Anonymous519
Gold Member
- 1871 - National Association of Professional BaseBall players is organized
- 1876 - First recorded high jump over 6 feet (Marshall Jones Brooks).
- 1897 - British boxer Robert James Fitzsimmons knocks out American James Corbett in 14 rounds for the world heavyweight championship
- 1914 - Birth of Sammy Baugh in Temple, Texas
- 1963 - Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game
- 1965 - Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at age 102
- 1978 - Cincinnati Reds don green uniforms for Saint Patrick's Day
- 1988 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game: Loyola-Marymount 119, Wyoming 115
- 1996 - Mike Tyson beats Frank Bruno in third round to gain Heavyweight title (BRUTAL!)
- 2009 - Martin Brodeur, goalie for the NHL's New Jersey Devils, wins his 552nd game, breaking the former NHL record