Events in Sports History in 1995

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• Jan 1 61st Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #3 Miami (FL), 24-17
• Jan 1 Raman Lamba (312) & Ravi Sehgal (216) put on an Indian 1st-class record opening partnership 464 in Delhi's innings & 310 run win over Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Delhi
• Jan 2 24th Fiesta Bowl: #4 Colorado beats Notre Dame, 41-24

• Jan 2 61st Sugar Bowl: #7 Florida State beats #5 Florida, 23-17
• Jan 2 81st Rose Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #12 Oregon, 38-20
• Jan 2 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
• Jan 5 Bill Fitch becomes the 5th coach in NBA history to register 850 career victories with the LA Clippers' 95-93 home win over Philadelphia 76'ers at the LA Memorial Sports Arena

• Jan 7 Larry Brown posts his 500th career NBA coaching victory, following the Indiana Pacers' 88-83 road win at the Houston Rockets

• Jan 11 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) granted CFL franchise, experiment only lasts one season
• Jan 11 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike

• Jan 13 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
• Jan 13 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race

• Jan 15 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 17-13
• Jan 15 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 38-28
• Jan 17 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• Jan 17 LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
• Jan 20 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
• Jan 25 Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers, 5-1 in the first NHL game in their new home, the United Center; defenseman Chris Chelios leads scoring with a goal and 2 assists
• Jan 26 With a record 6,254,427 ballots cast by fans in NBA All-Star Voting, Detroit's Grant Hill becomes the first rookie to lead all NBA players in All-Star votes received, earning #1 on 1,289,585 ballots
• Jan 27 Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan

• Jan 28 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise

• Feb 1 Zimbabwe batsmen Andy (156) & Grant Flower (201) set world record brotherly stand of 269 to propel Zimbabwe to first ever victory in Test cricket in 1st Test against Pakistan in Harare
• Feb 2 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
• Feb 4 Australian cricketer Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
• Feb 4 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)
• Feb 4 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
• Feb 5 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 41-13; MVP: Marshall Faulk, Indianapolis Colts, RB, HI
• Feb 6 Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket

• Feb 10 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
• Feb 11 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
• Feb 11 Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec)

• Feb 12 45th NBA All-Star Game, America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ: West beats East, 139-112; MVP: Mitch Richmond, Sacramento Kings, SG

• Feb 12 Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec)
• Feb 12 Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
• Feb 13 3rd ESPY Awards: Steve Young, Bonnie Blair win

• Feb 21 CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
• Feb 25 British super middleweight Nigel Benn puts opponent Gerard McClellan in hospital
• Mar 2 Joe Mullen becomes 2nd NHL player to appear in 300 NHL games with 3 different teams when he plays for the Penguins in a 6-3 loss in Buffalo; Pittsburgh 379, St. Louis 301, Calgary 345

• Mar 4 Replacement NY Yankees beat NY Mets 2-1
• Mar 9 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Mar 10 Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem
• Mar 12 16th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Connecticut, 94-78
• Mar 12 36th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 95-93 (OT)
• Mar 12 42nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT)
• Mar 12 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)

• Mar 18 In a final round title decider, England beats Scotland, 24-12 at Twickenham to claim the Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup

• Mar 19 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
• Mar 19 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
• Mar 19 NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)

• Mar 26 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Nanci Bowen wins her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Susie Redman; her sole LPGA Tour victory

• Mar 28 Queensland beat South Australia in cricket to win the 1st ever Sheffield Shield
• Mar 31 Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of US District Court in NYC issues an injunction against Major League Baseball owners in move that effectively ends 232-day strike
• Mar 31 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay: Bombay (Sanjay Manjrekar 224 in 6/690) beats Punjab (Vikram Rathour 177 in 372) on 1st innings

• Apr 1 Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton scores fastest goal in English Premier League history when he nets after 12.94 seconds in 2-1 win at Everton
• Apr 1 New York Islanders retire Swedish right wing Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
• Apr 2 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 70-64; Huskies' first NCAA title, completing first undefeated season since 1986 Texas
• Apr 2 Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles

• Apr 3 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Arkansas, 89-78; Bruins' 11th national title
• Apr 7 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
• Apr 8 148th Grand National: Irish rider Jason Titley wins aboard 40/1 outsider Royal Athlete; trainer Jenny Pitman's second GN victory
• Apr 8 American Bruce Seldon defeats by RTD over Tony Tucker in 7 rounds to win vacated WBA boxing title

• Apr 13 Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
• Apr 14 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah

• Apr 21 Boston Celtics final regular season game at Boston Garden, NY Knicks win 98-92
• Apr 22 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas
• Apr 22 NFL Draft: Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
• Apr 24 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
• Apr 26 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
• Apr 29 KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
• May 1 Future Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh scores career best 200 including 231 partnership with brother Mark (126) in 4th Test win over West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
• May 1 Montreal Canadiens lose 2-0 at Buffalo to miss Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 25 years
• May 3 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
• May 5 Last basketball game at Boston Garden; Celtics eliminated from playoffs by Orlando Magic, 95-92
• May 6 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
• May 6 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
• May 9 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
• May 10 Real Zaragoza of Spain win 35th European Cup Winner's Cup against Arsenal of England 2-1 in Paris

• May 14 At 43 years, 162 days Manchester City goalkeeper John Burridge becomes the oldest player to appear in an EPL match, a 3-2 home defeat to Queens Park Rangers

• May 23 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
• May 24 3rd UEFA Champions League Final: Ajax beats Milan 1-0 at Vienna
• May 28 Indianapolis 500: Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve wins as race leader Scott Goodyear is controversially black flagged on lap 195
• May 28 White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
• Jun 1 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers' scoreless inning streak ends at 39 in a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins

• Jun 4 New Zealand creates world record score for a Rugby Union international in thrashing Japan, 145-17 in the World Cup in Bloomfontein, RSA; Marc Ellis 6 tries, Simon Culhane 20 conversions
• Jun 10 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32

• Jun 10 Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer

• Jun 11 NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1

• Jun 13 New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2 for a 4-2 series win; qualify for their first Stanley Cup Finals Series (beat Detroit Red Wings, 4-0)
• Jun 13 NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2

• Jun 14 Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win

• Jun 16 Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
• Jun 17 WLAF World Bowl 3, Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam: Frankfurt Galaxy beats Amsterdam Admirals, 26-22

• Jun 18 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Hege Riise & Marianne Pettersen score within 3 minutes of each other to give Norway a 2-0 win over Germany

• Jun 19 NY Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry

• Jun 24 Stanley Cup Final, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ: New Jersey Devils beat Detroit Red Wings, 5-2 for a 4-0 series sweep; Devils' first Stanley Cup finals appearance
• Jun 28 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
• Jun 28 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
• Jun 29 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz
• Jun 29 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders)
• Jun 30 Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits
• Jul 1 All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement made with the players - no games lost
• Jul 2 LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All Star game when he is named in the NL squad
• Jul 2 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Congressional GC: Tom Weiskopf wins by 4 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his only Champions Tour major victory
• Jul 4 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) play 1st CFL game beating Winnipeg 38-10 but failed experiment only lasts one season
• Jul 8 NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators
• Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: German superstar Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th Wimbledon title
• Jul 9 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon title; beats Boris Becker of Germany 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Jul 11 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
• Jul 11 All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
• Jul 14 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
• Jul 16 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: J C Snead wins his lone career major title as he birdies first playoff hole against Jack Nicklaus

• Jul 21 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
• Jul 21 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings

• Jul 29 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14

• Jul 30 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Brian Barnes of Scotland wins in a playoff with American Bob Murphy
• Jul 30 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v West Indies at Old Trafford

• Aug 4 Following a suspension from the league for substance abuse former Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry joins NY Yankees and eventually helps the Bronx Bombers to win the 1996 World Series
• Aug 5 5th Athletics World Championships open at Gothenburg, Sweden
• Aug 6 Cleveland's major league sports franchises, NFL Browns & MLB Indians, play in Cleveland for 1st time ever; both lose - White Sox 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition)
• Aug 10 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
• Aug 12 Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge

• Aug 19 Bruce Seldon TKOs Joe Hipp in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
• Aug 19 Mike Tyson returns to the ring after serving 3 years in prison and DQs Peter McNeeley in 89 seconds

• Aug 26 Brian Lara completes his 7th Test Cricket century, scoring 179 at The Oval in London

• Aug 27 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Jenny Lidback wins by 1 stroke from Liselotte Neumann of Sweden
• Aug 28 Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson

• Sep 3 Carolina Panthers lose their debut NFL game in overtime 23-20 to the Atlanta Falcons in front of 58,808 fans at the Georgia Dome
• Sep 3 In their NFL debut game the Jacksonville Jaguars fall to the Houston Oilers 10-3; 72,363 fans attend the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
• Sep 4 Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the 4th and 5th, of a 14-3 rout of the Texas Rangers

• Sep 6 Cal Ripken Jr breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
• Sep 8 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
• Sep 9 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins her 4th US title; beats Monica Seles 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
• Sep 10 35th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland beats US, 14-10
• Sep 10 Cleveland's major league sports franchises, NFL Browns & MLB Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, both win; Browns 22-6 v Tampa, Indians 5-3 v Orioles
• Sep 10 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his 3rd US title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
• Sep 11 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"

• Sep 19 Colorado Rockies Andres Galarraga becomes 4th team member to hit 30 HRs in the sesaon
• Sep 19 MLB San Diego Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits HRs in 3rd of 4 games
• Sep 20 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
• Sep 24 Ryder Cup Golf, Oak Hill CC: Europe wins 14½-13½; unheralded Irish rookie Philip Walton secures victory for Europe beating Jay Haas 1 up
• Sep 26 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)

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