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What happened in history on this day: March 9?
On March 9 in ...
- 1895 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ontario) loses to Montréal AAA, 5-1.
- 1897 - Indian fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official).
- 1923 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in two games.
- 1936 - Babe Ruth turns down Cincinnati Reds to make a comeback as a baseball player.
- 1946 - Ted Williams is offered US$500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses.
- 1947 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
- 1947 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.
- 1949 - England beats South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes.
- 1952 - Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title.
- 1958 - George Yardley (Detroit Pistons) is first NBA player to score 2,000 points in season.
- 1964 - Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Oklahoma.
- 1971 - J M Noreiga takes 9-95 West Indies versus India at Port-of-Spain.
- 1972 - Players on Chicago White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary.
- 1976 - New York Islanders' Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Saint Louis Blues 4-0.
- 1978 - World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa Canada won by Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov (USSR).
- 1978 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Irina Rodnina and Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR).
- 1978 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (German Democratic Republic).
- 1978 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA).
- 1979 - Bowie Kuhn orders Major League Baseball to give equal access to female reporters.
- 1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament.
- 1984 - Philadelphia 76ers block 20 Seattle SuperSonics' shots tying NBA regulation game record.
- 1984 - Tim Witherspoon knocks out Greg Page in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1986 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1989 - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.36 seconds).
- 1993 - Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak.
- 1995 - Major League Baseball owners admit two new teams, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The teams will be assigned leagues in January of 1997.
- 1996 - Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's World Cup quarterfinal loss to India.
- 1996 - Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) versus England in World Cup quarterfinal.
- 1997 - Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open.
Births of sports figures on March 9
- 1885 - Birth of Ringgold "Ring" Lardner baseball player.
- 1887 - Birth of Phil Mead cricket player (strong batsman for England pre- and post-WWI).
- 1915 - Birth of Pete Gray; one-armed outfielder (Saint Louis Browns).
- 1922 - Birth of Herbert P Douglas Jr in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; long jumper (Olympics-bronze-1948).
- 1927 - Birth of Jack Jensen; American baseball player (American League Most Valuable Player 1958).
- 1937 - Birth of Grahame Chevalier; cricket player (one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0, 5-100).
- 1941 - Birth of Jim Colbert in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA; PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open).
- 1942 - Birth of Bert Campaneris; shortstop (Kansas City Athletics).
- 1944 - Birth of Geoff Arnold; cricket player (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75).
- 1944 - Birth of Lee Irvine; cricket player (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970).
- 1950 - Birth of Danny Sullivan; Indy-car racer (over ten wins).
- 1952 - Birth of Iuliana Semenova in USSR; basketball (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1955 - Birth of Teo Fabi; formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983).
- 1957 - Birth of Jeff Senior in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1957 - Birth of Jon Engen in Oslo, Norway; US biathlete (Olympics-1994).
- 1960 - Birth of Mike Leach in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; tennis star.
- 1963 - Birth of Kent Ferguson in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; diver (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Terry Mulholland in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA; pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1964 - Birth of Phil Housley in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils, Team USA Olympics-1998).
- 1965 - Birth of Benito Santiago in Ponce, Puerto Rico; catcher (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1965 - Birth of Brian Bosworth; NFL quarterback (Seattle).
- 1966 - Birth of Louis Oliver; NFL safety (Miami Dolphins).
- 1967 - Birth of Curt Schreiner in Albany, New York, USA; biathlete (Olympics-1994).
- 1967 - Birth of Eric Flaim in Pembroke, Massachusetts, USA; short track skater (Olympics-1994).
- 1967 - Birth of Michael Kiselak; Canadian Football League corner (Toronto Argonauts).
- 1969 - Birth of Bryce Burnett; NFL/WLAF tight end (Denver Broncos, Barcelona Dragons).
- 1969 - Birth of George Nimako; Canadian Football League safety (Toronto Argonauts).
- 1969 - Birth of Mahmoud Abdul Rauf; NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets).
- 1971 - Birth of Bev Oden in Millington, Tennessee, USA; volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Jiro Nihei; hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998).
- 1971 - Birth of Lou Benfatti; NFL defensive tackle (New York Jets).
- 1971 - Birth of Sean Holcomb; NFL linebacker (New England Patriots).
- 1973 - Birth of David Prinosil in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia; tennis star (1995 ATP Newport).
- 1973 - Birth of Josh LaRocca; WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire).
- 1973 - Birth of Troy Bailey; WLAF defensive end (Scotland Claymores).
- 1974 - Birth of Mark Harrity; cricket player (promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler).
- 1975 - Birth of Adonal Foyle; NBA center (San Francisco Warriors).
- 1975 - Birth of Roy Makaay; Dutch soccer player (Vitesse).
- 1977 - Birth of Radek Dvorak in Tabor, Czechoslovakia; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers).
- 1981 - Birth of Antonio Bryant; American football player.
- 1984 - Birth of Julia Mancuso, US Olympic medalist.
Deaths of sports figures on March 9
- 1916 - Ken Hutchings, cricket player (exciting England batsman, WWI), dies.
- 1943 - Oskar Hêks, Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz.
- 1947 - Stanley Jackson, cricket player (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies.
- 1995 - Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at age 63.
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