Happy Birthday to F1 3x Champion Nikki Lauda

On this day in:

• 1958Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days

• 1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts

• 1967Sling-shot goal post & 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL

• 1969Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US track

• 197012th Daytona 500: Pete Hamilton wins by just 3 car lengths over David Pearson, after passing him with 9 laps to go

• 1979Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's

• 1980 "Miracle on Ice": US ice hockey team beats heavily favoured Soviet Union, 4-3 at Lake Placid in one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history; Americans go on to win gold medal

• 19901st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps

• 1991 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton

Ed Cowlishaw is joined by UK sport Journalist Guy Swindels to talk a big year ahead for English Cricket.

Ed Cowlishaw talks MLB fre agency with Us Sports Writer Vince Guerrieri.

Happy Birthday Michael Slater Former Aussie Opening Bat.

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• 1931Chicago White Sox & NY Giants play 1st exhibition night game

• 1968Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000

• 1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators

• 1980Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olympic gold, for the giant slalom

• 1980Liechtenstein becomes the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion as Hanni Wenzel wins the women's giant slalom at the Lake Placid Winter Games

• 1985Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)

• 1992Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating

• 1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT: West beats East, 135-132 (OT); MVPs: Karl Malone, Utah Jazz F; John Stockton, Utah Jazz, PG

• 1993Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)

Happy Birthday to Sir Charles Barkley.

For Tobin Brothers

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1971 "Mr. Hockey," Gordie Howe scores a goal and adds 3 assists, including his 1,800th career NHL point, in 6-5 Red Wings' win over Buffalo in Detroit; Howe's 1,670th game

• 19721st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)

Event of Interest

1972 14th Daytona 500: A.J. Foyt dominates the race, winning by almost 2 laps over his closest competitor Charlie Glotzbach

• 1975Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore

Boxing Title Fight

1976 Muhammad Ali's bout against Belgian boxer Jean Pierre Coopman in San Juan, Puerto Rico is often regarded as a glorified sparring session; Ali wins by 5th round KO

Baseball Record

1997 San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract

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Happy Birthday to the great Michael Holding.

On this day in:

• 1953 Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet, later awarded the Air medal

• 1963 North Carolina forward Billy Cunninghamgrabs a record 27 rebounds in a game vs Clemson

• 1966End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australian wicketkeeper

• 1970 Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1972Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100

• 1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns

• 1984Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold

• 1992 LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform

• 1999 O.J. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy is sold for $230,000 to help settle a $33.5 million civil judgement against Simpson for the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend

• 2013 Lionel Messi scores his 14th consecutive goal in La Liga and his 300th goal in 365 appearances for Barcelona