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1876 - Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
1899 - 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, MSG, NYC
1908 - NY to Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins in NYC George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
1909 - Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
1926 - Barendrecht soccer team forms
1937 - Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
1956 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
1958 - Celtic Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse 119-101
1961 - Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1961 - Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 yrs 82 days
1964 - End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
1971 - Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England
1977 - Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1978 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1980 - NY Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs Winnipeg Jets
1980 - Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117
1981 - Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
1982 - Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
1984 - Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1984 - Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
1984 - West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win Cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality & gold medal
1985 - 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
1985 - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win Cricket World Series Cup
1986 - 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is v Guyana
1989 - 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
1989 - 50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry
1989 - Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season
1989 - Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
1991 - North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
1994 - 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
1995 - 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix
1995 - Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
1998 - Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach
