THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 22ND

1860 - Organized baseball played in San Francisco for first time.

1888 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY).

1918 - Charles O Finley, baseball team owner of the Oakland A's is born (d. 1996).

1956 - First British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United.
1957 - Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win.
1957 - Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958.
1959 - First Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH).
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts.

1980 - USA beats USSR in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal.

1984 - Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 points each for NHL Quebec.

1996 - Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice.
1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open.