On this day in:

• 1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player

• 1946 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses

• 1958George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season

• 1961 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY Knicks

• 1979Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters

• 1984Philadelphia 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record

• 1984Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1989Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)

• 1991Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games

• 1996Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's Cricket World Cup Quater Final loss to India