Events in Sport on 10th February

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1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for Heavyweight boxing title
1912 - Hobbs & Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG
1920 - Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
1924 - Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Wash Senators)
1925 - AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
1946 - 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
1957 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1961 - AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1968 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympic Figure Skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1969 - LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94
1971 - Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
1974 - Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
1974 - Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
1975 - William "Judy" Johnson selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1979 - Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1980 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1981 - 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
1981 - Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1985 - 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1985 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1989 - Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1989 - Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
1989 - Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
1989 - To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
1990 - Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for Heavyweight boxing title
1991 - 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
1991 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991 - NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
1992 - Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
1992 - Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
1995 - Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
1998 - Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery

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