In 1987, Dale Earnhardt pulled off an incredible maneuver, even though no actual pass took place.
In 1975, six men ran a sub four mile in a race as the record was lowered.
And in 1979, it was a Major League Slugfest between Philadelphia and Chicago at Wrigley Field.
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In 1896, it looked like a Greek sweep of the top three finishers or was it?
In 1960, Arnold Palmer won the second of his four Masters Green Jackets.
In 1975, Lee Elder became the first black man to play in The Masters.
And in 1999, the Chicago Bulls set a record of futility.
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In 1958, Arnold Palmer battled the weather, the course conditions, and the other golfers to win his first Masters.
Also on this day, the term ‘Amen Corner’ to describe Augusta National’s 11th, 12th, and 13th holes was coined by a Sports Illustrated writer.
In 1896, the modern Olympics was born. The US team nearly missed it.
In 1997, NHL veteran Craig McTavish retired becoming the final player allowed to play without a helmet.
In 1973, Ron Blomberg became the first DH in major league baseball.
In 1982, opening day at Yankee Stadium was canceled due to a blizzard.
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On this day in 1940, 1981 and again in 1987, Indiana University won the men’s basketball national championship.
In In 1991, the Duke Blue Devils knocked off UNLV 79-77 in the national semifinals, leaving Indiana as the last team to go undefeated and win the national title.
In 1919, the Stanley Cup was canceled due to an outbreak of the Spanish Flu.
And in 2003, Michael Phelps became the youngest man to set a World swimming record.
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In 1969, Abebe Bikila was in a car accident that left him paralyzed but his influence on long distance running is evident today.
In 1893, it was the first women’s basketball game played at a college.
And in 1934, the first Masters got underway.
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In 1970, the event that inspired the ‘Agony of Defeat’ happened on this day.
In 1987, the Providence Friars upset the Georgetown Hoyas in the NCAA Tournament.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced the boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
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In 1934, another Babe took to the pitcher’s mound to showcase their talent.
In 1975, a rare spring training brawl. Unsurprisingly, Billy Martin was in the middle of it.
In 1976, Boston Celtic John Havlicek scored his 1000th point for the 14th consecutive season, a new NBA record.
And in 2010, Northern Iowa knocked off top seeded Kansas in the NCAA tournament.
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In 1987, two days after the NCAA dropped the so-called ‘Death Penalty’ on SMU’s football program, the landscape looked bleak.
In 1960, the USA hockey team beat the Soviets in the Olympics and went on to win the gold medal just like in 1980.
And in 1987, the movie ‘Hoosiers‘ was released in theaters.
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In 1985, Bobby Knight and his infamous chair throwing incident was influenced a great deal by the weather in Bloomington that day.
In 1958, Formula One driver Juan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped by one of Fidel Castro’s men.
And in 1980, speed skater Eric Heiden won his fifth gold medal of the Lake Placid Olympiad.
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In 2020. David Ayres became the first emergency goalie to be credited with a win!
In 1980, it was the Miracle on Ice.
In 1959, the first Daytona 500 run on the 2.5 mile track.
And in 1968, the NFL standardized the ‘Slingshot’ goalpost.
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