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What happened in history on this day: January 15?
On January 15 in ...
- 1857 - First first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales versus Victoria at The Domain.
- 1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball, in Triangle Magazine, Massachusetts.
- 1895 - Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record.
- 1905 - Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater.
- 1908 - C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wicket partnership 243 for Australia.
- 1930 - George Headley scores cricket century on debut versus England (made 176).
- 1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 baseball contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut).
- 1936 - Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants.
- 1939 - First NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field.
- 1942 - Chicago Cubs drop plans to install lights at Wrigley Field due to World War II.
- 1942 - US President Franklin Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during war.
- 1956 - Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open.
- 1956 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30.
- 1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new three-year lease for Ebbets Field.
- 1958 - New York Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV.
- 1961 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31.
- 1961 - Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open.
- 1962 - 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (8-6, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4).
- 1964 - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City, New York.
- 1966 - AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19.
- 1966 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7.
- 1967 - At the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first-ever world championship game (later called the Super Bowl) of American football. A crowd of 61,946 people is on hand. For their win, each member of the Packers collect $15,000: this is the largest single-game share in the history of team sports.
- 1970 - Milwaukee Brewers make their first trade (with Oakland Athletics).
- 1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier knocks out Terry Daniels.
- 1974 - 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle, Washington.
- 1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament.
- 1978 - Super Bowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Players: defensive end Harvey Martin, and defensive tackle Randy White.
- 1981 - Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1983 - Hartford Whalers' smallest crowd 4,812 (beat New Jersey Devils) during blizzard.
- 1983 - Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand versus India.
- 1984 - Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match tennis winning streak.
- 1984 - Schönbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44).
- 1985 - Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler both score 200's versus India.
- 1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes.
- 1988 - Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record.
- 1988 - Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 and 8-75) versus West Indies on Test debut.
- 1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic.
- 1990 - 42-year-old George Foreman knocks out George Cooney in two rounds.
- 1990 - Toronto Blue Jays' player Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit Tigers as a free agent.
- 1990 - New York Knicks' Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 second remaining, beats Chicago Bulls, 109-106.
- 1991 - Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1991 - Birth of Rubab Raza, Pakistan swimmer.
- 1995 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion.
- 1995 - San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship.
- 1995 - San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship.
- 1997 - Chicago Bulls' player Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amos, in the groin.
Births of sports figures on January 15
- 1932 - Birth of Dean Smith; American actor/relay runner (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1932 - Birth of Louis Woodard Jones in New Rochelle, New York, USA; 4X400m relayer (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1943 - Birth of Mike Marshall; Major League Baseball pitcher (1974 Cy Young Award).
- 1949 - Birth of Howard Allen Twitty in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; PGA golfer (1979 BC Open).
- 1953 - Birth of Randy White; NFL tackle (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1956 - Birth of Paul Parker; cricket player (one Test England versus Australia 1981).
- 1956 - Birth of Vera Sosulya in the USSR; toboggan (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1960 - Birth of Tim Curtis; cricket player (England righty batsman in five Tests 1988-89).
- 1963 - Birth of Lijuan Geng in Hebei, China; Canadian tennis player (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Richard Nasheim; hockey forward (Team Austria 1998).
- 1963 - Birth of Yaro Dachniwsky in Chicago, Illinois, USA; team handball goalie (Olympics-1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Cees van der de Linden; soccer player.
- 1964 - Birth of Paula Schnurr in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada; 1500m runner (Olympics-8-1992, 1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Michael Clemons; Canadian Football League running back (Toronto Argonauts).
- 1967 - Birth of Richard Blakey; cricket player (England wicket-keeper in India 1993).
- 1967 - Birth of Ted N Tryba in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Anheuser-Busch Golf).
- 1968 - Birth of Bob Dahl; NFL guard (Washington Redskins).
- 1968 - Birth of Felton Spencer; NBA center (San Francisco Warriors).
- 1968 - Birth of Laurie Fellner in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA; team handball goalie (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Steve McConaghy; Australian soling yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Adam Burt in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers).
- 1969 - Birth of Delino DeShields in Seaford, Delaware, USA; infielder (Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1969 - Birth of Leonard Wheeler; NFL safety/cornerback (Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings).
- 1969 - Birth of Marsha Miller in Rochester, New York, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-17th-1995).
- 1969 - Birth of Rob van Dijk; Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1969 - Birth of Rod de Highden; Australian 5k/10k/marathon runner (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Siupeli Malamala; NFL guard/tackle (New York Jets).
- 1970 - Birth of Dan Landry in San Diego, California, USA; volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Elroy Kromheer; soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 1970 - Birth of Michele Granger in Anaheim, California, USA; softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of LeShon Johnson; running back (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1973 - Birth of Daniel Nijhof; Dutch soccer player (FC Twente).
- 1973 - Birth of Randy Srochenski; Canadian Football League linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1974 - Birth of Mike Minter; safety (Carolina Panthers).
- 1975 - Birth of Greg Loveridge; cricket player (New Zealand leg-spinner, did not bowl versus Zimbabwe 1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Mary Pierce in Montréal, Québec, Canada; tennis star (1995 Australian Open).
- 1981 - Birth of El Hadji Diouf; Senegalese football player.
- 1982 - Birth of Benjamin Agosto; American skater.
- 1984 - Birth of Megan Quann, American swimmer.
- 1987 - Birth of Kelly Kelly; American professional wrestler.
Deaths of sports figures on January 15
- 1936 - Henry Forster, cricket player (Hants and Oxford University), Governor-General of Australia, dies.
- 1942 - Melvin Winfield Sheppard, runner (Olympics-gold-1908, 1912), dies at age 58.
- 1966 - Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at age 25.
- 1968 - Bill Masterson, first NHL player fatally injured during game (January 13), dies.
- 1986 - James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at age 83.
- 1989 - Wilf Slack, cricket player (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies.
- 1993 - Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at age 88.
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