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What happened in history on this day: January 7?
On January 7 in ...
- 1908 - England beats Australia by one wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1910 - Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in two games for the Stanley Cup.
- 1927 - Harlem Globetrotters play first basketball game (Hinckley, Illinois).
- 1932 - First game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Michigan, USA.
- 1936 - Tennis champions Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1 hour 18 minutes).
- 1947 - Australia versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground drawn in six days, first cricket draw in Australia since 1882.
- 1956 - Vinoo Mankad scores 231 versus New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
- 1961 - First NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit Lions beats Cleveland Browns 17-16.
- 1962 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27.
- 1968 - GE College Bowl quiz show premieres on NBC TV.
- 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record).
- 1973 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
- 1973 - Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 versus Pakistan Never again.
- 1980 - Minnesota North Stars end Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak.
- 1982 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick.
- 1983 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win versus England.
- 1985 - Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1987 - Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at age 28 the youngest.
- 1989 - Cleveland Cavaliers block 21 New York Knicks' shots tying NBA regulation game record.
- 1990 - Lynn Jennings runs world record 5km indoor at 15:22.64.
- 1992 - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan.
- 1992 - Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1994 - South Africa beats Australia in the Sydney Test by five runs.
- 1994 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding.
- 2001 - The Wrestling promotion, ECW airs its final pay-per-view, Guilty as Charged before declaring Bankruptcy.
- 2005 - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announces Major League Baseball and the Players Association will donate $1 million to help the victims of last month's Indian Ocean tsunami.
- 2006 - At the sixth Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Legacy ceremonies in Kansas City, Bob Watson, the first black general manager in baseball history, receives the Jackie Robinson Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2007 - Randy Johnson agrees to a US$26 million, two-year Arizona Diamondbacks deal.
- 2010 - Matt Holliday signs a US$120 million seven-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Births of sports figures on January 7
- 1875 - Birth of Thomas Hicks English/US marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1904).
- 1890 - Birth of Maurice E McLoughlin tennis champion (US Open-1912).
- 1910 - Birth of Jack Lovelock; New Zealand/US surgeon/runner (Olympics-gold-1936).
- 1911 - Birth of Merv Waite; cricket player (South Australian all-rounder).
- 1916 - Birth of Gerrit Schulte AKA De Bossche Reus in the Netherlands; Dutch six day bicyclist, ten-time national champion, twice European champion, World Champion.
- 1918 - Birth of Colin Snedden; cricket player (Test New Zealand versus England 1947, 0-46, did not bat).
- 1928 - Birth of Rajindranath; cricket player (4 stumpings in his only Test for India).
- 1929 - Birth of Kenneth Henry; American 500m speed skater (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1934 - Birth of Charles Lamont Jenkins in New York City, New York, USA; 400m runner (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1942 - Birth of Vasili Alexeyev in USSR; weightlifter (Olympics-gold-1972, 1976).
- 1943 - Birth of Jim Lefebvre in Hawthorne, California, USA; baseball manager (Seattle Mariners).
- 1945 - Birth of Tony Conigliaro in Massachusetts, USA; baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox).
- 1953 - Birth of Agha Zahid; cricket player (open batting for Pakistan vs West Indies 1975, scored 14 and 1).
- 1954 - Birth of Alan Butcher; cricket player (one Test England versus India, scored 14 and 20).
- 1956 - Birth of Robin Walton in Boise, Idaho, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-15th).
- 1956 - Birth of Rosalyn Bryant in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1962 - Birth of Jeff Montgomery in Wellston, Ohio, USA; pitcher (Kansas City Royals).
- 1963 - Birth of Craig Shipley; Australian/US baseball infielder (San Diego Padres).
- 1964 - Birth of Francisco Maciel in Mexico; tennis star.
- 1965 - Birth of Mark Rushmere; cricket player (South Africa opening bat in comeback Test 1992).
- 1966 - Birth of Jennifer Luff; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Randy Burridge in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres).
- 1967 - Birth of Guy Hebert in Troy, New York, USA; NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 1998).
- 1967 - Birth of Scott Galbraith; NFL tight end (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).
- 1968 - Birth of Michael Rosati; hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998).
- 1968 - Birth of Nathaniel Bolton; WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1969 - Birth of Chris Hatcher; US baseball outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1969 - Birth of Erric Pegram; NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, San Diego Chargers).
- 1969 - Birth of Todd Kinchen; NFL wide receiver (Saint Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1970 - Birth of Darryl Williams; NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1970 - Birth of Frank "Cliff" Mannon in Amarillo, Texas, USA; team handball (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Paul McCallum; Canadian Football League/WLAF kicker/punter (Scottish Claymores, Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1970 - Birth of Todd Day; NBA guard/forward (Boston Celtics).
- 1971 - Birth of Bobby Hamilton; NFL/WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals, New York Jets).
- 1971 - Birth of Masato Itai; WLAF wide receiver (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - Birth of Todd Yeaman; NFL defensive tackle (New York Giants).
- 1972 - Birth of Aaron John Mcintosh in Auckland, New Zealand; sailboard yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Chuck Levy; kick returner/running back (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1972 - Birth of Donald Brashear in Bedford, Indiana, USA; NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1973 - Birth of Bobby Engram; wide receiver (Chicago Bears).
- 1973 - Birth of Brian Milne; fullback (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1973 - Birth of Ricky Wood in Van Nuys, California, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Robert Dunn in Glenn Cove, New York, USA; team handball left wing (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Robert Norman Waddell in Cambridge, New Zealand; single scull rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1981 - Birth of Alex Auld; Canadian ice hockey goaltender.
- 1983 - Birth of Natalie Gulbis; American golfer.
- 1985 - Birth of Lewis Hamilton; British Formula 1 Driver.
- 1988 - Birth of Alan Lowing, Scottish football player.
Deaths of sports figures on January 7
- 1936 - Howard Francis, cricket player (two Tests South Africa versus England 1898-99, 39 runs), dies.
- 1955 - Gerald Hartigan, cricket player (South African batsman in five Tests 1911-14), dies.
- 1967 - Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (New South Wales and Australia, five wicket in 1912 series), dies.
- 1972 - Clarence Passailaigue, cricket player (487 for 6th wicket for Jamaica), dies.
- 1982 - Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash.
- 1990 - Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at age 81.
- 1990 - Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86.
- 1990 - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at age 73.
- 1991 - Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at age 64.
- 2007 - Death of Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver (born 1957).
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