THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 21ST

1908 - Tigers' outfielder Ty Cobb signs for $4,000 with an $800 bonus if he hits over .300.

1909 - Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's first 6 day bicycle race (Berlin).
1934 - Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game 

Walks 1,  hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play.

1941 - Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 rounds for Heavyweightboxing title.
1946 - Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933.

1953 - NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse).

1961 - Art Modell purchases the Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000).

1964 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83 

and completes an undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0).

1966 - In a spring exhibition game in Houston's Astrodome, the Dodgers and Astros become the first major league teams to play on artificial grass, later to become known as AstroTurf.

1970 - Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.

1973 - Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals.

1975 - Georgia Tech blanks Earlham, 41-0, setting the NCAA mark for the largest margin of victory.
1978 - Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training).
1980 - President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics.
1982 - Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard.

1984 - NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebrating rule.
1985 - Arthur Ashe is named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

1985 - Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings superstar, is born.
1986 - Pittsburgh Associates buy the Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million.

1994 - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.