On this day in:

• 1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1980Allan Border becomes the first and only batsman to reach 150 in each innings of a test Australia v Pakistan Third Test in Lahore

• 1980 18 year old American tennis star Tracey Austin wins her only WTA Tour Championship; upsets Martina Navratilova in the final 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in NYC

• 1982 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals

• 1984World Ice Dancing Championship won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GRB) in Ottawa, Canada

• 1991Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m)

• 1993NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl

• 1994 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev

• 1994 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored