On This day in:

• 1874Major Walter Clopton Winfield patents a game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)

• 1906 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing

• 1938 Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1939Lou Thesz beats Everett Marshall in St Louis, to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title for 2nd time

• 1958 5-time F1 World Drivers champion Juan Manuel Fangio is kidnapped by Cuban rebels from Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement; released soon after Cuban GP

• 19646th Daytona 500: Race winner Richard Petty leads for record 184 of the 200 laps

• 1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points

• 196911th Daytona 500: LeeRoy Yarbrough driving for Junior Johnson, catches Charlie Glotzbach on final lap to win; first Daytona 500 won on a last lap pass

• 1971Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak

• 1980American speed skater Eric Heiden wins Olympic 10,000m in world record 14:28.13; sweeps all 5 speed skating events at Lake Placid; only athlete to win 5 gold medals at one Winter Games

• 1985Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game

• 1985 Goaltender Patrick Roy makes his NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens