1892 - Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass.
1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut).
1939 - First NFL Pro Bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field.
1942 - Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II.
1942 - FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II.
1942 - Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II.
1942 - FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II.
1943 - Mike Marshall, MLB pitcher (1974 Cy Young Award) is born.
1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field.
1958 - NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV.
1958 - NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV.
1964 - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in NYC.
1967 - Superbowl I: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10
in LA Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB.
1968 - Bill Masterson, first NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies (b. 1938)
1978 - Superbowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10
in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE & Randy White, Dallas, DT.
1979 - Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints quarterback.
1981 - Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
1981 - Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
1984 - Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match tennis winning streak.
1990 - 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds.
1995 - San Diego Chargers beat Pitt Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship.
1995 - SF 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship.
1995 - SF 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship.
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