1903 - Birth of American Athlete Dehart Hubbard, the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event

1950 - The first day of a match between the Bombay Governor’s XI and Frank Worrell’s Commonwealth XI which marked the debut of the oldest man ever to play first-class cricket, the 72-year-old Raja Maharaj Singh who scored four runs and didn’t play again

[caption id="attachment_175742" align="alignnone" width="357"] Raja Maharaj Singh, the oldest first-class cricketer at 72![/caption]

1977 - Thomas Hearns plays in his first pro fight. Nicknamed the “The Hitman”, Hearns went onto become the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions: welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight

[caption id="attachment_175743" align="alignnone" width="356"] Thomas Hearns “The Hitman”, the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions[/caption]

1980 - Sugar Ray Leonard regains World Boxing Championship (WBC) welterweight title in the “No mas” fight. His opponent Roberto Durán quits in the eighth round saying in Spanish “no mas”, meaning “no more”!

1981 - Birth of Spanish soccer midfielder Xabi Alonso who won Euro 2008, Euro 2012, and the 2010 World Cup

1982 - Birth of one of the finest women cricketers Jhulan Goswami who helped India to their first series victory over England in 2006

1984 - Birth of Australian seamer Peter Siddle

2005 - Death of Northern Irish footballer and Manchester United legend George Best aged 59

2012 - German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel finishes fourth in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix

[caption id="attachment_175744" align="alignnone" width="454"] Today is the first death anniversary of Diego Maradona[/caption]

2020 - Death of ultimate footballing legend Diego Maradona, the Argentinean World Cup winner