Events in Sport on 18th February

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1899 - Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
1900 - Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam
1909 - Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps
1919 - Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals
1922 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball
1936 - NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24)
1943 - William D Cox buys Phila Phillies
1944 - Youngest baseball player, Cin Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall
1951 - 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
1960 - 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo
1962 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1967 - Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
1967 - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
1977 - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1983 - NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1986 - San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals against Phoenix
1989 - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
1990 - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991 - Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0
1994 - Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th US team
1995 - Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1996 - 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India
1996 - Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya

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