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1839 - Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)
1887 - George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG
1918 - Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604
1930 - West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
1935 - NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
1956 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1960 - USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1980 - R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century v Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
1981 - 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn & Bost
1982 - Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9
1987 - NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
1987 - Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
1989 - NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
1989 - Calif court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
1991 - Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)
1991 - Bill Veeck & Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 - NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
1993 - Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
