1916 - NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
1929 - Graham Hill, London, auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champ) is born.
1931 - Spring training site of NY Yankees in St Petersburg is renamed
Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
1932 - US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win
gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
1964 - Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22.
1972 - Jaromir Jagr, Kladno Cze, NHL right wing (Penguins, Czech Oly-G-1998) is born.
1973 - Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak
1974 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (d. 2002) is born.
1978 - Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
1980 - Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
1980 - Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
1991 - Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in
2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117
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