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1893 - Lou Little [Luigi Piccolo], College Football Hall of Fame coach who invented the winged-T; in Boston, MA
1896 - George Trafton, Pro Football Hall of Fame center who played 13 rough, tough season; in Chicago, IL
1898 - Ben Lee Boynton, Williams College quarterback who set a record with a 110-yard punt return; in Waco, TX
1913 - Eleanor Holm, glamor girl swimmer who was on two Olympic teams and was thrown off a third; in New York, NY
1918 - Nick Drahos, All-American tackle at Cornell in 1939 and 1940, who was also a placekicker; in Ford City, PA
1921 - Otto Graham, quarterback who led the Cleveland Browns to seven pro football championships; in Waukegan, IL
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1925 - Andy Robustelli, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end who was a seven-time All-Pro; in Stamford, CT
1927 - Jim Fuchs, shot putter who won 88 consecutive meets and set four world records from 1950 to 1952; in Chicago, IL
1953 - Dwight Stones, high jumper who set three world records from 1973 to 1978; in Los Angeles, CA
1957 - Steve Bedrosian, right-handed reliever who won the NL Cy Young Award in 1987; in Methuen, MA
1963 - Debbie Armstrong, who was a surprise winner in the women's giant slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics; in Salem, OR
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1942 - Amos Rusie, who had a 245-174 record with 30 shutouts in only 10 major-league seasons; at 71
1955 - Honus Wagner, Hall of Fame shortstop who had a career average of .327 and stole 722 bases; at 71
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1985 - Burleigh Grimes, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher who was the last to throw the spitball legally; at 92
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1984 - Sukova Ends Martina's Streak
Martina Navratilova's record 74-match winning streak ended with a loss to Helena Sukova in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The streak had begun on January 15, 1974.
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1987 - Montana Sets Consecutive Completion Record
Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers completed his first 17 passes in a 23-12 win over the Green Bay Packers. He had completed his last 5 passes the previous week. His 22 consecutive completions was a new NFL record, breaking Ken Anderson's mark of 20, set in 1983.
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