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What happened in history on this day: April 8?
On April 8 in ...
- 1920 - LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg.
- 1935 - Second Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282.
- 1939 - ACV soccer team forms in Axes.
- 1941 - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1943 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in four games.
- 1956 - 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289.
- 1963 - Detroit Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the Chicago White Sox for US$25,000.
- 1966 - AFL chooses 36-year-old Al Davis as commissioner.
- 1969 - First Major League Baseball game in Canada - Montreal Expos beats New York Mets 10-9.
- 1972 - Alvin Kallicharran scores 100 in his first Test Cricket innings versus New Zealand.
- 1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 714 homers.
- 1979 - 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post.
- 1979 - People's Republic of China joins International Olympic Committee.
- 1980 - New York Islanders' Potvin's two shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Los Angeles Kings and set NHL record of two shorthanded playoff goals in one period.
- 1981 - New York Islanders score nine goals against Toronto Maple Leafs in playoffs.
- 1982 - Tracy Caulkins (19) wins her 36th US swimming title.
- 1984 - 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster.
- 1986 - Facing Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants' rookie Will Clark homers in his first major league at-bat.
- 1986 - The Seattle Mariners' Jim Presley hits two home runs in the ninth and tenth innings helping Seattle to beat the California Angels, 8-4 in a dramatic comeback victory on Opening Day.
- 1989 - One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott's debut, but lasts only 4 2/3 innings.
- 1990 - 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278.
- 1990 - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1991 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident.
- 1991 - Major League Baseball umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement.
- 1991 - Oakland Athletics Stadium becomes first outdoor arena to ban smoking.
- 1993 - Cleveland Indians' Carlos Baerga is first to switch hit homeruns in same inning (vs New York Yankees).
- 1994 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Kent Mercker no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0.
- 1995 - BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted.
- 1995 - Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1996 - Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title.
- 2006 - Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden, wins the Grand National at Aintree.
- 2007 - Zach Johnson wins the 2007 Masters Tournament.
Births of sports figures on April 8
- 1902 - Birth of Arthur Wellard; cricket player (big hitting Somerset and England batsman).
- 1910 - Birth of George Musso; NFL guard (Chicago Bears).
- 1910 - Birth of Wendell Bill; cricket player (New South Wales bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930).
- 1912 - Birth of Sonja Henie in Oslo, Norway; ice skater (Olympics-gold-1928,1932,1936), actor.
- 1914 - Birth of John Cameron; cricket player (brother of Jimmy, West Indies vice-captain 1939 England tour).
- 1920 - Birth of Erik Pausin in Austria; figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936).
- 1938 - Birth of Mohammad Farooq; cricket player (Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65).
- 1940 - Birth of John Havlicek in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, USA; NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics).
- 1943 - Birth of Carol Lavell in Fairfax, Vermont, USA; equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1946 - Birth of Jim "Catfish" Hunter; major-league pitcher (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees).
- 1949 - Birth of Jim Lampley in Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA; newscaster (Monday Night Baseball).
- 1954 - Birth of Gary Carter; catcher (Montreal Expos, New York Mets).
- 1955 - Birth of John Campbell; harness racer (three-time winner of Hambletonian).
- 1959 - Birth of Franklyn Stephenson; cricket player (great all-rounder).
- 1959 - Birth of Martin John Weston in Worcester, England; cricket player.
- 1963 - Birth of Alec James Stewart in Merton, England; cricketer (son of Mickey/opening bat/occasional wicket keeper).
- 1963 - Birth of Erica Terwillegar in Nelsonville, New Jersey, USA; lugist.
- 1963 - Birth of Terry Porter; NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves).
- 1964 - Birth of Valinda Hilleary in Littleton, Colorado, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-9th-1993).
- 1967 - Birth of Kenneth [Kenny] Charlie Griffith Benjamin in Saint John's, Antigua; cricket player (West Indies like his namesake).
- 1968 - Birth of Don Davey; NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1969 - Birth of Steve Jackson; NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers).
- 1970 - Birth of Derek D Brown in Washington DC; team handball right wing (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Gerald Vaughn; Canadian Football League defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1970 - Birth of Harold Bishop; NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns).
- 1971 - Birth of Edward Fryatt in Rochdale, England; Nike golfer (1994 NCAA West Regional).
- 1971 - Birth of Marc Peers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; tornado yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Damon Watts; NFL center (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1972 - Birth of Isaac Davis; NFL guard (San Diego Chargers).
- 1972 - Birth of Katrina Powell in Canberra, Australia; field hockey striker (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Alex Gonzalez in Miami, Florida; infielder (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1973 - Birth of Joel Davis; guard (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1973 - Birth of Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue in Auckland, New Zealand; 50 metre/100 metre swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Jim Farnum in Honolulu, Hawaii; kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1981 - Birth of Rebecca Wilson in Queensland, Australia; gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1987 - Birth of Royston Drenthe; Real Madrid football player.
Deaths of sports figures on April 8
- 1889 - Henry Jupp cricket player (scored 63 on Test debut for England in 1877), dies.
- 1938 - Harold Baumgartner, cricket player (took 2-99 lefty in test for South Africa), dies.
- 1943 - Richard Sears, first to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at age 81.
- 1957 - Frank Chester; cricket player (distinguished one-armed England Test ump), dies.
- 1963 - Len Tuckett, cricket player (no runs no wickets in 1 Test for South Africa), dies.
- 1965 - Jack Durston, cricket player (one Test for England, 4-102 and 1-34), dies.
- 1978 - Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at age 83.
- 1995 - Maurice Allom, cricket player (14 Test wickets-New Zealand debut hat-trick), dies.
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