Events in Sport
- 1916 Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club, Martinique Hotel, New York City
Donald Bradman
- 1934 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the NY Giants
- 1934 NY Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract
- 1952 1952 NFL Draft: Bill Wade from University of Vanderbilt first pick by Los Angeles Rams
- 1953 41st Women's Australian Championships: Maureen Connolly beats Julia Sampson (6-3, 6-2)
Tennis Open
1953 41st Men's Australian Championships: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (6-0, 6-3, 6-4)
Ken Rosewall
Event of Interest
1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA
Wilt Chamberlain
Event of Interest
1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
Willie Mays
- 1971 Super Bowl V: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB
- 1977 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14
- 1979 NY Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against NY Rangers
- 1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1988 "The Fumble", trailing 38-31 with 1:12 left in the AFC Championship Game, the Browns' Earnest Byner fumbled at the Denver 3-yard line, sending the Broncos to their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance
Event of Interest
1988 AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 38-33
John Elway
- 1988 NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Minnesota Vikings 17-10
- 1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
- 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
- 1993 AFC Championship Game: Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins 29-10
- 1993 NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 30-20
- 1995 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
- 1995 LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
Event of Interest
1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman
Dennis Rodman
- 1999 "The Miss", NFC Championship Game; Minnesota Viking Gary Anderson misses field goal fourth quarter allowing Atlanta Falcons to tie and eventually win in overtime, despite becoming 1st kicker to finish the regular season without missing
- 1999 AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat New York Jets 23-10
- 1999 NFC Championship Game: Atlanta Falcons beat Minnesota Vikings 30-27 (OT)
Birthdays in Sport
- 1733 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire (d. 1795)
Arnold Rothstein
1882 Arnold Rothstein, American gambler and mobster (fixed 1919 World Series), born in NYC, New York (d, 1928)
Arnold Rothstein
- 1903 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), born in Gasport, New York (d. 1974)
- 1905 Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966)
- 1905 Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1908 Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager (d. 1985)
- 1913 Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India v Eng)
- 1925 A H Kardar, cricketer (Pak 1st Test capt, prev played for India)
- 1926 Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman)
- 1928 Ken Archer, cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s)
- 1929 Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Canadian NHL goaltender (#1), born in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec (d. 1986)
Jacques Plante
1929 Jacques Plante, Canadian Ice Hockey goalie who was the first to wear a goaltender mask, born in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec (d. 1986)
Jacques Plante
- 1930 Eddie LeBaron, American football player, born in San Rafael, California
- 1931 Don Zimmer, American baseball coach, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, (d. 2014)
- 1935 Jimmy Powell, PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1939 Antao D'Souza, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62)
- 1939 Toini Gustafson, Swedish 5K/10K cross country skier (Olympic gold 1968)
- 1940 Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenyan athlete (Olympic gold 1,500m 1968, 3k steeplechase 1972), born in Kipsamo, Kenya
Muhammad Ali
1942 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1964-7 74-8), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2016)
Muhammad Ali
- 1947 Gail Toushin, LPGA golfer
- 1951 Rolando Thoeni, Italian slalom (Olympic bronze 1972)
- 1952 Darrell Porter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1954 Janet Dykman, Monterey Park California, archer (Olympics 1996)
- 1957 Donna Stone, NJ, fencer-epee (Olympics 1996)
- 1957 Michel Vaarten, Belgian cyclist
- 1960 Chili Davis, American-Jamaican baseball outfielder (California Angels), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1961 Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi USSR, women's world chess champ
- 1964 Jeff Tabaka, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres)
- 1965 Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
- 1965 Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 Anna Ivan, La Joltennis star, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1966 Don Myrah, cyclist (Olympics 20th-96), born in Oakland, California
- 1966 Trish Johnson, LPGA golfer (1993 Las Vegas), born in Bristol, England
- 1967 Gregory Caccia, Bayshore NY, team handball right back (Olympics 1996)
- 1967 William Michael Heinen Jr, Rayne LA, PGA golfer (1994 Shell Houston)
- 1968 Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete
- 1970 Candace Murray, softball shortstop (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1970 Darnell Walker, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers)
- 1970 Jeremy Roenick, NHL center (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1970 James Wattana, Thai snooker player
- 1971 Derek Plante, Cloquet, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres)
- 1971 Peter Winter, Australian decathlete (Olympics 1996)
- 1971 Tyler Houston, American baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves)
- 1971 Richard Burns, English rally driver, born in Reading, England (d. 2005)
- 1971 Ann Wolfe, female boxer
- 1972 Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
- 1972 Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1973 Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer
- 1973 Liz Ellis, Australian netball captain
- 1974 Derrick Mason, wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers)
- 1974 Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican-American baseball infielder (Texas Rangers)
- 1974 Marcus Spriggs, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
- 1974 Sharon Marie Ferris, New Zealand sailor (Olympics 1996)
- 1974 Yang Chen, Chinese footballer
- 1977 Ali el Kattabi, soccer player (Sparta)
- 1981 Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer
- 1982 Dwyane Wade, American basketball player (Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1983 Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer
- 1983 Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver
- 1983 Johannes Herber, German basketball player
Divorces in Sport
Divorce of Interest
1990 NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (46) divorces Linda Kay Cooper after 26 years of marriage
Jimmy Johnson
Deaths in Sport
- 1933 John Hodges, Australian cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
- 1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74
- 1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
- 1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash [or 1/18]
- 1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
- 1992 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (b. 1915)
- 1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
- 1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
- 1994 Helen Stephens, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m & 4x100m relay 1936), dies at 75
- 2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
Bobby Fischer
2008 Bobby Fischer, American chess player (world champion (1972-75), dies of renal failure at 64
Bobby Fischer