1896 : 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens
1959 : 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284
1965 : 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison & J Andrews win
1979 : Balt manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper
1925 : Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election
1993 : Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to NY Mets 3-0
1935 : Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
1993 : Florida Marlins 1st game - beat LA Dodgers 6-3
1987 : Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman
1952 : Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
1991 : Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1974 : Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai
1994 : Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
1973 : NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19)
1990 : NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
1990 : Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving
1987 : Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
1998 : wins Longs Drugs Golf Challenge

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