Saturday, March 28, 2015

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 28TH

1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and
American baseball executive (d. 1989) is born.
1891 - 1st world Weightlifting championship held.
1939 - Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship.
1944 - Rick Barry, Elizabeth New Jersey, ABA/NBA forward
(NY Nets, Golden State Warriors) is born.
1953 - Jim Thorpe, versatile American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 64.
1958 - Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53.
1958 - William Christopher Handy, US conductor/composer
(St Louis Blues), dies at 84 in New York.
1958 - Bart Wayne Conner, Morton Grove Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984) is born.
1963 - AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets.
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game.
1982 - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62.
1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game.
1991 - Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son.


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