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What happened in history on this day: February 5?
On February 5 in ...
- 1893 - Alfred Naess skates world record 500 metre (49.4 seconds).
- 1919 - National League president John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers.
- 1921 - New York Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium.
- 1938 - Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500 metre (41.8 seconds).
- 1942 - Boston Braves get Tommy Holmes from New York Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore.
- 1945 - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards in 20.8 seconds).
- 1948 - Dick Button becomes first US figure skating Olympics champion.
- 1948 - Gretchen Fraser becomes first US woman Olympics slalom champion.
- 1949 - Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1956 - VII Olympic Winter Games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- 1956 - Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open.
- 1956 - New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a Brooklyn Sports Center Authority, which will propose building a $30 million downtown sports center.
- 1958 - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, West Indies versus Pakistan, Port-of-Spain.
- 1959 - Australia regains the Ashes with a 10-wicket victory at Adelaide.
- 1969 - Vince Lombardi becomes part owner, vice president, general manager and head coach of Washington Redskins.
- 1970 - First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours, 1 six.
- 1970 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa versus Australia, Durban.
- 1972 - Bob Douglas is elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
- 1974 - Mats Wermelin, of Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win.
- 1976 - Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies.
- 1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath.
- 1977 - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in six rounds in his first pro fight.
- 1977 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.
- 1977 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner.
- 1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free-throws blindfolded.
- 1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit.
- 1984 - New Zealand beats England (82 and 93) by an innings in three days.
- 1984 - Patty Sheehan win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points.
- 1990 - Notre Dame becomes first team to sell its game to a major network (NBC).
- 1991 - All American Bowl ends after 14 years.
- 1991 - Big East Football conference forms.
- 1991 - Los Angeles Kings' Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHL player to score 1000 points.
- 1992 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
- 1992 - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win versus India.
- 1995 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13.
- 1995 - Sandra Völker swims female European record 50 metre backstroke (27.77).
- 1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record.
- 1998 - Figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped December 22nd).
- 2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.
- 2009 - Undefeated world super-middleweight and light-heavyweight boxing champion Joe Calzaghe of the United Kingdom announces his retirement, with a record of 46 wins from 46 fights.
Births of sports figures on February 5
- 1889 - Birth of Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren; cricket player (prolific England bat of 1920s).
- 1889 - Birth of Ernest Tyldesley; cricket player (first Lancastrian to score 100 100's).
- 1891 - Birth of Elizabeth Ryan in Anaheim, California, USA; doubles tennis champion (six-time Wimbledon).
- 1903 - Birth of Joan Whitney Payson; owner of New York Mets and horse stables.
- 1934 - Birth of Don Cherry in Ontario, Canada; sports commentator (Hockey Night in Canada).
- 1934 - Birth of Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron Junior in Mobile, Alabama, USA; baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1937 - Birth of Gaston Roelants in Belgium; world cross-country champion.
- 1939 - Birth of Brian Luckhurst; cricket player (England opener of 1960s and early 1970s).
- 1942 - Birth of Roger Staubach; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1943 - Birth of Craig Morton in Flint, Michigan, USA; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos).
- 1957 - Birth of Craig Wilson in Beeville, Texas, USA; water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-1984, 1988).
- 1959 - Birth of Glenn Dubis in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 1988, 1996).
- 1960 - Birth of Jane Geddes in Huntington, New York, USA; LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open).
- 1965 - Birth of Ben Lee in Rangoon, Burma; US badminton player (Olympics-1992).
- 1965 - Birth of James David McGovern in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA; PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open).
- 1968 - Birth of Roberto Alomar in Salinas, Puerto Rico; infielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1968 - Birth of Will Furrer; NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Saint Louis Rams).
- 1970 - Birth of Darren Lehmann; cricket player (South Africa and Victoria LHB Australian ODI 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Forey Duckett; NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (New Orleans Saints, Scottish Claymores).
- 1971 - Birth of Dennis Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; 125.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Dianne Norman in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; basketball forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Peter "Chip" Cipollone in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Bailey; ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1972 - Birth of Tony Johnson; tight end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1973 - Birth of Israel Raybon; defensive end (Carolina Panthers).
- 1973 - Birth of Laura Espinoza-Watson in Torrance, California, USA; infielder (Silver Bullets).
- 1973 - Birth of Richard Matvichuk in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars).
- 1974 - Birth of Adrienne Johnson; WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers).
- 1975 - Birth of Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1975 - Birth of Jan l'Ami; Dutch soccer player (Willem II).
- 1976 - Birth of Nancy Feber in Antwerp, Belgium; tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico).
Deaths of sports figures on February 5
- 1897 - Hoss Radbourn, pitcher who won 60 games in 1884, dies at age 42.
- 1952 - Reginald Allen, cricket player (uncle of Gubby, Test Australia vs England 1887), dies.
- 1960 - Louis Stricker, cricket player (South Africa open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies.
- 1979 - Eddie Paynter, cricket player (20 Tests for England, average 59.23), dies.
- 1993 - Jack Young, cricket player (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies.
- 1994 - Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at age 63.
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