On this day in:

• 1907 Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon

• 1948 Cricketer Don Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours

• 1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army

• 1970NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99

• 1984The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics

• 1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

• 2013Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United's manager at the end of the season