Events in Sports History in 1996 (Part 2)

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Cricket Record

Oct 20 Wasim Akram (257) & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wicket, vs Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura

Oct 22 NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
Oct 23 New York Yankees set record recovering from 0-6 in Baseball World Series game to beat Braves, 8-6 in Game 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium; record 7th straight post-season road win
Oct 24 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days
Oct 24 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)

Sports History

Oct 25 Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant

Oct 26 Baseball World Series: New York beats Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win club's 23rd title; MVP: Bronx Bombers' reliever John Wetteland
Oct 26 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Woodbine Racetrack; winners: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup
Oct 27 US beats Japan, 21½-14½, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament
Oct 28 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
Nov 1 Philadelphia 76ers inaugurate NBA season with opening of the CoreStates Center before 20,444; largest crowd to see a basketball game in state of Pennsylvania; lose to Milwaukee Bucks, 111-103
Nov 1 Shaquille O'Neil makes his Hollywood debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix Suns, 96-82 at the Forum, Inglewood; O'Neil scores 23 points and pulls down 14 rebounds in 35 minutes
Nov 2 Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history

Sports History

Nov 3 Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant becomes the then youngest player to make his NBA debut (18 years, 2 months, 11 days) in 91-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Great Western Forum

Nov 3 New York City Marathon: Giacomo Leone of Italy, man's champion in 2:09:54; Anuta Catuna of Romania takes women's title in 2:28:18

Sports History

Nov 3 San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice grabs 3 passes for 45 yards and a TD to become 1st player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions in 24-17 win over New Orleans Saints; finishes career with 1,549

Sports History

Nov 5 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year

Nov 6 LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 7 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
Nov 7 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
Nov 9 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill

Holyfield vs. Tyson

Nov 9 Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times

Nov 10 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
Nov 11 Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award; Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays claims AL Award
Nov 13 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
Nov 14 Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
Nov 19 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox

O. J. Simpson Takes the Stand

Nov 22 O.J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"

NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal O.J. Simpson

Nov 23 61st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 24-23 in Birmingham

Sampras's Third ATP

Nov 24 American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd ATP Tour World Championship tennis titles with a classic 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 victory over defending champion Boris Becker in Hanover, Germany

Toronto Argonauts' 13th

Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup, Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton: MVP Doug Flutie leads Toronto Argonauts to 13th title; beat Edmonton Eskimos, 43-37

Graf Retains WTA

Nov 24 German tennis star Steffi Graf retains her WTA Tour Championship with a 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 win over Martina Hingis at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Nov 24 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
Nov 24 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
Nov 26 Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
Nov 30 South African cricket opening batsman Gary Kirsten follows his 1st innings 102 with 133 in the Proteas' 329 run 2nd Test win v India in Kolkata
Dec 1 Davis Cup Tennis, Malmo, Sweden: Arnaud Boetsch beats Sweden's Nicklas Kulti in closest deciding match in Cup history 7-6, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6, 10-8 to give France 3-2 victory

David Campese

Dec 1 Flamboyant Australian rugby union winger David Campese ends his 15-year, 101 Test career at Cardiff Arms Park in Wales; Wallabies beat Wales, 28-19; Campese scores record 64 career tries

Dec 1 South African cricket all-rounder Lance Klusener takes 8-64 on debut in Proteas' 329 run 2nd Test win v India in Kolkata

Wayne Gretzky

Dec 1 Wayne Gretzky becomes first and only player in NHL history to reach 3,000-point plateau (including playoffs); records an assist in NY Rangers' 6-2 win over Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden

Dec 4 Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest points scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
Dec 5 Portland's Jermaine O'Neal at 18 becomes the youngest NBA player
Dec 7 1st Big 12 Championship Game: Texas beats #3 Nebraska, 37-27
Dec 7 5th SEC Championship Game: #4 Florida beats #11 Alabama, 45-30
Dec 7 Australian rugby union team ends 12-game European tour unbeaten after 39-19 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham; Wallabies fullback Matt Burke scores 2 tries and lands 4 conversions, 2 penalties

Clemens Signs with Blue Jays

Dec 13 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays

Dec 14 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)
Dec 18 Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England

Brett Hull Equals Father's Record

Dec 22 St Louis Blues’ right wing Brett Hull scores his 26th NHL career hat trick to reach 500 career goals in a 7-4 win over the LA Kings; with father Bobby Hull, first father/son combo to each record 500 goals

Dec 22 Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD
Dec 22 Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England needing 1 run to win

Ballon d'Or

Dec 24 Ballon d'Or: Borussia Dortmund's German sweeper Matthias Sammer is named best football player in Europe ahead of PSV/Barcelona striker Ronaldo and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer

Dec 27 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21
Dec 28 India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st innings
Dec 31 63rd Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #10 Virginia Tech, 41-21