1897 - Earl H Blaik, Det, College Football hall of fame coach (elected 1965) is born.
1916 - NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500.
1929 - Graham Hill, auto racer (1962, 68 international
racing champ), born in London, England.
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).
1936 - Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic Figure Skating gold.
1936 - Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic Figure Skating gold.
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.
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 - Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals.
1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw.
1991 - Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in
2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117.
1996 - At a news conference, American boxer
1996 - At a news conference, American boxer
Tommy Morrison said he had contracted HIV.
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