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What happened in history on this day: February 4?
On February 4 in ...
- 1861 - Wearing ice skates, the champion Atlantics defeat the Charter Oak Club, 36-27 on a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in South Brooklyn.
- 1903 - Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, two games to one and one tie.
- 1924 - First Olympic Winter Games close at Chamonix, France.
- 1929 - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut versus England at Adelaide.
- 1931 - US Major League Baseball's National League adopts a deader baseball.
- 1932 - (to February 15) The III Olympic Winter Games are held in Lake Placid, New York, USA.
- 1937 - Jim Margie, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, bowls 900 in three (unsanctioned) games.
- 1939 - Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort.
- 1951 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer.
- 1951 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button.
- 1956 - American League plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training.
- 1958 - Baseball Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for first time since 1950.
- 1960 - Baseball Writers Association of America voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member.
- 1960 - San Francisco Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park.
- 1962 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game.
- 1962 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles.
- 1962 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt.
- 1968 - Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball.
- 1969 - 41,163, largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati Royals versus Detroit Pistons, San Diego Rockets versus Boston Celtics.
- 1969 - John Madden is named head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
- 1973 - New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres play a penalty-free game.
- 1973 - Manfred Kokot runs world record 50 metre indoor (5.61 seconds).
- 1976 - (to February 15) The XII Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
- 1976 - Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency.
- 1977 - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- 1979 - Joanne Carner win LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament.
- 1980 - Joanne Carner win LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek.
- 1983 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.
- 1986 - 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (overtime) at Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1987 - Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes beat Australia's Kookaburra 3, bringing America's Cup yachting trophy back to USA.
- 1987 - Sacramento Kings score only four points first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954.
- 1989 - Dean Jones scores 216 versus West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.
- 1990 - Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 metre freestyle (3 minutes 40.81 seconds).
- 1990 - Danny Everett runs world record 400 metre indoor (45:04).
- 1990 - Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.69).
- 1990 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21.
- 1990 - Pat Bradley win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1990 - Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar).
- 1990 - The Saint Petersburg Pelicans defeat the Palm Beach Tropics to win the first Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship, 12-4.
- 1991 - Baseball Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose.
- 1991 - Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand versus Sierra Leone, world record.
- 1994 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.00 seconds).
- 1994 - Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 metre indoor (8:18.71).
- 1995 - Dean Jones completes 324 for Victoria versus South Australia.
- 1995 - Zimbabwe's first Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning.
- 1996 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13.
- 1997 - Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals.
- 1997 - Ipswich Town football player Adam Tanner, who recently failed a drugs test, is banned from football for three months at an FA hearing. Tanner received a relatively lenient punishment as he had admitted taking drugs at the first attempt and shown remorse for his behaviour.
- 2004 - The Saint Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols agree to a US$100 million, seven-year deal.
- 2005 - The Chicago Cubs sign Aramis Ramirez to a US$8.95 million, one-year contract.
- 2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in NFL's Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida.
- 2008 - Texas Tech University basketball coach Bob Knight resigns. He had coached for 42 years, presiding over 902 winning games, a record among US men's college basketball coaches.
- 2010 - The Detroit Tigers sign baseball pitcher Justin Verlander to a US$80-million five-year contract.
Births of sports figures on February 4
- 1884 - Birth of Rolland Beaumont cricket player (South African batsman in five tests 1912-14).
- 1891 - Birth of Yuri Losmann Estonia, marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1920).
- 1906 - Birth of Primo Carnera; Italian boxer (champion-1933).
- 1912 - Birth of Byron Nelson in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945).
- 1913 - Birth of Woody Hayes [Wayne]; college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of year).
- 1935 - Birth of Wallis Mathias; cricket player (first non-Muslim to play for Pakistan).
- 1937 - Birth of John Devitt in Australia; 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1937 - Birth of Magnar Solberg in Norway; 20km biathalete (Olympics-gold-1968, 1972).
- 1946 - Birth of Mary Meyer; American 500-metre speed skater (Olympics-silver-1968).
- 1948 - Birth of Rakesh Shukla; cricket leg-spinner (one Test India versus Sri Lanka 1982).
- 1953 - Birth of Svetlana Ulmasova in the USSR, 3000m (world title 1978).
- 1959 - Birth of Lawrence Taylor; NFL's greatest linebacker (New York Giants).
- 1961 - Birth of Denis Savard in Pointe Gatineau, California, USA; NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks).
- 1961 - Birth of Vern Fleming in Long Island City, New York, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1962 - Birth of Dan Plesac in Gary, Indiana, USA; pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1962 - Birth of Vern Fleming; NBA guard (New Jersey Nets).
- 1963 - Birth of Jane Leary in Sydney, Australia; golfer (1992 Australian Amateur Champion).
- 1963 - Birth of Pirmin Zurbriggen; Swiss alpine skier (Olympics-gold-1988).
- 1963 - Birth of Tracie Ruiz-Conforto in Hawaii, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-2 gold/silver-1984, 1988).
- 1965 - Birth of John van Loen; Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord, San Frecce).
- 1966 - Birth of Barry Klein in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Sergei Grinkov; Soviet ice skater (Olympics-gold 1988, 1994).
- 1969 - Birth of Brad Cornett; US baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1969 - Birth of Chris Crooms; WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1969 - Birth of Dallas Drake in Trail, British Columbia, Canada; NHL center (Winnipeg Jets).
- 1969 - Birth of Joe Sacco in Medford, Massachusetts, USA; NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1970 - Birth of John Frascatore; US baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1970 - Birth of Todd Peterson; NFL kicker (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1971 - Birth of Kevin Farkas; NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers).
- 1971 - Birth of Maarten Atmodikoro; soccer player (Dordrecht 1990, NAC).
- 1971 - Birth of Pete Pierson; NFL tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1971 - Birth of Sterling Palmer; NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins).
- 1972 - Birth of Kelvin Anderson; Canadian Football League running back (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1973 - Birth of Oscar De La Hoya in Los Angeles, California, USA; boxer (Olympics-gold-1992).
- 1974 - Birth of Brandon Convery in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1974 - Birth of Chris Ward; defensive end (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1982 - Birth of Tomas Vaitkus; Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist.
- 1982 - Birth of Mandisa Stevenson; American basketball player.
- 1988 - Birth of Carly Patterson, American gymnast.
Deaths of sports figures on February 4
- 1943 - Frank Calder, first NHL president, dies.
- 1965 - U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at age 33.
- 1995 - Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at age 62.
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