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Sporting Events on April 13

1985 : "TASS" denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
1957 : 11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1957 : 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win
1958 : 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win
1953 : 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0
1976 : 1st NBA playoff game for Cleve Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash
1969 : 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281
1970 : 34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279
1964 : 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win
1975 : 39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276
1949 : 3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2
1980 : 44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275
1986 : 50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279
1923 : Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships
1954 : Balt Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0
1992 : Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
1986 : Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
1996 : En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61
1997 : Hartford Whalers last NHL game
1984 : India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
1985 : Katrin D”rre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30)
1954 : Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game
1997 : NHL Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
1990 : NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
1982 : Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2)
1963 : Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game
1944 : Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
1933 : Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1940 : Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2
1927 : Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games & 2 ties
1997 : Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header
1980 : US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow
1981 : Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)

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