Sports History
1958 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle, 84-72; Seattle's future Hall of Fame small forward Elgin Baylor is named tournament MOP
Sports History
1964 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Scenic Hills CC: Carol Mann her 1st of 2 major titles by 2 shots from Ruth Jessen and Judy Kimball
Boxing Title Fight
1967 Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1969 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72; Bruins' 3-peat; center Lew Alcindor tournament Most Outstanding Player for 3rd consecutive year
Sports History
1969 Ethiopian double Olympic marathon gold medalist Abebe Bikila (36) is paralyzed in auto accident near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; regained upper-body mobility, but never walked again
Sports History
1972 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
- 1972 Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million
- 1972 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
- 1979 NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers)
NHL Record
1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game
- 1986 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament
- 1986 Ice Pairs World Championship at Geneva won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)
Boxing Title Fight
1986 Jamaican boxer Trevor Berbick upsets Pinklon Thomas by unanimous decision in Las Vegas to win WBC heavyweight title
Sports History
1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
- 1990 The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games
- 1992 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
- 1997 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA)
- 2008 French Swimmer Alain Bernard sets world record of 47.50 for 100m freestyle long course after winning the European LC Championships 2008
- 2009 Cricket Women's World Cup: England defeats New Zealand by 4 wickets
Sports History
2011 Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty for misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and is sentenced to six years probation
