Events in Sport
- 1912 England regains the Ashes
- 1920 National Negro Baseball League organizes
- 1923 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance", organizes
- 1932 25th Women's Australian Championships: Coral McInnes Buttsworth beats Kathrine Le Mesurier (9-7, 6-4)
- 1932 25th Men's Australian Championships: Jack Crawford beats Harry Hopman (4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1)
- 1937 NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington, D.C.
Donald Bradman
- 1948 West Indian batsman Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in his only Test Cricket innings
Event of Interest
1952 Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
Rocky Marciano
- 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
Event of Interest
1971 US Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd while golfing, injuring 2
Spiro Agnew
- 1972 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
Hall of Fame
Cool Papa Bell
- 1976 American Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold in Innsbruck, Austria
- 1977 Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
- 1977 Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
- 1977 27th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 125-124 at Milwaukee
- 1980 NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
Event of Interest
1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
Bryan Trottier
- 1983 Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
- 1983 Donna White wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
- 1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
- 1983 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at Inglewood, California
- 1988 15th Winter Olympic games opens at Calgary, Canada
- 1988 Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
- 1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
Event of Interest
1990 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
Larry Bird
Birthdays in Sport
- 1876 Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (d. 1933)
- 1883 Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager
- 1908 Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic gold 1936)
- 1912 Jose de Capriles, American fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
- 1918 Patty Berg, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1919 Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling)
- 1935 Tommy Jacobs, American PGA golfer, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1935 Dr. Don Panoz, American entrepreneur and motorsports impresario (ALMS)
- 1936 John Harris, British(?) cricket player
- 1936 Leamon King, Tulare California, 4X100m relayer (Olympic gold 1956)
- 1944 Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)
- 1947 Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
- 1950 Leonard Pascoe, cricketer (dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82)
- 1952 Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist
- 1953 Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor)
- 1956 Liam Brady, Irish soccer player, born in Dublin
- 1956 Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian runner
- 1957 Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1986)
- 1959 Gord Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 Kelly McCormick, US diver (Olympic silver 1984), born in Anaheim, California
- 1960 Gary Patterson, American football coach and player, born in Rozel, Kansas
- 1961 Kyi Hla Han, Burmese golfer, born in Yangon, Burma
- 1962 Jackie Silva, Brazilian volleyballer (Pan Am-Bronze), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1964 Evi Strasser, German equestrian (Olympics 1996), born in Inzell, Germany
- 1965 Kenny Harrison, US triple jumper, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1967 Bas Roorda, Dutch football player (FC Groningen) [or Feb 21], born in Assen, Netherlands
- 1967 Eddie Pye, US baseball infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Columbia, Tennessee
- 1967 Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach, born in Haskovo, Bulgaria
- 1968 Matt Mieske, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Midland, Michigan
- 1970 Kevin Stocker, US baseball infielder (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Spokane, Washington
- 1970 Ruben Brown, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills), born in Englewood, New Jersey
- 1970 Vernon Patao, 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Wailuku, Hawaii
- 1971 Jim Reid, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers), born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
- 1971 Mats Sundin, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Bromma, Sweden
- 1971 Shelly Hammonds, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings), born in Barnwell, South Carolina
- 1971 Todd Williams, US baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1972 Charlie Garner, NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Falls Church, Virginia
- 1972 Juha Ylonen, NHL forward (Olympic bronze 1998, Phoenix), born in Helsinki, Finland
- 1973 Willie Smith, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions), born in Smithfield, North Carolina
- 1974 Anthony Mortas, French hockey forward (Team France 1998), born in Reims, France
- 1975 Mark Gerald Keddell, New Zealand 200m runner (Olympics 1996), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1975 Ben Collins, English racing car driver and former Top Gear Stig (ASCAR-2003), born in Bristol, United Kingdom
- 1977 Randy Moss, NFL player, born in Rand, West Virginia
- 1979 Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer, born in Zamora, Mexico
- 1980 Kristy Powell, US gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Stuart, Florida
- 1980 Sebastian Kehl, German footballer, born in Fulda, Germany
- 1981 Luisão [Ânderson Luís da Silva], Brazilian footballer, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1981 Liam Miller, Irish footballer, born in Cork, Republic of Ireland
- 1981 Luke Ridnour, US basketball player, born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- 1982 Michael Turner, Running Back for the San Diego Chargers, born in Waukegan, Illinois
- 1985 Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer, born in Katerini, Greece
- 1985 David Padgett, US basketball player, born in Reno, Nevada
- 1986 Luke Moore, English footballer, born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- 1986 Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
- 1988 Keegan Hirst, British footballer (Wakefield Trinity) and England's 1st openly gay professional player, born in Batley, West Yorkshire
- 1989 Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer, born in Western Australia, Australia
- 1989 Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer, born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Divorces in Sport
Divorce of Interest
1974 Professional boxer George Foreman (25) divorces Adrienne Calhoun after almost 3 years of marriage
George Foreman
Deaths in Sport
- 1945 George Studd, cricketer (4 Tests with brother v Aus 1882-83), dies
- 1964 Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
- 1970 Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for England, ct 60 stp 12), dies
- 1987 M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
- 1991 Ronald "Ron" Pickering, British athletics coach and BBC sports commentator, dies after a heart bypass operation at 60
- 2003 Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (b. 1926)
- 2005 Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
- 2005 Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)
- 2012 Freddie Solomon, American football wide receiver, dies from colon and liver cancer at 59