On this day in:

• 1958Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days

• 1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts

• 1967Sling-shot goal post & 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL

• 1969Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US track

• 197012th Daytona 500: Pete Hamilton wins by just 3 car lengths over David Pearson, after passing him with 9 laps to go

• 1979Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's

• 1980 "Miracle on Ice": US ice hockey team beats heavily favoured Soviet Union, 4-3 at Lake Placid in one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history; Americans go on to win gold medal

• 19901st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps

• 1991 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton