1874 - Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17) is born.
1917 - Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleve for $15,000.
1968 - Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games.
1972 - Manon Rheaume, Lac Beauport Quebec, first female NHLer (Tampa Bay) is born.
1977 - Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids Mich, featherweight boxer (Oly-br-96) is born.
1980 - USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92.
1987 - LA Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point.
1990 - Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45.
2002 - Canada defeats the United States 5-2 to win the
men's ice hockey Olympic Gold Medal.
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