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What happened in history on this day: November 9?
On November 9 in ...
- 1953 - US Supreme Court rules Major League Baseball exempt from anti-trust laws.
- 1961 - PGA eliminates Caucasians-only rule.
- 1965 - First New York Knicks' game postponed (black-out) versus Saint Louis Hawks.
- 1965 - Willie Mays named National League Most Valuable Player.
- 1978 - NASL realigns its 24 teams into six divisions.
- 1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retires for the first time.
- 1984 - Most shots in a New York Islanders game - 88 - Islanders 45, New York Rangers 43.
- 1988 - Major League Baseball All-Star team beats Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7).
Births of sports figures on November 9
- 1898 - Birth of Paul Robeson; actor/singer/football star (King Solomon's Mines).
- 1918 - Birth of Florence Chadwick; swimmer (Swimming Hall of Fame).
- 1921 - Birth of Viktor Chukarin; USSR gymnast (Olympic-gold-1952, 1956).
- 1930 - Birth of Charlie Jones in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA; sportscaster (Almost Anything Goes).
- 1931 - Birth of Whitey Herzog; baseball manager (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1935 - Birth of Bob Gibson; Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher (Cy Young/National League Most Valuable Player 1968).
- 1942 - Birth of Tom Weiskopf in Ohio, USA; PGA golfer (British Open 1973).
- 1948 - Birth of Sharon Stouder; American 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964).
Deaths of sports figures on November 9
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