Events in Sport on March 5

1949 Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30

1955 2nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Duke, 87-77
1960 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
1960 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
1960 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
1960 7th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 63-59
1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there
1965 Ernie Terrell beats Eddie Machen by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Chicago, Illinois to win vacant WBA heavyweight boxing title
1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association
1966 13th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats NC State, 71-66
1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives
1977 24th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 75-69

1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GRB)

1981 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)

1985 NY Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons

1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery

1996 Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame

2009 Moises Alou announces he will retire following the World Baseball Classic

2011 David Silva scores 38' winner as Manchester City scores 1-0 win over Wigan at City of Manchester Stadium to start EPL record 20 home game winning streak; streak ends 31/3/12

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