1926 - NHL's Chicago Blackhawks play their first game, beat Toronto St Pats 4-1.
1940 - Green Bay Packers become first NFL team to travel by plane.
1953 - St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc.
1956 - Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate).
1953 - St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc.
1956 - Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate).
1965 - William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball.
1978 - James J "Gene" Tunney, Heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80
1981 - NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws.
1982 - Duk Koo Kim, S Korean boxer, legally declared dead after a
November 13th fight with Ray Mancini at Caesars Palace.
1983 - Ryan Braun, Los Angeles, California, Milwaukee Brewers star is born.
1987 - George Bell is first Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP.
1989 - Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract.
1991 - Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams.
1992 - Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is first pick of Marlins in expansion draft.
1997 - Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame.
1991 - Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams.
1992 - Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is first pick of Marlins in expansion draft.
1997 - Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame.
2006 - Bo Schembechler, famed Michigan Wolverines football coach (b. 1929) dies.
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