On This Day in Sport
Events in Sport
- 1903 French newspaper L'Auto announces new 5-stage, long distance bicycle race, "Tour de France"
- 1929 Finnish speed skater Clas Thunberg sets new world 500m record in 42.8 seconds in Davos, Switzerland
- 1932 Charlie Conacher becomes first Toronto player to score 5 goals in an NHL game as Maple Leafs rout the NY Americans, 11-3 at Maple Leaf Gardens
- 1934 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement into baseball; Jackson banned after 1919 "Black Sox" World Series
- 1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1940 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Helen Hicks wins by 1 stroke ahead of Helen Dettweiler
- 1952 NFL purchases struggling football franchise, New York Yanks from owner Ted Collins; moves club to Dallas, Texas
- 1952 PGA approves allowing black participants
- More Events in Sport
Matthew Webb
Mary Mills
Earl Weaver
Stan MusialWeddings in Sport
- 1957 Golfer Gary Player (21) weds Bobby Verwey's sister Vivienne Verwey
- 2013 Figure skater five-time world champion Michelle Kwan (32) weds American lawyer Clay Pell at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island; divorce in 2017
January in Sports History
'The Most Famous of All Streaks'
Erika Roe bounced into the history books on this day when, topless, she skipped onto the pitch at a rugby game to the roar of 60,000 cheering spectators.
January 2, 1982Squaring Up for Radio Commentary
This was the day when the BBC broadcast live sports commentary for the first time and introduced a novel way of involving listeners in the action.
January 15, 19271st Winter Olympics
Einar Landvik, Nordic skier from Norway, competes in the first-ever Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, 1924
January 25, 1924
