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What happened in history on this day: March 16?
On March 16 in ...
- 1872 - First FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton, England.
- 1876 - Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (New York).
- 1877 - Charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 versus England.
- 1900 - American League meets in Chicago, Illinois; Ban Johnson announces that American League teams will be in Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo.
- 1907 - First first-class cricket game between New South Wales and Western Australia.
- 1911 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ontario) 13-4.
- 1939 - NHL record ten goals in one period-New York Rangers (7), New York Americans (3) and a record 26 points in the third period.
- 1952 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1953 - American League rejects Bill Veeck's request to move Saint Louis Browns to Baltimore.
- 1956 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 1956 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins.
- 1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1957 - Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating New York Rangers 14-1.
- 1958 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1964 - Paul Hornung and Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after one year suspension.
- 1969 - Boston Bruins scores a NHL record eight goals in one period.
- 1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic.
- 1983 - Smallest crowd (1814) at Cleveland Coliseum for NBA game, Cleveland Caviliers versus New Jersey Nets.
- 1985 - Denny McLain, pitcher, convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years.
- 1986 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic.
- 1991 - New Jersey Nets' coach Bill Fitch is fourth coach to win 800 NBA games.
- 1994 - In Portland, Oregon, Tonya Harding pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to cover-up an attack on figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. She is fined $100,000 and banned from the sport.
- 1995 - Manhattan upsets fourth seeded Oklahoma 77-67.
- 1995 - World best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Junior and P Dharmani.
- 1996 - Mike Tyson knocks out Frank Bruno in second round.
- 1997 - Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship.
- 1997 - New Jersey Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1997 - Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic.
- 2006 - In the second round of the World Baseball Classic, Mexico defeats Team USA 2-1, eliminating the US from the tournament.
- 2006 - Roy Halladay agrees to a $40 million, three-year contract extension with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- 2008 - In the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, Tiger Woods sinks a 24-foot putt on the 18th hole to win with 10 under par.
- 2009 - Jo Jackson wins the 400m freestyle in a new world record time of 4:00.66 at the British Swimming Championships.
- 2019 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, USA, the 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round 2 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Whelen Engineering Racing #31 Cadillac DPi driven by Felipe Nasr, Eric Curran, and Pipo Derani.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 10th overall is the Porsche GT Team #911 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki, and Patrick Pilet.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 17th overall is the Performance Tech Motorsports #38 ORECA LMP2 driven by Kyle Masson, Andrew Evans, and Cameron Cassels.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 19th overall is the GEAR Racing #11 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 driven by Mirko Bortolotti, Rik Breukers, and Rolf Ineichen.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Seattle Kraken by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats New Jersey Devils by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Boston Bruins by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Ottawa Senators by score 4-1.
Births of sports figures on March 16
- 1910 - Birth of Aladar Gerevich in Hungary; sabres (Olympics-gold-1948).
- 1910 - Birth of Iftikhar Ali Khan; cricket player (Nawab of Pataudi, England and India).
- 1920 - Birth of Percy Mansell; cricket player (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for South Africa).
- 1923 - Birth of George Bean; cricket player (92 runs in 3 Tests for England versus Australia).
- 1936 - Birth of Thelma Hopkins in England; high jumper (Olympics-silver-1956).
- 1954 - Birth of Dav Whatmore; cricket player (Colombo Australia bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-).
- 1954 - Birth of Hollis Stacy in Savannah, Georgia, USA; LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 1978).
- 1956 - Birth of Ozzie Newsome; NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns).
- 1957 - Birth of Pearl Moore; Women's Professional Basketball League guard (New York Stars).
- 1961 - Birth of Mel Gray; NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Houston/Tennessee Oilers).
- 1962 - Birth of Marcel Brands; soccer player (RKC).
- 1965 - Birth of Cindy Brown; American basketball player (Olympics-gold-1988).
- 1966 - Birth of Brad Bergen in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada; hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998).
- 1966 - Birth of Catarina Pollini; WNBA forward (Houston Comets).
- 1966 - Birth of David Nascimento; soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht).
- 1966 - Birth of Rodney Peete; NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1967 - Birth of Dan Owens; NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions).
- 1967 - Birth of John Mangum; NFL safety (Chicago Bears).
- 1968 - Birth of Jason van Blerk; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 1969 - Birth of Ottis Gibson; cricket player (Barbados fast bowler, West Indies 1995).
- 1969 - Birth of Pat Harlow; NFL tackle (New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders).
- 1969 - Birth of Steve Israel; NFL cornerback (San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots).
- 1970 - Birth of Kelli James in Medford, New Jersey, USA; field hockey forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Brett Carolan; NFL tight end (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1971 - Birth of Eric Ravotti; NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1973 - Birth of Bert Zuurman; soccer player (SC Heerenveen).
- 1974 - Birth of Heath Streak; cricket player (Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993-).
- 1974 - Birth of Lamont Burns; guard (New York Jets).
- 1984 - Birth of Hosea Gear, New Zealand Rugby Union player.
- 1989 - Birth of Theo Walcott, English football player.
Deaths of sports figures on March 16
- 1958 - Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26-inning game, dies at age 65.
- 1971 - Leslie "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, cricket player (Victoria and Australia), dies.
- 1972 - Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at age 72.
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