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Featured on this day
- 2021: DEATH: Tony Trabert, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1955; US Open 1953, 55; French Open 1954, 55), dies at 90
- 2020: DEATH: Willie Wood, American Pro Football Hall of Fame safety (Pro Bowl 1962, 64–70; Super Bowl 1967, 68; Green Bay Packers), dies of dementia at 83
- 2020: DEATH: Robert Alner, British racehorse trainer (Cheltenham Gold Cup, Cool Dawn 1998), dies at 76
- 2019: DEATH: Bob Friend, American baseball pitcher (4-time MLB All Star), dies from cardiac arrest at 88
- 2019: DEATH: Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper (4 Olympic gold 1984, 88), dies of diabetes complications at 55
- 2014: DEATH: Louise Brough, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1948-50, 55), dies at 90
- 2011: DEATH: Ron Piché, Quebec baseball player (Milwaukee Braves), dies at 75
- 2006: DEATH: Lou Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1956), dies at 74
- 2006: WEDDING: "The Science Guy" Bill Nye (50) weds author/oboist Blair Tindall at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
- 2002: BIRTHDAY: Radu Dragu?in, Soccer Player , born in Bucharest, Romania
- 2000: BIRTHDAY: Nicolas Frejavise, eSports Player , born in France
- 2000: BIRTHDAY: Nicolas Frejavise , eSports Player , born in France
- 1998: BIRTHDAY: Han Wang-ho, eSports Player , born in South Korea
- 1998: BIRTHDAY: Han Wang-ho , eSports Player , born in South Korea
- 1997: BIRTHDAY: Charlie Curnow , Football Player , born in Australia
- 1997: BIRTHDAY: Charlie Curnow, Football Player , born in Australia
- 1995: BIRTHDAY: Jake Cooper , Soccer Player , born in Bracknell, England
- 1995: BIRTHDAY: Jake Cooper, Soccer Player , born in Bracknell, England
- 1994: BIRTHDAY: Rougned Odor , Baseball Player , born in Maracaibo, Venezuela
- 1994: BIRTHDAY: Rougned Odor, Baseball Player , born in Maracaibo, Venezuela
- 1992: BIRTHDAY: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu , Soccer Player , born in Chamkaur Sahib, India
- 1992: BIRTHDAY: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Soccer Player , born in Chamkaur Sahib, India
- 1991: BIRTHDAY: Chris Brown , Hockey Player , born in Texas
- 1991: BIRTHDAY: Lima Sopoaga , Rugby Player , born in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1991: BIRTHDAY: Lima Sopoaga, Rugby Player , born in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1990: BIRTHDAY: Adama Traore , Soccer Player , born in Bondoukou, Ivory Coast
- 1990: BIRTHDAY: Adama Traore, Soccer Player , born in Bondoukou, Ivory Coast
- 1990: BIRTHDAY: Ivan Mikov, Soccer Referee, born in Bulgaria
- 1989: BIRTHDAY: George Lebese , Soccer Player , born in South Africa
- 1989: BIRTHDAY: George Lebese, Soccer Player , born in South Africa
- 1989: BIRTHDAY: Slobodan Rajkovic, Serbian footballer
- 1989: BIRTHDAY: Slobodan RAJKOVIC, Soccer Player, born in Serbia
- 1989: EVENT: Baseball's National League announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will its 1st African American President
- 1989: BIRTHDAY: Patrik LOMSKI, Soccer Player, born in Finland
- 1988: BIRTHDAY: Kamil Glik , Soccer Player , born in Poland
- 1988: BIRTHDAY: Gregory van der Wiel, Soccer Player , born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1988: BIRTHDAY: Gregory VAN DER WIEL, Soccer Player, born in Netherlands
- 1988: BIRTHDAY: Gregory van der Wiel , Soccer Player , born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1988: BIRTHDAY: Roberto JHONATAN COLON, Soccer Player, born in Colombia
- 1988: BIRTHDAY: Kamil Glik, Soccer Player , born in Poland
- 1987: BIRTHDAY: Bo STORM, Soccer Player, born in Denmark
- 1987: BIRTHDAY: Eduardo JAÍLTON, Soccer Player, born in Brazil
- 1987: BIRTHDAY: Petri VILJANEN, Soccer Player, born in Finland
- 1987: BIRTHDAY: Milán PÁLFI, Soccer Player, born in Hungary
- 1987: BIRTHDAY: Stuart NICHOLSON, Soccer Player, born in England
- 1987: EVENT: SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
- 1986: BIRTHDAY: Kristján HAUKSSON, Soccer Player, born in Iceland
- 1986: BIRTHDAY: Rustam BALOV, Soccer Player, born in Russia
- 1986: BIRTHDAY: Yusuke TANAKA, Soccer Player, born in Japan
- 1986: BIRTHDAY: David EDWARDS, Soccer Player, born in Wales
- 1986: BIRTHDAY: David Edwards, Welsh soccer midfielder (43 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 284 games), born in Pontesbury, England
- 1986: BIRTHDAY: Jochen VANARWEGEN, Soccer Player, born in Belgium
- 1986: BIRTHDAY: Mark JACKSON, Soccer Player, born in England
- 1985: BIRTHDAY: Antti HAKALA, Soccer Player, born in Finland
- 1985: BIRTHDAY: Oleksandr ALIEV, Soccer Player, born in Ukraine
- 1985: BIRTHDAY: Rob Bagg , Football Player , born in Canada
- 1985: BIRTHDAY: Bojan BOŽOVIC, Soccer Player, born in Montenegro
- 1985: BIRTHDAY: Rob Bagg, Football Player , born in Canada
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Sang-Chul PARK, Soccer Player, born in Korea Republic
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Sebastiano GIRELLI, Soccer Player, born in Italy
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Hassoun CAMARA, Soccer Player, born in France
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: José HERNÂNI, Soccer Player, born in Brazil
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Saad AL HARTHI, Soccer Player, born in Saudi Arabia
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Yuri MAMAEV, Soccer Player, born in Russia
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Taras PETRIVSKYI, Soccer Player, born in Ukraine
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Aleksejs VISNAKOVS, Soccer Player, born in Latvia
- 1984: BIRTHDAY: Collins MBESUMA, Soccer Player, born in Zambia
- 1984: DEATH: Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Ibrahim EGE, Soccer Player, born in Turkey
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Marcus TUDGAY, Soccer Player, born in England
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Tahir AKHAMRANE, Soccer Player, born in Morocco
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Tomás SEDLÁK, Soccer Player, born in Slovakia
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Newton Ben KATANHA, Soccer Player, born in Zimbabwe
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Richard Bartel, National Football League quarterback
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Younis Mahmoud , Soccer Player , born in Kirkuk, Iraq
- 1983: BIRTHDAY: Younis Mahmoud, Soccer Player , born in Kirkuk, Iraq
- 1982: BIRTHDAY: Jalal Hosseini , Soccer Player , born in Iran
- 1982: BIRTHDAY: Mikkel BISCHOFF, Soccer Player, born in Denmark
- 1982: BIRTHDAY: Rosco CYRUS, Soccer Player, born in Netherlands
- 1982: BIRTHDAY: Jalal Hosseini, Soccer Player , born in Iran
- 1982: BIRTHDAY: Roland SCHWEGLER, Soccer Player, born in Switzerland
- 1982: BIRTHDAY: Andy GIBSON, Soccer Player, born in Scotland
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Gareth EDDS, Soccer Player, born in Australia
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Maurice ROSS, Soccer Player, born in Scotland
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Ben Sigmund , Soccer Player , born in New Zealand
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Ben Sigmund, Soccer Player , born in New Zealand
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Manolo GASPAR, Soccer Player, born in Spain
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Aleksandr DJATSENKO, Soccer Player, born in Estonia
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Keith O`HARA, Soccer Player, born in Northern Ireland
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Kenneth KNUDSEN, Soccer Player, born in Denmark
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Vedran JEŠE, Soccer Player, born in Croatia
- 1981: EVENT: Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup
- 1981: BIRTHDAY: Glenn POOLE, Soccer Player, born in England
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Andrew Henderson , Rugby Player , born in Kent, England
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: David SOUSA, Soccer Player, born in Spain
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Davide MOSCARDELLI, Soccer Player, born in Italy
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Andrew Henderson, Rugby Player , born in Kent, England
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Davide Moscardelli , Soccer Player , born in Mons, Belgium
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Gareth STEWART, Footballer, born in England
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Gareth STEWART, Soccer Player, born in England
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Haro DAVID GARCIA, Soccer Player, born in Spain
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: Sion JAMES, Soccer Player, born in Wales
- 1980: BIRTHDAY: George OGARARU, Soccer Player, born in Romania
- 1979: BIRTHDAY: Wouter VRANCKEN, Soccer Player, born in Belgium
- 1979: BIRTHDAY: Lúcio FLÁVIO, Soccer Player, born in Brazil
- 1979: BIRTHDAY: Oleksandr BABAK, Soccer Player, born in Ukraine
- 1979: EVENT: Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
- 1978: BIRTHDAY: Sasha VICTORINE, Soccer Player, born in United States
- 1978: BIRTHDAY: Nikos KOUNENAKIS, Soccer Player, born in Greece
- 1978: BIRTHDAY: Salvatore ACCURSI, Soccer Player, born in Italy
- 1977: BIRTHDAY: Bruno QUADROS, Soccer Player, born in Brazil
- 1977: BIRTHDAY: José Fabián RAMIREZ, Soccer Player, born in Argentina
- 1977: BIRTHDAY: Jani TUOMALA, Soccer Player, born in Finland
- 1977: BIRTHDAY: Jose RAMIREZ, Soccer Player, born in Argentina
- 1976: BIRTHDAY: Kim Dong-joo , Baseball Player , born in South Korea
- 1976: BIRTHDAY: Stoyan KOLEV, Soccer Player, born in Bulgaria
- 1976: BIRTHDAY: Kim Dong-joo, Baseball Player , born in South Korea
- 1976: BIRTHDAY: Nadir LAMYAGHRI, Soccer Player, born in Morocco
- 1975: BIRTHDAY: Brad Thorn , Rugby Player , born in New Zealand
- 1975: BIRTHDAY: Cláudio LITO, Soccer Player, born in Cape Verde
- 1975: BIRTHDAY: Dmytro STOYKO, Soccer Player, born in Ukraine
- 1974: BIRTHDAY: Marjan Kirovski, Soccer Referee, born in Republic of Macedonia
- 1973: BIRTHDAY: Neil SORVEL, Soccer Player, born in England
- 1973: BIRTHDAY: Jim Campbell, American hockey forward (Olympics 1994), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1973: BIRTHDAY: Kevin MAMO, Soccer Player, born in Malta
- 1973: BIRTHDAY: Mark THOMAS, Soccer Player, born in Wales
- 1972: BIRTHDAY: Mart Poom , Soccer Player , born in Tallinn, Estonia
- 1972: BIRTHDAY: Mart Poom, Estonian football player
- 1972: BIRTHDAY: Mart Poom, Soccer Player , born in Tallinn, Estonia
- 1972: BIRTHDAY: Mart POOM, Soccer Player, born in Estonia
- 1972: BIRTHDAY: Georg KOCH, Soccer Player, born in Germany
- 1972: EVENT: XI Winter Olympic Games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
- 1971: BIRTHDAY: Roman Cechmanek, NHL goaltender (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998)
- 1971: BIRTHDAY: Gustavo MENDEZ, Soccer Player, born in Uruguay
- 1970: BIRTHDAY: Oscar Cordoba , Soccer Player , born in Colombia
- 1970: BIRTHDAY: Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer
- 1970: BIRTHDAY: Oscar CORDOBA, Soccer Player, born in Colombia
- 1969: BIRTHDAY: John MCDERMOTT, Soccer Player, born in England
- 1969: BIRTHDAY: Dick LAST, Soccer Player, born in Sweden
- 1969: BIRTHDAY: Terry Bradshaw, American baseball outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
- 1969: BIRTHDAY: Robert Pack, American NBA basketball guard, 1991-2004 (Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, and 7 other teams), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1969: BIRTHDAY: Terry Bradshaw, American baseball outfielder, 1995-96 (St Louis Cardinals), and hitting coach (Kansas City Royals 2018-present), born in Franklin, Virginia
- 1968: BIRTHDAY: Vlade Divac, Basketball Player , born in Yugoslavia
- 1968: BIRTHDAY: Frantisek Kucera, NHL defenseman (Vanc Canucks, Olympic gold 1998), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- 1968: BIRTHDAY: Vlade Divac , Basketball Player , born in Yugoslavia
- 1967: BIRTHDAY: Bob Taylor, English footballer
- 1967: BIRTHDAY: Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player (Standard Luik, Feyenoord)
- 1967: BIRTHDAY: Jason Morris, Scotia NY, half-middleweight judoka (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
- 1966: BIRTHDAY: Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (48 Tests, 160 wickets; 96 ODIs, 126 wickets) and broadcaster (TVNZ, Sky Sports, Radio Sport), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1965: BIRTHDAY: Dorcas Wonsavage, cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1964: EVENT: French sisters Marielle Goitschel (gold) and Christine Goitschel (silver) repeat (in reverse order) their top-2 finish in the slalom 2 days earlier, in the giant slalom at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics
- 1962: BIRTHDAY: Joe Handle, American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
- 1960: BIRTHDAY: Joachim Low , Soccer Player , born in Germany
- 1960: BIRTHDAY: Joachim Low, Soccer Player , born in Germany
- 1959: BIRTHDAY: Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1984)
- 1956: EVENT: Toni Sailer of Austria wins the downhill at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics; becomes first athlete to sweep all 3 alpine skiing events in a single Olympics
- 1956: BIRTHDAY: John Jefferson, American football player
- 1954: BIRTHDAY: Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952: BIRTHDAY: Fred Lynn, American baseball outfielder (Boston, California, Baltimore), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1951: BIRTHDAY: Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
- 1951: BIRTHDAY: Felipe Munoz, Mexican 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1968)
- 1947: BIRTHDAY: Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
- 1945: BIRTHDAY: Bob Griese, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
- 1945: EVENT: Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released
- 1943: EVENT: "The Four Chaplains" drown after giving up their life jackets to others as the US Army transport ship Dorchester sinks in the North Atlantic [1]
- 1942: EVENT: Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
- 1941: BIRTHDAY: Chuck Tharp, rock vocalist (Fireballs)
- 1936: BIRTHDAY: Bob Simpson, Australian cricket batsman, captain and coach (62 Tests @ 46.81, 10 x 100s; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1965; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1936: BIRTHDAY: Bob Simpson, Australian cricket batsman, captain and coach (62 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1965), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1931: BIRTHDAY: Charanjit Singh, Indian field hockey captain (Olympic gold 1964, silver 1960), born in Una, Himachal Pradesh, India (d. 2022)
- 1929: BIRTHDAY: Ken Shipp, American football coach
- 1929: BIRTHDAY: Pedro Nájera, Mexican soccer midfielder (FIFA World Cup 1954, 62; Club América), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2020)
- 1927: BIRTHDAY: Ilias Rosidis, Greek soccer defender (29 caps; Olympiacos FC), born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece (d. 2019)
- 1924: EVENT: Canada beats United States, 6-1 to retain the Olympic ice hockey gold medal (won at 1920 Summer Games) at the Chamonix Games; Canadian LW Harry Watson top scores with 46 points
- 1924: EVENT: Switzerland claims the inaugural Olympic bobsleigh gold medal at the Chamonix Games, ahead of Great Britain and Belgium
- 1918: BIRTHDAY: Helen Stephens, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m & 4x100m relay 1936), born in Fulton, Missouri (d. 1994)
- 1908: BIRTHDAY: Oddbjorn Hagen, Norwegian cross country jumper (Olympic gold 1936)
- 1903: EVENT: Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
- 1900: EVENT: Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Baltimore
- 1899: BIRTHDAY: Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
- 1890: DEATH: C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist (Buys Ballot's law), dies at 72
- 1890: BIRTHDAY: Larry MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees), born in Cass City, Michigan (d. 1975)
- 1876: EVENT: Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
- 1876: EVENT: Albert Spalding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball and football
- 1872: BIRTHDAY: Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
- 1865: BIRTHDAY: Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Will Power)
- 1831: BIRTHDAY: Cyrus Ballou Comstock, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wrentham, Massachusetts (d. 1910)