1933 - Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000.
1933 - Joe Lilliard QBs Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946.
1933 - Joe Lilliard QBs Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946.
1937 - Bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500) is born.
1951 - Rick Mears, Indy-car racer (over 25 wins) is born.
1953 - Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1976) is born.
1956 - Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52).
1965 - Katarina Witt, Staaken GDR, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-1984, 88) is born.
1968 - Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" & strike zone reduced
from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters.
1982 - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez.
1988 - 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB).
1990 - NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with SF Giants.
1997 - Steve Hamilton, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63.
1997 - Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million,
contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo.
2014 - Australian Rugby star David Pocock is arrested after protesting
against a coal mine under construction in an Australian national forest.
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