On this day in:

• 18711st international rugby union match - Scotland 1, England 0 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

• 1931John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on

• 1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (NYC)

• 1971Wales clinches its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship, 6th Grand Slam and 12th Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at Stade Colombes, Paris

• 1973Dennis Amiss out for 99 v Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket

• 1977 American tennis star Chris Evert wins her 4th and final WTA Tour Championship 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 against England's Sue Barker at Madison Square Garden, NYC

• 1982Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore

• 1983 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1990NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final

• 1998Chicago Bulls - Atlanta Hawks matchup at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, draws a crowd of 62,046, largest in any game in NBA history; Bulls win, 89-74

• 2004France beats England, 24-21 at Stade de France, Saint Denis to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; England earns the Triple Crown

• 2005Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins event for the 3rd time, 8 strokes ahead of American Rosie Jones