Today In Sports History 3/24

Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.

Baseball

• 1961 – New York Senate approves US$55 million for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows.
• 1991 – New York Yankees beat New York Mets, 9-3.
• 2001 – During an exhibition baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Randy Johnson’s fastball hits and instantly kills a dove flying in front of home plate. The bird appears to explode as the pitch sends it over the catcher’s head.

Basketball

• 1941 – Long Island University beats Ohio University 56-42 for NIT basketball championship.
• 1962 – 24th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 71-59.
• 1973 – Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title.
• 1974 – 36th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64; this ends UCLA’s 7-year reign as NCAA basketball champions.
• 1979 – Ten rebounds and ten assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by University of Pennsylvania; Michigan State’s Earvin “Magic” Johnson registers triple-double 29 points.
• 1980 – 42nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54.

Boxing

• 1962 – Benny Paret is knocked out in a welterweight title; he dies ten days later.
• 1975 – Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 rounds to retain the heavyweight boxing title.

Football

• 1973 – San Francisco 49ers’ president Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams.

Golf

• 1950 – Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship.
• 1968 – Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational.
• 1985 – Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic.
• 1991 – Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament.
• 1996 – Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament.

Ice Skating

• 1950 – US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman.
• 1950 – US Men’s Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.

Olympics

• 1980 – The Australia Olympic Committee announces it will send an Olympic delegation to Moscow, despite objections by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.
• 1984 – International Olympic Committee agrees to six-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics.
• 1984 – Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:01.51).
• 1984 – Andrea Schöne skates ladies’ world record 5 km (7:04.52)
• 1990 – Tom Hunter swims world record 50-metre freestyle (21.81 seconds).
• 2008 – In Greece, the Olympic torch begins its journey to Beijing, China.