1895 - America's first auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH.
1925 - NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses & dies 4 months later of TB.
1939 - James Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78.
1954 - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt.
1957 - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award.
1957 - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award.
1958 - Dave Righetti, baseball pitcher (Yankees, Giants) is born.
1972 - LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels.
1981 - Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance
Alonzo Stagg & become College Football's winningest coach.
1989 - Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract.
1989 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary.
1989 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary.
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