Events in Sport
Sports History
Brazilian soccer icon Pele scores his 1,000th goal
- Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
Sports History
San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
Birthdays in Sport
- Chris Harris, New Zealand cricketer (NZ all-rounder in ODI's), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Richard Dickson Reid, New Zealand road race cyclist (Olympics 1996)
- Silvia Sommaggio, Italian 5k runner, born in Camposampiero., Italy