On this day in:

• 1941 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1947Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch

• 1961Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)

• 1971Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown

• 1984Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings

• 1985 Arthur Ashe is nominated for the Internatinal Tennis Hall of Fame

• 1984NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule

• 1994 Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals

• 2009Ireland completes a Grand Slam with a 17-15 win over Wales at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship

• 2012Sergio Agüero & Samir Nasri score to give Manchester City 2-1 win over Chelsea at City of Manchester Stadium; EPL record 20th consecutive home win; streak ends with 3-3 draw v Sunderland 31/3

• 2013Martin Gould defeats Ali Carter to win the snooker 2013 Championship League

• 2014 Canadian freestyle skier (moguls) and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeauretires at 26