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1881 - Maud Nelson [Clementina Brida], who starred as a baseball pitcher for the Boston Bloomer Girls; in Italy
1890 - Robert Kiphuth, who coached Yale swimmers for 42 years, winning 528 of 540 dual meets; in Tonawanda, NY
1944 - Jim Boeheim, who has coached Syracuse basketball to 653 wins and an NCAA championship; in Lyons, NY
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1944 - Tom Seaver, Hall of Fame pitcher who won three National League Cy Young Awards; in Fresno, CA
1945 - Elvin Hayes, who averaged 21 points and 12.5 rebounds a game in 16 NBA seasons; in Rayville, LA
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1958 - Mort Cooper, St. Louis Cardinal pitcher who was the National League MVP in 1942; at 44
1973 - Lloyd Mangrum, golfer who won the 1946 U. S. Open in a 36-hole playoff; at 59
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1977 - Roger Peckinpaugh, shortstop who, at 23, became the youngest manager in MLB history; at 86
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1956 - Brown Scores Record 43 Points
Running back Jim Brown of Syracuse set an NCAA record by scoring 43 points in a 61-7 win over Colgate on 6 touchdowns and 7 conversions. Brown carried the ball 22 times for 197 yards and had touchdown runs of 50, 19, 15, and 8 yards, plus two 1-yard plunges.
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1968 - NFL Yields to Heidi
After the New York Jets took a 32-29 lead over the Oakland Raiders with 65 seconds left, NBC dropped coverage of the game to air the children's movie "Heidi" at its scheduled 7 p.m. starting time. The Raiders scored two touchdowns in a nine-second span to win the game, 43-32, and NBC got so many angry calls that its switchboard broke down.
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1982 - NFL Strike Ends, Season Shortened
NFL players ended their two-month strike without resolving any of the issues that had caused the strike. The season was shortened to nine games and the usual playoff system was replaced by a 16-team Super Bowl tournament.
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1990 - Klingler Throws for 11 TDs
Houston quarterback David Klingler set an NCAA record by throwing 11 touchdown passes in an 84-21 rout of Eastern Washington at the Astrodome.
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