| January 8 |
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| 1897 |
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Michael Eagan won first US national
amateur handball championship. |
| 1902 |
First National Bowling Championship
held (Chicago, IL). |
| 1931 |
Philadelphia Quakers
set NHL record of 15 straight losses. |
| 1947 |
Toronto Maple Leaf's Howie Meeker
set NHL rookie record 5 goals in a game. |
| 1955 |
Furman set NCAA basketball
single-game scoring record with 154 points. |
| 1955 |
Louise Suggs won the
LPGA Los Angeles Open at Inglewood Country Club
in Inglewood, CA. |
| 1958 |
Bobby Fischer won the
United States Chess Championship for the first time
at age 14. |
| 1972 |
NCAA announced freshman
can play on teams starting in fall. |
| 1972 |
Shane Gould of Australia
set women's 100m freestyle swimming record in Sydney,
Australia (58.5). |
| 1980 |
NCAA decided to sponsor
women's championships in 5 sports. |
| 1984 |
NCAA announced that basketball
tournament will have 64 teams. |
| 1993 |
Chicago Bulls' Michael
Jordan scored his 20,000th NBA point. |
| 1994 |
Rintje Ritsma set 1500m
skating world record (1:51.60). |
| 1996 |
For the first time in
25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| |
| January
9 |
| 1793 |
|
Jean Pierre Blanchard
made first balloon flight in North America. |
| 1811 |
The first known women's
golf tournament was held at the Musselburgh Golf
Club in Scotland among the local fishwives. |
| 1903 |
Frank Farrell & Bill
Devery purchased MLB Baltimore Orioles franchise
for $18,000 & move it to NYC (Highlanders/Yankees). |
| 1915 |
San Francisco's Exposition
(now Civic) Auditorium was dedicated. |
| 1930 |
Boston Bruins won NHL
record 14th straight game. |
| 1954 |
Montreal Canadiens' Bert
Olmstead tied NHL record of 8 points in game. |
| 1960 |
Ilsa Konrads of Australia
set women's 400m freestyle swimming record in Sydney,
Australia (4:45.4). |
| 1962 |
NFL prohibited grabbing
of face masks. |
| 1968 |
East beat West 126-120
in the first ABA All-Star Game. |
| 1972 |
Marlene Hagge won the
LPGA Burdine’s Invitational at Doral Country
Club (Red Course) in Miami, FL. |
| 1977 |
The Oakland Raiders won
Super Bowl XI, defeating the Minnesota Vikings 32-14. |
| 1985 |
Calgary Flames set NHL
record 264th regular season game without being shut-out. |
| 1991 |
Dean Smith of North Carolina
was 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games. |
| 1993 |
Franziska van Almsick
set 100m freestyle swimming world record (53.33). |
| 2000 |
NFL's Seattle Seahawks
played in the Kingdome for the last time, losing
to the Miami Dolphins 20-17. |
| |
| January
10 |
| 1914 |
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Oscar Mathisen set 500m
skating world record in Oslo (43.7). |
| 1920 |
Montreal Canadiens (14)
& Toronto St. Patricks (7) scored NHL record
21 goals. |
| 1945 |
Baseball writers failed
to elect a new Hall of Famer. |
| 1980 |
Boston Bruin's rookie
goalie Jim Stewart allowed 3 goals in his first
4 mins & a total of 5 in first period; he never
again played in NHL. |
| 1981 |
John Severin set 100-mile
unicycle speed record (9 h 21 m). |
| 1982 |
Petra Schneider set 1500m
freestyle swimming world record (15:43.31). |
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| January 11 |
| 1893 |
|
Jaap Eden set 1500m skating
record (2:35). |
| 1935 |
Amelia Earhart became
the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. |
| 1953 |
J. Edgar Hoover declined
6 figure offer to become International Boxing Club
president. |
| 1960 |
Lamar Clark set pro boxing
record of 44 consecutive knockouts. |
| 1970 |
The Kansas City Chiefs
won Super Bowl IV, defeating the Minnesota Vikings
23-7. |
| 1973 |
Baseball's American League
adopted the "designated hitter" rule which
allowed another player to bat for the pitcher. |
| 1975 |
WHA's New England Whalers
played in the Hartford Civic Center I for the first
time, beating the San Diego Mariners 4-3. |
| 1984 |
Denver Nuggets beat San
Antonio Spurs and set record for highest-scoring
NBA game (163-155). |
| 1990 |
Bobby Knight became basketball's
Big 10 winningest coach (229). |
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| January 12 |
| 1893 |
|
MLB National League owners
formed the National Cycling Association. |
| 1904 |
Henry Ford in a Ford
Arrow set world mile auto speed record at 91.37
MPH (147.05 km/h). |
| 1920 |
MLB agreed that the annual
drafting of players from the minor leagues will
be done in inverse order to the teams' final standings. |
| 1930 |
Boston Bruins won NHL
record 14th consecutive game. |
| 1946 |
NFL champs Cleveland
Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles. |
| 1957 |
Murray Rose of Australia
set 400m freestyle swimming record in Sydney, Australia
(4:25.9). |
| 1958 |
Mickey Wright won the
LPGA Sea Island Open at Cloister Golf Club in Sea
Island, GA. |
| 1958 |
NCAA added 2 point conversion
to football scoring. |
| 1958 |
Syracuse Nationals' Dolph
Schayes set NBA record at 11,770 points. |
| 1959 |
John Konrads of Australia
set 400m freestyle swimming record in Melbourne,
Australia (4:21.8). |
| 1960 |
Syracuse Nationals' Dolph
Schayes was first player to score 15,000 NBA points. |
| 1963 |
Kevin Berry of Australia
set 200m butterfly swimming record in Sydney, Australia
(2:08.4). |
| 1966 |
Red Auerbach won his
1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics. |
| 1969 |
The New York Jets won
Super Bowl III, defeating the Baltimore Colts, 16-7. |
| 1975 |
The Pittsburgh Steelers
won Super Bowl IX, defeating the Minnesota Vikings,
16-6. |
| 1986 |
Chicago Blackhawks' Denis
Savard scored at 4 seconds into the 3rd period. |
| 1991 |
Melvin Stewart of the
US set 200m butterfly swimming record in Australia
(1:55.69). |
| 1997 |
Annika Sorenstam won
the LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
at Weston Hills Country Club in Ft. Lauderdale,
FL. |
| |
| January 13 |
| 1919 |
|
Dutch soccer team OSV
formed. |
| 1957 |
Mickey Wright won the
LPGA Sea Island Open at Sea Island Country Club
in Sea Island, GA. |
| 1957 |
Wham-O Company produced
the first Frisbee. |
| 1959 |
Marlene Hagge won the
LPGA Mayfair Open at Mayfair Inn Country Club in
Sanford, FL. |
| 1962 |
Philadelphia
Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored NBA-record 73
points vs Chicago. |
| 1974 |
The Miami Dolphins won
Super Bowl VIII, defeating the Minnesota Vikings
24-7. |
| 1983 |
Quebec Nordiques played
251st NHL game without being shut out. |
| 1991 |
Jörg Hoffmann of
Germany set 1500m freestyle swimming record in Perth,
Australia (14:50.36). |
| 1991 |
Melvin Stewart of the
USA set 200m butterfly swimming record in Perth,
Australia (1:55.69). |
| 1991 |
Mike Barrowman of the
USA set 200m breaststroke swimming record in Perth,
Australia (2:11.23). |
| 1991 |
Norbert Rózsa
of Hungary set 100m breaststroke swimming record
in Perth, Australia (1:01.45). |
| 1991 |
Tamás Darnyi of
Hungary set 200m individual medley swimming record
in Perth, Australia (1:59.36). |
| 1995 |
America3 became first
all-female crew to win an America's Cup race. |
| |
| January 14 |
| 1927 |
|
Hap Day scored Toronto
Maple Leafs first hat trick vs New York Rangers. |
| 1943 |
Montreal Canadiens' Alex
Smart was first to score a hat trick in his first
game. |
| 1968 |
The Green Bay Packers
won Super Bowl II, defeating the Oakland Raiders
33-14. |
| 1973 |
The Miami Dolphins won
Super Bowl VII, defeating the Washington Redskins
14-7. |
| 1974 |
World Football League
founded. |
| 1975 |
Anita Wold of Norway
set women's ski jump distance record (98 m). |
| 1985 |
Martina Navratilova was
3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments. |
| 1996 |
Liselotte Neumann won
the LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
at Grand Cyprus Resort in Orlando, FL. |
