From our friends at ...........On-this-day.com:
Sports History
1936 - The New York Americans beat Toronto in the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a hockey game in Canada.
1962 - Glenn Hall set an NHL record when he played in his 503rd consecutive game as a goalie.
1963 - Elston Howard, of the New York Yankees, became the first black player to be named the American League's Most Valuable Player.
1965 - Bart Starr (Green Bay Packers) was sacked 11 times by the Detroit Lions.
1968 - Red Berenson (St. Louis Blues) scored 6 goals in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Blues won the game 8-0.
1973 - New Jersey became the first U.S. state to permit girls to play on Little League baseball teams.
1983 - Ali Haji-Sheikh (New York Giants) kicked his second 56 yard field goal.
1988 - Sugar Ray Leonard knocked out Donnie LaLonde.
1991 - Magic Johnson (NBA) announced that he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he was retiring from basketball.
1992 - The Phoenix Suns played their first game at American West Arena.
1999 - Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments.
Wow! It's been 18 years since Magic announced he was HIV positive? Be honest...how many of you thought... he'd be dead in a year. I sure did...And I'm sure glad I was wrong.
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