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1874 - Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
1925 - Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England
1927 - For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1937 - Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes
1955 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1959 - Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1959 - Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
1960 - US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal
1963 - Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
1973 - Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox
1973 - White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract
1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1983 - Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
1987 - Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
1987 - NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
1988 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1988 - Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m Speed Skating in record 39.1
1988 - Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic Figure Skating
1992 - Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
1992 - Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
1994 - 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
