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What happened in history on this day: January 12?
On January 12 in ...
- 1906 - Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass.
- 1918 - Montreal Canadiens' Joe Malone scores five goals beating Ottawa Senators 9-4.
- 1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues is agreed to be done in inverse order of the final standings.
- 1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
- 1930 - NHL's Boston Bruins win record 14th consecutive game.
- 1946 - NFL champions Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles.
- 1951 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in ten rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1952 - NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13.
- 1958 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open.
- 1958 - NCAA adds two-point conversion to football scoring.
- 1958 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7.
- 1958 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points.
- 1960 - Sobers and Worrell complete 399 stand for fourth wicket versus England.
- 1960 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is first NBA player to score 15,000 points.
- 1963 - Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia versus England.
- 1964 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17.
- 1966 - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics.
- 1969 - Super Bowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Joe Namath, quarterback for New York Jets.
- 1972 - Detroit Tigers sign a lease to build a US$126 million domed stadium (doesn't happen).
- 1975 - Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Franco Harris, Running Back.
- 1977 - Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris releases Abu Daoud, responsible for 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes.
- 1983 - NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August.
- 1983 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1985 - Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship.
- 1986 - Chicago Blackhawks' Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of third period.
- 1988 - Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirates player), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1991 - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520).
- 1991 - Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 metre butterfly (1 55.69).
- 1992 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman.
- 1993 - Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease.
- 1994 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions.
- 1997 - Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Golf Championships.
- 1999 - Setting an all-time record, Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball in one season is purchased at an auction by an anonymous buyer for $3 million.
- 2005 - Paul Lo Duca signs a three-year, US$18 million deal to remain with the Florida Marlins.
- 2005 - At a Dodger Stadium's news conference, general manager Paul DePodesta announces the team has signed Derek Lowe to a $36 million, four-year deal.
Births of sports figures on January 12
- 1921 - Birth of John Henry Davis Jr in Smithtown, New York, USA; light-super-heavyweight (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952).
- 1925 - Birth of Ralph Legall; cricket wicket-keeper (West Indies versus India 1954).
- 1934 - Birth of Burdette Haldorson; American basketball player (Olympics-gold-1956, 1960).
- 1940 - Birth of Dick Motz; cricket player (first New Zealander to take 100 Test wickets).
- 1944 - Birth of Joe Frazier in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA; heavyweight champion boxer (Olympics-gold-1964)/champion (1968-73).
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Dempsey; NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards).
- 1951 - Birth of Bill Madlock; four times National League batting champion (Chicago Cubs).
- 1951 - Birth of Drew Pearson; NFL all-pro receiver.
- 1960 - Birth of Dominique Wilkins; NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks).
- 1960 - Birth of Rob Derksen; Australian baseball head coach (Olympics-1996).
- 1961 - Birth of Andrea Carnevale; soccer player (Napoli).
- 1962 - Birth of Richie Richardson; cricket player (elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95).
- 1964 - Birth of Laura Gildemeister in Argentina; tennis star.
- 1965 - Birth of Henry Thomas; defensive tackle (Detroit Lions, New England Patriots).
- 1966 - Birth of Craig Parry in Sunshine, Victoria, Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1966 - Birth of Linda Ferrando in Italy; tennis star.
- 1967 - Birth of Marco Boogers; Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United).
- 1967 - Birth of Mike Simms in Whittier, California, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1967 - Birth of Ulf Dahlen in Ostersund, Sweden; NHL forward (Team Sweden, San Jose).
- 1968 - Birth of Vince Buck; NFL safety (New Orleans Saints).
- 1969 - Birth of Cam Russell in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks).
- 1970 - Birth of Jenny Griffith in Burbank, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-13th-1995).
- 1970 - Birth of Nigel Wilson; Canadian/US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins).
- 1970 - Birth of Takahiro Ikenoue; WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1971 - Birth of Andy Fox in Sacramento, California, USA; infielder (New York Yankees).
- 1971 - Birth of Oscar Sturgis; NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1971 - Birth of Scott Burrell; NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets).
- 1971 - Birth of Shane Dronett; NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos).
- 1972 - Birth of Dominique Ross; NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1975 - Birth of Jocelyn Thibault in Montréal, Québec, Canada; NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1977 - Birth of Sara Walsh in South Bend, Indiana; fencer-foil (Olympics-1996).
- 1979 - Birth of Jenny Schmidgall; ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1981 - Birth of Quentin Griffin; American football player.
- 1982 - Birth of Dontrelle Willis; American baseball player.
- 1984 - Birth of Scott Olsen, American baseball player.
- 1988 - Birth of Chris Casement, Northern Irish football player.
Deaths of sports figures on January 12
- 1942 - George Francis, cricket player (West Indies Test fast-bowler, 23 wickets in 10), dies.
- 1964 - C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (West Indies in four Tests, six wickets), dies.
- 1980 - Hans Ebeling, cricket player (Victory stalwart, bowled for Australia 1934), dies.
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