1885 - Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min) is born.
1892 - First public basketball game (Springfield, Mass).
1912 - First Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods,
formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep.
1941 - Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become Wrestling champ.
1948 - First black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir).
1948 - First black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir).
1961 - Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each).
1981 - Johnny Mize & Rube Foster elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons.
1986 - NFL adopts instant replay rule.
1987 - Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point.
1987 - Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point.
1991 - John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award.
1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1.
1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1.
1993 - Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44.
1997 - SF Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch.
1997 - SF Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch.
2006 - Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931) dies.
2010 - Merlin Olsen, American football player / Actor (b. 1940) dies.
2010 - Merlin Olsen, American football player / Actor (b. 1940) dies.
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