Events in Sport
- 1883 Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
- 1905 Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman completes eighth transaction in 8 months
- 1905 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals
Donald Bradman
- 1933 Bodyline Tour: Australian batsman Bert Oldfield's skull fractured by delivery by English bowler Harold Larwood third test in Adelaide
Event of Interest
1952 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
Stan Musial
- 1955 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19
- 1962 12th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 150-130 at St. Louis
- 1963 13th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 115-108 at Los Angeles
- 1965 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14
- 1968 21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All-Stars 4-3 at Toronto
- 1970 Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause
- 1970 NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)
- 1972 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ
- 1972 Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
- 1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
Event of Interest
1981 Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth
Leon Spinks
Event of Interest
1981 Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg
Ivan Lendl
Björn Borg
- 1988 NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
Birthdays in Sport
- 1894 Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
- 1902 Eric Liddell, Scottish 400m runner (Olympic gold 1924) and Christian missionary in China, born in Tianjin, China (d. 1945)
- 1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
- 1911 Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
- 1923 Martin Stokken, Norwegian nordic relay (Olympic silver 1952)
A. J. Foyt
1935 A. J. Foyt, American racing driver (Indy 500 - 1961, 64, 67 & 77), born in Houston, Texas
A. J. Foyt
- 1937 Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
- 1941 Christine Janes, tennis player
- 1948 Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player
- 1956 Wayne Daniel, cricketer (WI fast bowler 1976-84)
- 1956 Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
- 1962 Kevin Ross, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons, KC Chiefs)
- 1964 Gail Graham, Vanderhoof BC, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon)
- 1964 Mark Collins, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Giants, KC Chiefs, GB Packers)
- 1964 Trevor Barsby, cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85)
- 1966 Anthony Washington, Glasgow Montana, discus thrower (Olympic 4th 1996)
- 1966 Jack McDowell, Van Nuys CA, pitcher (NY Yankees, White Sox, Indians)
- 1967 Jeff Branson, Waynesboro Miss, infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
- 1969 Chelan Kozak, Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics 1996)
- 1969 Roy Jones Jr, American boxer (4 x weight divisions world champion), born in Pensacola, Florida
- 1970 Don MacLean, NBA forward (NJ Nets, Denver Nuggets)
- 1970 Ron Villone, pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Englewood, New Jersey
- 1971 Jukka-Pekka Nummi, WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)
- 1971 Junior Bryant, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
- 1971 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
- 1971 Scott Williams, Orange California, field hockey defender (Olympics 1996)
- 1971 Sergei Bruguera, Spanish tennis star
- 1971 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
- 1972 Desiree Leipham, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995), born in Spokane, Washington
- 1972 Joe Horn, Tupelo, Mississippi, American NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
- 1972 Lee McIntyre, Peak Hill Aust, golfer (T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ)
- 1972 Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
- 1973 Mario Bates, NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints)
- 1973 Willie Whitehead, CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
- 1976 Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
- 1977 Jeff Foster, American basketball player
- 1978 Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
- 1979 Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
- 1980 Albert Pujols, Dominican MLB 1st baseman (NL MVP 2005, 2008-9)), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1981 Bobby Zamora, English footballer
- 1982 Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
- 1983 Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
- 1988 Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
Weddings in Sport
- 2016 Actress and singer Jamie-Lynn Sigler (35) weds baseball player Cutter Dykstra (53) in Palm Springs, California
Deaths in Sport
- 1907 Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies at 64
- 1971 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), dies at 81
- 1982 Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)
- 1993 Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
- 1996 Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75
- 1997 Jim Kensil, NFL president (NY Jets), dies of heart failure at 66
- 2002 Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
- 2007 Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
- 2009 Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
- 2013 Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Soviet skier (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 81
- 2018 Jo Jo White, American basketballer (Olympic gold - 1968), dies of complications of dementia at 71