k event at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; his second gold of the Games (4 x 10k relay) and 3rd of his career (15k Lake Placid 1980)
• Feb 19 XIV Winter Olympic Games close in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

• Feb 29 Swedish center Patrik Sundström scores a goal and adds 6 assists as Vancouver Canucks beat the Penguins 9-5 in Pittsburgh; just the 3rd player in NHL history to record 6 assists in a road game
• Mar 3 NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)

• Mar 9 Philadelphia 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
• Mar 9 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• Mar 10 25th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Auburn, 51-49
• Mar 10 5th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 82-71 (OT)
• Mar 10 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
• Mar 11 31st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats Duke, 74-62
• Mar 13 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
• Mar 13 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
• Mar 17 Scotland beats France, 21-12 at Murrayfield to win the Five Nations Rugby Championship outright and Triple Crown for first time since 1938; Grand Slam first time since 1925

• Mar 21 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule

• Mar 23 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
• Mar 23 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
• Mar 23 World Ice Dancing Championship won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain) in Ottawa, Canada
• Mar 24 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
• Mar 29 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
• Mar 31 138th Grand National: Neale Doughty wins aboard 13/1 Hallo Dandy; 23 complete the course, breaking record for most finishers

• Apr 1 3rd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: USC goes back-to-back; beats Tennessee, 72-61; Cheryl Miller 2nd consecutive MOP award

• Apr 13 India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah

• Apr 16 88th Boston Marathon: Englishman Geoff Smith wins men's event in 2:10:34; Lorraine Moller of New Zealand women's champion in 2:29:28

• Apr 17 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
• Apr 18 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
• Apr 27 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
• Apr 30 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
• May 1 NFL Draft: Nebraska wide receiver Irving Fryar first pick by New England Patriots
• May 2 MLB Cleveland Indians' infielder Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 innings)

• May 4 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)

• May 5 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2

• May 8 The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
• May 9 Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in 25 innings (started 5/8)
• May 11 Johan Cruijff quits soccer

• May 16 Juventus of Italy win 24th European Cup Winner's Cup against Porto of Portugal 2-1 in Basel
• May 16 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game

• May 17 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning

• May 19 Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Wayne Gretzky scores twice as Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 5-2 for a 4-1 series win; Oilers first SC title

• May 23 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
• May 24 Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
• May 25 Detroit Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
• May 25 Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner

• May 30 28th European Cup: Liverpool beats Roma (1-1, 4-2 on penalties) at Rome
• May 30 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th

• Jun 1 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
• Jun 1 Russian super heavyweight weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev snatches world record 211 kg

• Jun 4 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years
• Jun 4 MLB Draft: New York Mets take Mechanicsburg Area Senior HS outfielder Shawn Abner at #1
• Jun 9 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
• Jun 9 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-1; 2nd women in Open Era to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once
• Jun 9 Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts

• Jun 10 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
• Jun 12 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3, to win the championship title

• Jun 16 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race

• Jun 20 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam & 14th lifetime
• Jun 22 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins

• Jun 24 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Arnold Palmer wins 2nd straight Champions Tour major by 3 strokes ahead of Peter Thomson of Australia
• Jun 27 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts

• Jun 29 Montreal Expos infielder Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th MLB game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox

• Jul 1 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Miller Barber wins by 2 strokes from Arnold Palmer for his second Senior Open title
• Jul 3 After 22 years, England Test cricket spinner Derek Underwood hits a maiden 1st class century (111) for Kent v Sussex at Hastings
• Jul 3 West Indies cricket opener Gordon Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 242 balls in 9-wicket Lord's Test win v England

• Jul 6 New Zealand sisters Liz and Rose Signal become the first twins to play in the same cricket Test match, v England at Headingley
• Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 7-6, 6-2 for her 26th Grand Slam title
• Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe defends his crown, thrashing fellow American Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
• Jul 11 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

• Jul 13 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
• Jul 15 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US title by 1 stroke from Rosie Jones
• Jul 20 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
• Jul 22 22nd Federation Cup Women's Tennis, São Paulo, Brazil: Czech pair Hana Mandlíková & Helena Suková beat Australians Elizabeth Sayers & Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-2 for a 2-1 victory
• Jul 22 71st Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France

• Jul 26 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,502nd single
• Jul 27 Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,503rd career single (vs Philadelphia)
• Jul 27 West Indies cricket opening batsman Gordon Greenidge smashes 223 in innings & 64 run win over England in 4th Test at Manchester; Windies lead series, 4-0
• Jul 28 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
• Jul 29 American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter take out the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the LA Olympics
• Jul 29 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George's CC: Juli Inkster wins by 1 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
• Jul 31 US men's gymnastics team score emotional upset win over world champion Chinese team in the combined event to take the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics
• Aug 2 Jeff Blatnick becomes first American to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Los Angeles Olympics, Blatnick was in remission for Hodgkin’s disease
• Aug 3 17-year-old Australian swimmer Jon Sieben stages a withering finish to upset hot favourite Michael Gross of West Germany in 200m butterfly at Los Angeles Olympics, world record (1:57.04)
• Aug 3 Mary Lou Retton scores 10 for final vault to win the individual all-round competition in Los Angeles and become first American woman to win an Olympic gymnastics medal
• Aug 3 Mexicans Ernesto Canto and Raúl González take the gold and silver medals in the 20k walk at the Los Angeles Olympics
• Aug 4 American athlete Carl Lewis wins the 100m in 9.9 seconds in Los Angeles, first of 9 Olympic gold medals over 3 Games
• Aug 4 Americans Al Joyner and Mike Conley take the gold and silver medals in the men's triple jump at the Los Angeles Olympics

• Aug 5 American super-hurdler Edwin Moses wins the 400m hurdles gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, his 105th consecutive race victory
• Aug 5 Evelyn Ashford runs an Olympic 100m record time of 10.97 to beat American teammate Alice Brown in the LA Games final
• Aug 5 The rowing competition at the LA Olympics concludes with Romania dominant in the women's section winning 5 of 6 gold medals; US wins the eights from Romania
• Aug 5 Toronto designated hitter Cliff Johnson hits MLB record 19th career pinch-hit HR in Blue Jays 4-3 win over Baltimore Orioles
• Aug 6 After Americans Roger Kingdom & Greg Foster both equal the Olympic record in 110m hurdles semi's in Los Angeles, Kingdom beats Foster in the final in a new Games record 13.20 seconds
• Aug 6 American athlete Carl Lewis wins long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at Los Angeles Olympics
• Aug 7 Japan beats US, 6-3 in the final of the Los Angeles Olympic baseball demonstration event
• Aug 7 The US collects its first Olympic gold medal in women's basketball history with a 85-55 win over South Korea in the final at the LA Games
• Aug 8 Carl Lewis wins 3rd gold medal of the Los Angeles Olympics joining Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson in an American sweep of the 200m

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