1913 - Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a professional.
1924 - Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal.
1951 - Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1957 - Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of the Milwaukee Braves.
1960 - High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points.
1960 - Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot.
1963 - Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone.
1960 - Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot.
1963 - Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone.
1977 - Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are first to perform a quadruple twist lift at the games in Helsinki, Finland.
1985 - Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season.
1986 - Superbowl XX: Chicago Bears beat the NE Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans
Superbowl MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE.
1990 - Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM
(highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)
1991 - Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter.
1991 - Jan Stenerud becomes first pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame.
1991 - Jan Stenerud becomes first pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame.
1992 - Superbowl XXVI: Wash Red Skins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minnesota
Superbowl MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, QB.
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