Sports History
1918 - Georges Vezina (Montreal Canadiens) recorded the first shutout in NHL history. The event came in the third month of the NHL's first season.
1932 - Sonja Henie won her 6th world women’s figure skating title in Montreal, Canada.
1965 - Frank Gifford announced his retirement from football for a career in broadcasting.
1983 - The Indiana Pacers began a 28 game road losing streak.
1984 - Bill Bradley had his New York Knickerbocker number 24 retired at Madison Square Garden.
1984 - The 4,000,000th NBA point was scored.
1984 - Reed Larson (Detroit Red Wings) became the highest scoring American-born player in NHL history. He passed Tom Williams when he got his 432nd point.
1995 - John Stockton (Utah Jazz) became the first player to register 10,000 assists.
1995 - Deion Sanders was a guest on "Saturday Night Live."
1996 - Frankie Fredericks of Namibia became the first man to run 200 meters under 20 seconds indoors. He set the record at 19.92 seconds.
2001 - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., was killed in a crash during the Daytona 500 race.
