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What happened in history on this day: March 1?
On March 1 in ...
- 1904 - England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead versus Australia.
- 1921 - Australia Cricket team completes 5-0 drubbing of England.
- 1934 - Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1941 - Elmer Layden becomes first NFL commisioner.
- 1942 - Major League Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough.
- 1949 - Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champion.
- 1949 - The Saint Louis Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1953 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1954 - Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War.
- 1955 - Pakistan versus India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
- 1958 - Gary Sobers 365 versus Pakistan, 614 minutes, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara.
- 1958 - Sobers completes 446 stand for second wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260.
- 1958 - West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 declare versus Pakistan.
- 1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament.
- 1965 - Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct.
- 1969 - New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball.
- 1970 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater.
- 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is first NBA player to score 30,000 points.
- 1973 - Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race.
- 1974 - Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership versus New Zealand cricket at Wellington.
- 1980 - Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater.
- 1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic.
- 1983 - Tamara McKinney becomes first US woman skier to win the World Cup.
- 1985 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks.
- 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1988 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist.
- 1989 - Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981.
- 1992 - Jenny Thompson swims 100 metre freestyle world record (1:01.40).
- 1992 - Nelson Diebel swims 100 metre freestyle US record (54.48 seconds).
- 1993 - George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees.
- 1993 - New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
- 1994 - Former banker Leonard Coleman is elected National League president replacing Bill White.
- 1996 - Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory.
- 2005 - Tim Hudson agrees to a four-year, $47-million contract extension with the Atlanta Braves.
- 2009 - In Victoria, British Columbia, Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg wins her third Canadian women's curling Tournament of Hearts title with an 8-5 victory over Marla Mallett of B.C.
- 2010 - At the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian men's hockey team defeats the USA team 3-2 in overtime winning its 13th gold medal, a new record for any country at any Olympic Winter Games.
Births of sports figures on March 1
- 1880 - Birth of Julian Myrick promoter of junior tennis.
- 1883 - Birth of Thomas Shelvin college football player great (Yale).
- 1895 - Birth of G B "Duke" Keats hockey hall of famer (elected 1958).
- 1920 - Birth of Harry Caray; baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs).
- 1923 - Birth of Duncan White in Ceylon; 400 metre hurdler (Olympics-silver-1948).
- 1925 - Birth of Al Rosen in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; third baseman (American League Most Valuable Player 1953), New York Yankees' president.
- 1926 - Birth of Pete Rozelle; NFL commissioner (1960-89).
- 1930 - Birth of C D Gopinath; cricket player (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950s).
- 1935 - Birth of George Généreux in Canada; trap shooter (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1940 - Birth of David Broome; Show Jumper (world champion-1970).
- 1943 - Birth of Benjamin W Jipcho in Mount Elgon, Kenya; 3000m steeplechase (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1943 - Birth of Mauro Checcoli in Italy; three day equestrian (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 1943 - Birth of Wolfgang Scheidel; German Democratic Republic luge (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1950 - Birth of Shahid Israr; Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test versus New Zealand 1976).
- 1952 - Birth of Alice Ritzman in Kalispell, Montana, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Rochester International-5th).
- 1952 - Birth of David Allen Barr in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; PGA golfer (Atlanta Golf Classic).
- 1953 - Birth of Bandula Warnapura; cricket player (first Sri Lanka Test captain).
- 1956 - Birth of Balwinder Singh Sandhu; cricket player (Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup).
- 1956 - Birth of Mark Todd in the United Kingdom; New Zealand equestrian three day event (Olympics-1996).
- 1958 - Birth of Wayne B Phillips; cricket wicket-keeper (Australia).
- 1960 - Birth of Alicia Dibos in Lima, Peru; LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th).
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Rozier; NFL halfback (Heisman Trophy-1983, Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1962 - Birth of Mark Gardner in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1963 - Birth of Arnold Oosterveer; soccer player (SC Heerenveen).
- 1963 - Birth of Barb[ara] Marois in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Magnus Svensson in Leksand, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
- 1963 - Birth of Ron Francis in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Pittsburgh Penguins, Team Canada).
- 1963 - Birth of Tony Castillo in Lara, Venezuela; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1965 - Birth of Les Miller; defensive end (Carolina Panthers).
- 1966 - Birth of Luis Sojo in Barquisimeto, Venezuela; infielder (Seattle Mariners).
- 1966 - Birth of Steve Reed in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1967 - Birth of Aron Winter; Surinamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio).
- 1968 - Birth of Dave Zuniga in Worland, Wyoming, USA; 136.5 pounds/greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Salil Ankola; cricket player (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989).
- 1968 - Birth of Sanjeeva Weerasinghe; cricket player (Test for Sri Lanka vs India at age 17).
- 1969 - Birth of Azam Khan; cricket player (Pakistan ODI batsman 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Doug Creek in Winchester, Virginia, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1969 - Birth of Vincenzo Esposito; NBA guard (Toronto Raptors).
- 1970 - Birth of Lisa Eagen in Harlan, Iowa, USA; team handball wing/back court (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Ray Crittenden; wide receiver (San Diego Chargers).
- 1970 - Birth of Stuart Thompson; Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Allen Johnson in Washington DC; long jumper/110 metre hurdler (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of André Karnebeek; soccer player (FC Twente).
- 1971 - Birth of Austin Robbins; NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints).
- 1971 - Birth of Shepherd Clark in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; figure skater (1994, 1997 Eastern Sr champion).
- 1971 - Birth of Tim Prinsen; Canadian Football League offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1971 - Birth of Tyler Hamilton in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Zahoor Elahi; cricket player (Pakistan opening batsman versus New Zealand 1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Omar Daal in Maracaibo, Venezuela; pitcher (Montreal Expos).
- 1972 - Birth of Profail Grier; Canadian Football League running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1973 - Birth of Chris Webber; NBA forward (Washington Bullets/Wizards).
- 1973 - Birth of Igor Murin in Trencin, Czechoslovakia; hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998).
- 1974 - Birth of Stephen Davis; running back (Washington Redskins).
- 1976 - Birth of Maringo Vlijter; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 1977 - Birth of Rod White in Sharon, Pennsylvania; archer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Shahid Afridi; cricket player (ton in 37 balls in first ODI innings).
- 1981 - Birth of Brad Winchester; American ice hockey player.
- 1988 - Birth of Melissandre Fuentes, Andorra figure skater.
Deaths of sports figures on March 1
- 1980 - Death of Dixie Dean, English football player (born 1907).
- 2006 - Death of Peter Osgood, English football player (born 1947).
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