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What happened in history on this day: March 6?
On March 6 in ...
- 1895 - J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England versus Australia.
- 1895 - England beats Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2.
- 1906 - Chicago Cubs sign third baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance.
- 1919 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, three games to one with one tie.
- 1922 - Babe Ruth signs three years at $52,000 a year New York Yankees contract.
- 1923 - Saint Louis Cardinals announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms.
- 1935 - Frank Bartell (Czechoslovakia), cycles record 80.584 mph in Los Angeles.
- 1955 - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1962 - Saint Louis, Missouri, votes to build a new downtown stadium for the Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1964 - Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:06.4).
- 1965 - Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand versus India in first Test Cricket innings.
- 1971 - Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, versus West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
- 1972 - Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner.
- 1973 - In an exhibition game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins' Larry Hisle becomes the first designated hitter (he hits two homeruns and knocks in 7 RBIs).
- 1974 - Brothers Ian and Greg Chappell score cricket century in each inning ot a Test match, at Wellington.
- 1976 - World Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR).
- 1976 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Irina Rodnina and Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR).
- 1976 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill (USA).
- 1976 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (Great Britain).
- 1982 - NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee Bucks 171-166 (three overtime periods).
- 1983 - US Football League begins its first season.
- 1983 - Anne-Marie Palli wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1985 - Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match he wins by a first round knockout of Hector Mercedes.
- 1988 - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am.
- 1988 - Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories).
- 1988 - Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament.
- 1989 - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (first meeting since 1985).
- 1992 - New York Yankees' pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for one year due to cocaine use.
- 1994 - Colin Jackson runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.30 seconds).
- 1994 - United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by two wickets to win ICC Trophy.
- 1996 - Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 versus Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup versus Kenya.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats San Jose Sharks by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Ottawa Senators by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Winnipeg Jets by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Seattle Kraken by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Minnesota Wild by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: New Jersey Devils beats Saint Louis Blues by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Buffalo Sabres by score 3-0.
Births of sports figures on March 6
- 1898 - Birth of Hal Hooker; cricket player (New South Wales pace bowler of 1920s and 1930s).
- 1898 - Birth of Jimmy Conzelman; NFL quarterback/coach/team owner (Chicago Bears).
- 1900 - Birth of Robert "Lefty" Grove; baseball pitcher (300 game winner).
- 1903 - Birth of Elizabeth Pinkston Becker; US platform diver (Olympics-gold-1928).
- 1917 - Birth of Roy Scott; cricket player (one Test New Zealand versus England 1947, 18, 1-74).
- 1926 - Birth of Ann Curtis; 400-metre/800-metre US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1948).
- 1929 - Birth of David Sheppard; bishop (Liverpool, England)/cricket player (England batsman).
- 1933 - Birth of Kim Elgie; cricket player (South African bat vs New Zealand 1961-62, Scotland RU international).
- 1935 - Birth of Ronnie Delaney in Ireland; 1500 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1940 - Birth of Willie Stargell; outfielder/first baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1971 National League homerun leader).
- 1947 - Birth of Dick Fosbury in Portland, Oregon, USA; high jumper (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1956 - Birth of Peter Roebuck; cricket player (Somerset opening batsman and SMH writer).
- 1958 - Birth of Mike Gatting in England; cricket player.
- 1960 - Birth of [Eris] Sleepy Floyd; NBA guard.
- 1962 - Birth of Alison Nicholas in Gibraltar; LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic).
- 1965 - Birth of Tammy Liley in Long Beach, California, USA; volleyball mid blocker/captain (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Cliff Meidl in Redondo Beach, California, USA; sprint kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Michelle Edwards; WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers).
- 1968 - Birth of Carla McGhee in Peoria, Illinois, USA; American basketball forward (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Jon Baker; WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1968 - Birth of Marty Morgan in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; 180.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Russell Butler Dandenong in Victoria, Australia; diver (Olympics-28th-1988, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Deems May; NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers).
- 1970 - Birth of Robbie Tobeck; NFL guard/center (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1970 - Birth of Scott Stahoviak in Waukegan, Illinois, USA; infielder (Minnesota Twins).
- 1971 - Birth of Darrick Martin; NBA guard (Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves).
- 1971 - Birth of Roger Salkeld in Burbank, California, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1972 - Birth of Jamal Anderson; fullback (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1972 - Birth of Paul Frlan; Canadian Football League linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1972 - Birth of Shaquille O'Neal in Newark, New Jersey, USA; NBA center (Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Brian Olson in Tallahassee, Florida, USA; middleweight (189 pounds) judoka (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Greg Ostertag; NBA center (Utah Jazz).
- 1973 - Birth of Michael Finley; NBA guard/forward (Phoenix Suns/Dallas Mavericks).
- 1973 - Birth of Terry Adams in Mobile, Alabama, USA; pitcher (Chicago Cubs).
- 1982 - Birth of Stephen Jordan; English football player Manchester City.
Deaths of sports figures on March 6
- 1930 - William Milton, cricket player (South African Test captain in three Tests 1889-92), dies.
- 1976 - "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, light-heavyweight boxing champion (1932-34), dies at age 71.
- 1981 - George Geary, English cricket player (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies (born 1893).
- 1984 - Ian Cromb, cricket player (5 Tests for New Zealand, 123 runs, 8 wickets), dies.
- 1994 - Death of Ray Arcel, American boxing trainer; was active from the 1920s through the 1980s (born 1899).
- 2007 - Death of Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (born 1943).
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