Events in Sport on 21st February

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1931 - Chicago White Sox & NY Giants play 1st exhibition night game
1948 - NASCAR is incorporated.
1952 - Dick Button performs 1st figure skating Triple Jump in competition
1953 - Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1957 - Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" Minor League franchises
1960 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1968 - Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1969 - Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Wash Senators
1971 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
1973 - Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out
1979 - 2 Iowa girls HS basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1500m in 1:55.44
1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1983 - NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
1985 - Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
1985 - Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator
1986 - Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
1987 - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1989 - Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
1992 - Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympic gold medal in women's fig skating
1993 - 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1993 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
1995 - CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
1998 - Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open

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