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  • 30 Apr 1993

    Tennis ace Monica Seles is stabbed by an obsessed fan.

  • 5 Jan 1993

    Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.

  • 25 Aug 1991

    Michael Schumacher Makes His Formula One Debut.

  • 19 Dec 1990

    Bo Jackson becomes first athlete named to NFL, MLB all‑star games.

  • 26 May 1990

    Philadelphia Phillies retired the future Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20.

  • 28 Mar 1990

    Jesse Owens posthumously receives the Congressional Gold Medal.

  • 19 Mar 1990

    The first Women's World Championship Ice Hockey Tournament took place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

  • 21 Jan 1990

    American tennis player John McEnroe became the first player to be expelled from the Australian Open.

  • 22 Aug 1989

    Baseballer Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.

  • 21 Apr 1989

    George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose shared ownership of the Texas Rangers baseball team.

  • 15 Apr 1989

    The Hillsborough disaster occurred.

  • 31 Dec 1988

    The Fog Bowl, a heavy, dense fog rolled over Soldier Field in Chicago during the second quarter of the Bears vs. Eagles NFC Divisional Playoff Game.

  • 31 Jan 1988

    Doug Williams became the first African-American quarterback to play in the Super Bowl.

  • 29 Nov 1987

    The New Orleans Saints secured their first winning season after being in the NFL for 21 years.

  • 6 Jun 1987

    The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.

  • 30 May 1987

    Mike Tyson won a technical knockout against Pinklon Thomas, winning the heavyweight boxing title.

  • 12 Mar 1987

    American basketball champion David Robinson scored a career-high 50 points in the NCAA tournament.

  • 26 Dec 1986

    Mark Messier was suspended for ten games for starting a fight with Jamie Macoun and breaking his cheekbone.

  • 22 Nov 1986

    Mike Tyson wins fight against Trevor Berbick.

  • 22 Jun 1986

    Diego Maradona coins the phrase 'Hand of God'.

  • 11 Mar 1986

    The NFL started using the instant replay rule where video is analyzed to review what had just happened in a game.

  • 8 Mar 1986

    The world's richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.

  • 9 Nov 1985

    22-year-old Russian Gary Kasparov won the 13th World Chess Championship against Anatoly Karpov to become the youngest World Chess Champion.

  • 7 Jul 1985

    Boris Becker becomes the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17.

  • 16 May 1985

    After his first year with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan was named NBA Rookie of the Year.

  • 11 May 1985

    56 football fans die in a stadium fire.

  • 31 Mar 1985

    The first edition of WrestleMania is held in New York.

  • 8 May 1984

    Moscow announces that the USSR will not take part in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

  • 29 Mar 1984

    The Baltimore Colts NFL team relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana.

  • 4 Mar 1984

    World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.

  • 13 May 1983

    Reggie Jackson became the first major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times.

  • 20 Oct 1982

    Sixty-six people die in a crush of fans leaving a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, of the Netherlands, at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

  • 25 Mar 1982

    Wayne Gretzky became the first and only player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season.

  • 10 Jan 1982

    Petra Schneider set a world record by swimming 1,500 meters freestyle in just 15:43:31.

  • 23 May 1981

    Wilfred Benítez became the youngest 3-division world champion in history at age 22 after knocking out Maurice Hope in 12 rounds.

  • 27 Jun 1979

    Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali retired for the third time.

  • 13 Apr 1979

    The world record for the longest table tennis doubles marathon was broken with a time of 101 hours.

  • 9 Dec 1978

    The first Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) game took place, with the Chicago Hustle vs. the Milwaukee Does.

  • 15 Sep 1978

    The "Dodgers" baseball team became the first major league to bring in 3 million fans for the season.

  • 3 Aug 1978

    Queen Elizabeth II opened the 11th Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Canada.

  • 24 Feb 1978

    The Yuba County Five disappeared after attending a college basketball game.

  • 18 Feb 1978

    The first Ironman Triathlon was held in Kona, Hawaii, USA.

  • 25 Sep 1977

    Runners run the first Chicago Marathon.

  • 23 Nov 1976

    Frenchman Jacques Mayol became the first free diver (no scuba or other source of air) to reach the incredible depth of 100 meters.

  • 18 Jul 1976

    Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.

  • 7 Jun 1975

    The first Cricket World Cup begins.

  • 16 May 1975

    Muhammad Ali won the bout through a technical knockout in the 11th round against Ron for the heavyweight boxing title.

  • 7 Aug 1974

    Daredevil Walks a High Wire Between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

  • 16 Dec 1973

    O.J. Simpson became the first NFL running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.

  • 20 Sep 1973

    Billie Jean King wins the Battle of the Sexes.

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