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What happened in history on this day: January 22?
On January 22 in ...
- 1857 - National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York.
- 1883 - England complete first innings victory in Tests versus Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1927 - The world's first live radio commentary of a soccer match is broadcast.
- 1942 - Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11-city skate (8:44:06).
- 1948 - Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his first Test Cricket innings versus West Indies Barbados.
- 1950 - Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
- 1951 - Fidel Castro is ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter.
- 1956 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
- 1956 - Canadian Football Council forms.
- 1960 - 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1960 - Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title.
- 1963 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament.
- 1967 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10.
- 1968 - NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee and Phoenix.
- 1969 - Roy Campanella and Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1970 - Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa versus Australia, Cape Town.
- 1972 - 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at Los Angeles, California.
- 1973 - George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1980 - PGA begins a senior golf tour.
- 1980 - West Indies beat England 2-0 to win first World Series Cup.
- 1981 - 40th New York Islanders' shut-out 3-0 versus Detroit Red Wings-Billy Smith' 15th.
- 1981 - O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
- 1982 - Free agent Reggie Jackson signs a four-year, nearly US$4 million contract with the California Angels.
- 1983 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning five consecutive Wimbledon championships.
- 1984 - Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 points.
- 1984 - Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates.
- 1984 - NFL Super Bowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington Redskins 38-9 in Tampa, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Marcus Allen, Running Back.
- 1987 - Blizzard in New Jersey, as 334 attend the New Jersey Devils - Calgary Flames NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5.
- 1988 - First-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobago versus Leeward Island.
- 1988 - First-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS versus Transvaal.
- 1988 - Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in four rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1989 - Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 20-16 in Miami; Most Valuable Player: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, Wide Receiver.
- 1990 - Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide.
- 1990 - Will Clark, National League's Most Valuable Player signs a $15 million four-year contract with San Francisco Giants.
- 1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77.
- 1994 - 45th NHL All-Star Game; East beat West 9-8 at New York Rangers.
- 1995 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament.
- 1998 - NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild.
- 1998 - Rickey Henderson rejoins Oakland Athletics for fourth time.
- 1998 - World League of American Football becomes NFL East.
- 2003 - Catcher Ivan Rodriguez signs a one-year deal worth $10 million to play with the Florida Marlins.
- 2006 - Kobe Bryant scores 81 points in regulation NBA basketball play and is second only to the legendary 1960s center Wilt Chamberlain, who had 100 points.
Births of sports figures on January 22
- 1915 - Birth of Tom Burtt; cricket player (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand).
- 1921 - Birth of Andy Ganteaume; cricket player (West Indies batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948).
- 1931 - Birth of Galina Zybina in USSR; discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58).
- 1931 - Birth of Rauno Makinen in Finland; Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1952 - Birth of Karen Moe [Thornton]; American swimmer (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1957 - Birth of Mike Bossy; NHL forward (New York Islanders).
- 1961 - Birth of Barb Thomas Whitehead in Sibley, Iowa, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian Open).
- 1963 - Birth of Jeff Treadway; US baseball infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1964 - Birth of Stojko Vrankovic; NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers).
- 1964 - Birth of Wayne Kirby in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA; outfielder (Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1965 - Birth of Tim Prukop; WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1966 - Birth of Carlton Haselrig; NFL guard (New York Jets).
- 1966 - Birth of Nishantha Ranatunga; cricket player (brother of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder).
- 1967 - Birth of Manabu Nakanishi; wrestler (NJPW).
- 1967 - Birth of Nicholas Gillingham; British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle).
- 1968 - Birth of Andrey Sokolov; hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1968 - Birth of Brian Jones; NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints).
- 1969 - Birth of Keith Gordon; US baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1969 - Birth of Ousmane Bary; WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1969 - Birth of Shelley Sandie; Australian basketball guard (Olympics-1988, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Vinnie Clark; NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1970 - Birth of Keith Wagner; NFL/WLAF tackle (New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Scottish Claymores).
- 1971 - Birth of Bucky Brooks; wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1972 - Birth of Steve Scifres; guard/tackle (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1972 - Birth of Toddrick McIntosh; NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1973 - Birth of Deon Minor in Paris, Texas, USA; 400m runner.
- 1973 - Birth of George Noga; Canadian Football League linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1973 - Birth of Reggie Barlow; wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1973 - Birth of Said Larossi; soccer player (Emmen/Vitesse).
- 1973 - Birth of Vincent Bradford; linebacker (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1974 - Birth of Pavel Mikhalevitch; soccer player (NEC).
- 1974 - Birth of Stephanie Rottier in Saint Niklaas, Belgium; tennis star (1995 semi Prague).
- 1975 - Birth of Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen in Palmerston North, New Zealand; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Jake Grove; American football player.
- 1981 - Birth of Chantelle Anderson; American basketball player.
- 1982 - Birth of Liane Bahler; German professional cyclist (dies 2007).
- 1982 - Birth of Jason Peters; American football player.
- 1983 - Birth of Shaun Cody; American football player.
- 1988 - Birth of Greg Oden, American basketball player.
Deaths of sports figures on January 22
- 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku of Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympics-gold-1912, 1920, 1924), dies at age 77.
- 1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe, cricket player (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies.
- 1983 - Fred Bakewell, cricket player (dashing England bat of 1930s, 6 Tests), dies.
- 1993 - Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at age 89.
- 2001 - Death of Tommie Agee of cardiac arrest in Manhattan, New York, at age 58; Major League Baseball center fielder for the New York Mets, American League Rookie of the Year in 1966.
- 2004 - Death of Jack Tunney, Canadian wrestling promoter (born 1935).
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