1653 - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from Saint Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
1901 - George Lohmann, renowned cricket player of South Africa, dies
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George Lohmann[/caption]
1930 - National Hockey League (NHL) in U.S.A. drops 20-minute “slashing-about-the-head penalty”
1940 - Birth of Mike Denness, England cricket Captain during mid-1970s
1941 - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for four years, due to the outbreak of World War II
1946 - Australia compiles a mammoth 645 runs versus India at the Gabba, Brisbane as Donald Bradman struck 187
1947 - India cricket team get all out for 58, versus Australia at the Gabba, as Ernie Toshack takes 5/2
1948 - Birth of Sarfraz Nawaz, successful Pakistani pace-bowler 1969-84
1956 - Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympic marathon, in 2:25:00.0 seconds
1963 - Birth of Arjuna Ranatunga, the one and only International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup-winning Captain of Sri Lanka
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Happy birthday Arju! Here, he is a proud father, with son Dhyan[/caption]
1963 - In New York Jets’ first basketball shutout, they beat Kansas City Chiefs 17-0
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sets National Basketball Association (NBA) record of 22 free throw misses!
1968 - Birth of Anders Holmertz, the Swedish free-style swimmer who set the world record for 400 m
1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes first golfer to earn $ 2 million in a year
1974 - Jacqueline Hansen runs female world-record marathon, in 2:43:54.5 seconds
1978 - Test cricket debut of former Australian fast-bowler Rodney Hogg, versus England at the Gabba
1988 - NBC television network bids record $ 401 million to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics
1989 - U.S.A.’s Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Mark Langston signs a record $ 3.2 million-per-year California Angels’ contract
1991 - 80th Davis Cup: France beats U.S.A. in Lyon 3-1 to record their first Davis Cup since 1932
1996 - Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins “Million Dollar Challenge”, the richest first-prize in golf - $ 1 million
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Colin Montgomerie of Scotland who won “Million Dollar Challenge” in 1996[/caption]
1996 - South Africa cricket fast-bowler Lance Klusener takes 8/64 in debut Test to trounce India
2006 - 15th Asian Games start in Doha, Qatar
2007 - Death of Australian tennis player Ken McGregor, born in 1929