Monday, January 6, 2014

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 6TH

1681 - First recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher).
1896 - First US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden.
1951 - Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes.
1957 - Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance California, pro golfer (1981 Dinah Shore) is born.
1961 - Howie Long, former NFL tackle and NFL Hall of Famer/actor/broadcaster is born.
1976 - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million.
1980 - Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat.
1984 - A.J. Hawk, of the Green Bay Packers is born.
1995 - Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939).
1998 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
2007 - Mario Danelo, USC placekicker (b. 1985) found dead at the bottom 
of the 120-foot-tall (37 m) White Point Cliff near Point Fermin Lighthouse, 
several blocks from his house in San Pedro, CA.  Danelo's autopsy toxicological 
report found he had a 0.23 blood-alcohol level at the time of his death, 
almost three times the California legal limit and Danelo is believed to have 
accidentally fallen off or jumped off the cliff.

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