1875 37th Grand National: Tommy Pickernell wins his 3rd GN aboard 100/6 chance Pathfinder
1876 English FA Cup Final Replay, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Old Estonians, 3-0 after initial 1-1 draw; Wanderers 3rd title
1892 Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
1900 Ajax soccer club forms in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (33 Eredivisie titles, 18 KNVB Cups, 4 Champions League); named after legendary Greek hero
1910 72nd Grand National: Bob Chadwick wins aboard 100/8 chance Jenkinstown; earliest Grand National to which there are moving images
1918 Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
1921 80th Grand National: Fred Rees wins aboard 100/9 bet Shaun Spadah; winner is only horse to complete the course without falling
1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
1932 91st Grand National: Tim Hamey wins aboard 50/1 outsider Forbra
1933 US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1933 US Men’s Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1939 England beats Scotland, 9-6 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to force a share of the Home Nations Rugby Championship with Wales and Ireland
1951 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Pat O’Sullivan wins her only major title by 2 strokes from fellow amateur Beverly Hanson
1953 15th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas, 69-68; Jayhawks’ center B. H. Born is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
1953 MLB National League approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1958 Dodgers announces their mascot and clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
1978 Wales beats France, 16-7 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch its 20th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, a record 8th Grand Slam and record 3rd consecutive Triple Crown
1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
1986 Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Queensland
1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
1990 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Jodie Mudd wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Mark Calcavecchia; winner’s cheque $270,000
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1995 In a final round title decider, England beats Scotland, 24-12 at Twickenham to claim the Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup
1996 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT’s Swimathon ’96
2000 England clinch inaugural Six Nations Rugby Championship with 59-12 thrashing of Italy at Stadio Flaminio, Rome; England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson kicks 7 goals and winger Austin Healey scores 3 tries
2006 France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference over Ireland, with a 21-16 win over Wales at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff; Ireland receives consolation prize of the Triple Crown Trophy
2007 Former England Test cricket batsman, and Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is found dead one day after his team’s defeat to Ireland puts them out of the World Cup in the West Indies; cause of death remains suspicious
2012 Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens’ Olympic Stadium
2019 40-year old Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki overtakes Wilt Chamberlain to go 6th with 31,424 points on the NBA scorers’ list; Mavs suffer 129-125 OT loss to New Orleans Pelicans
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