Events in Sport
- 1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
- 1942 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB)
- 1948 14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB)
- 1953 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)
- 1955 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)
Event of Interest
1955 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
Roy Campanella
- 1956 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
Event of Interest
1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Event of Interest
1961 Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
Wilt Chamberlain
Golf Tournament
1963 Mickey Wright and Dave Ragan win JCPenney Classic Haig & Haig Scotch Mixed Foursome golf tournament
Mickey Wright
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1966 A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
Roger Maris
- 1967 NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals
- 1973 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB)
- 1974 Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
- 1977 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB)
- 1978 Commencement of the 1st day/night World Series Cricket supertest at VFL Park, Melbourne
- 1985 Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
Tennis Open
1985 74th Men's Australian Open: Stefan Edberg beats Mats Wilander (6-3, 6-3, 6-3)
Mats Wilander
Tennis Open
1985 74th Women's Australian Open: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 6-2, 4-6, 6-2)
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
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1987 Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st goalie to actually score a goal
Ron Hextall
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1994 Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
Darryl Strawberry
- 1996 Donna Andrews & Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
- 2001 10th SEC Championship Game: #21 LSU beats #2 Tennessee, 31-20
- 2007 73rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Tebow, Florida (QB)
- 2011 The NBA and players union reach financial agreement to end a 161-day lockout, shortening the season by 16 games
Birthdays in Sport
- 1904 Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)
- 1918 Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)
- 1920 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic bronze 1952)
- 1922 George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)
- 1935 Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player
- 1936 Peter Parfitt, cricketer (fine England batsman of the 1960's)
- 1936 W S "Buster" Farrer, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64)
- 1940 Brant Alyea, American baseball player
- 1941 Geoff Hurst, cricketer (Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal)
- 1941 Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
- 1942 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974)
- 1950 Tim Foli, American baseball player
- 1953 Roy Firestone, American sportscaster (Life's Most Embarrassing Moments), born in Miami, Florida
- 1955 Ian Greig, cricketer (brother of Tony Two Tests for England 1982)
- 1958 Wayne Dickert, slalom double canoe (Olympic 11th 1996), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 1962 Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star (PSV)
Steve Elkington
1962 Steve Elkington, Australian golfer (PGA Championship 1995), born in Inverell, New South Wales
Steve Elkington
- 1964 James Martinez, Santa Fe NM, rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1965 Greg Truitt, NFL safety/linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1965 Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
- 1965 Troy Sadowski, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
- 1966 Douglas Allan Martin, Bluffton OH, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)
- 1966 Joe Staysniak, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1967 Jeff George, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders)
- 1967 Ron George, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1967 Tony Mayberry, NFL center (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- 1967 Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager
- 1968 Bill Johnson, defensive tackle (St Louis Rams)
- 1968 Mike Mussina, American baseball pitcher (5-time MLB All Star), Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- 1969 Antoon Kuil, soccer player (Veendam, SC Heerenveen)
- 1969 Bobby Phillips, WLAF running back (Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
- 1969 Darrin Shannon, Barrie, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
- 1969 Victor Green, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
- 1971 Garvin Alston, pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in Mt Vernon, New York
- 1971 James Stewart, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings), born in Vero Beach, Florida
- 1972 Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer
- 1973 Mitch Jacoby, tight end (St Louis Rams)
- 1973 Monty Montgomery, defensiveback (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1974 Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics 1996)
- 1975 Kevin Harvick, American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series Champion 2014), born in Bakersfield, California
- 1976 Reed Johnson, American baseball player
- 1977 Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer
- 1977 Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver
- 1978 Kate Robinson, American dance skater (& Kate Robinson), born in Peoria, Illinois
- 1978 Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
- 1978 John Oster, Welsh footballer, born in Boston, England
- 1978 Vernon Wells, American baseball player, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- 1979 Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer
- 1979 Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1981 Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
- 1981 Philip Rivers, American football player
- 1982 Dee Dee Trotter, American athlete
- 1982 Hamit Altintop, German-born Turkish Football player (identical twin brother of Halil Altintop)
- 1982 Halil Altintop, Turkish Football player (identical twin brother of Hamit Altintop)
- 1983 Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver
- 1983 Liu Song, Chinese snooker player
- 1984 Greg Halford, English footballer
- 1984 Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer, Niall Brennan, Irish Legend.
- 1985 Dwight Howard, American basketball player (Charlotte Hornets), born in Atlanta, Georigia
- 1986 Amir Khan, English boxer
- 1989 Drew Doughty, Canadian hockey player
- 1994 Raheem Sterling, British-Jamaican football player (Manchester City, English national team), born in Kingston, Jamaica
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