1864 26th Grand National: George Stevens wins his 3rd GN aboard 10/1 Emblematic; winning mare’s full sister Emblem the race winner the previous year
1870 32nd Grand National: George Stevens wins consecutive GN’s aboard 7/2 favourite The Colonel; his 5th and final GN victory
1895 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Victorias clinches trophy as Montreal HC beats Queens University (Kingston, Ontario), 5-1
1897 MLB Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
1897 Cleveland Indians fans start calling the team ”Indians” (in 1915 becomes official)
1904 Brandon’s Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
1908 Italian football club Inter Milan founded as Foot-Ball Club Internazionale
1923 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2
1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
1957 4th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats South Carolina, 95-75
1958 Detroit Pistons forward George Yardley III scores 26 points in 111-90 defeat to Syracuse Nationals; 1st NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season
1968 15th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats NC State, 87-50
1972 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
1974 21st ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 103-100 (OT)
1978 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk & Karponosov
1984 Philadelphia 76’ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
1984 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 Ladies’ Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (East Germany)
1985 26th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Auburn beats Alabama, 53-49
1986 33rd ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Georgia Tech, 68-67
1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1996 Javed Miandad’s last international in Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup Quater Final loss to India
1997 44th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #5 North Carolina beats NC State, 64-54
1997 38th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Georgia, 95-68
2013 Bernard Hopkins defeats Tavoris Cloud to win IBF light heavyweight title
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