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1877 - International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
1887 - 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)
1912 - Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
1923 - Christy Mathewson becomes pres of Boston Braves
1927 - Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1929 - Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
1930 - Capelle soccer team forms
1952 - 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1953 - US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1955 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1958 - Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
1958 - LA Coliseum Comm approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility
1963 - End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey & Alan Davidson
1963 - Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
1971 - Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
1972 - 1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
1975 - Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
1976 - Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1982 - NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
1983 - Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
1985 - After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
1986 - Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
1988 - Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
1988 - Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
1988 - Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
1993 - Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
1993 - Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1997 - SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
1998 - Tara Lipinski wins Olympic figure skating gold medal
