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1892 - Gen. Robert Neyland, who coached the Tennessee football team to 173 victories in 21 seasons; in Greenville, TN
1908 - Red Barber, first of the great baseball broadcasters and possibly still the greatest; in Columbus, MS
1919 - Joseph Hunt, who won the 1943 national singles tennis championship and was killed when his Navy fighter plane crashed in 1945; in San Francisco
1934 - Buddy Ryan, NFL coach best known for his work as defensive coordinator with the 1985 Chicago Bears' Super Bowl champions; in Texas
1936 - Jim Brown, Hall of Fame running back who led the NFL in rushing eight of his nine seasons; in St. Simon Island, GA
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1959 - Rowdy Gaines, US, winner of three swimming gold medals at the 1984 Olympics; in Winter Haven, FL
1959 - Danny Ainge, shooting guard on two Boston Celtics' championship teams; in Eugene, OR
1963 - Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships in seven years; in Brooklyn
1968 - Bryan Cox, talented but temperamental linebacker with the Dolphins, Bears, and Jets; in St. Louis
1969 - Levon Kirkland, all-NFL linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers; in Lamar, SC
1970 - Tommy Moe, who won a gold medal in the downhill and silver in the slalom at the 1994 Winter Olympics; in Anchorage, AK
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1959 - Tim Mara, New York bookmaker who in 1925 was persuaded to buy the city's first franchise in the National Football League; at 71
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1989 - Lefty Gomez, Hall of Fame pitcher who once said, "I'd rather be lucky than good"; at 80
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1955 - Souchak Shoots 9-hole, 72-hole Records
Mike Souchak set two PGA records, shooting a 27 on the back nine for a 72-hole of 257, 31 shots under par, to win the Texas Open.
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1968 - Basketball Hall of Fame Opens Doors
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on the campus of Springfield, Mass., college, where the sport was invented in 1891, officially opened to the public. Top of Page
1998 - U. S. Women Win Olympic Hockey Gold
Led by captain Cammi Granato and goalie Sarah Tueting, the United States won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's hockey by beating Canada, 3-1, in the championship match.
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