On this day in:

• 1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points

• 1961George Weiss becomes President of NY Mets

• 1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals

• 1969Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ

• 1971 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewallof Australia beats American defending champion Arthur Ashe 6-1, 7-5, 6-3; first man to win an Open era Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set

• 1972NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC

• 1982Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century

• 1987 NY Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl

• 1996Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi

• 2017World's oldest golf club Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women as members for 1st time in 273 years