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1942 - Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett & Gene Moore
1945 - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)
1948 - Dick Button becomes 1st US Figure Skating Olympic champion
1948 - Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympic slalom champion
1949 - Huaso sets official world Equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic
1956 - 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
1956 - NY Mayor Robert Wagner & Bkln Boro Pres Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build
1958 - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI v Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
1968 - Skater Kees Verkerk wins olympic gold in the 1500m
1969 - Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm & head coach of Redskins
1970 - 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
1970 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
1972 - Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
1974 - Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath
1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
1984 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
1991 - LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points
1991 - Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl
1992 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
1992 - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
1995 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13
1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minn Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
