1923 – Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators becomes the NHL’s all-time leading scorer by netting his 143rd career goal. 1924 – American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller sets a world record in the 100 yard freestyle at 52.4 seconds. 1927 – The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New...

1969 – Detroit’s Alex Delvecchio becomes the third player in NHL history to record 1,000 career points. 1970 – Joe Frazier retains his world heavyweight title with a fifth round knockout of Jimmy Ellis. 1972 – Wilt Chamberlain, then playing with the Lakers, becomes...

1932 – U.S. athlete Eddie Eagan becomes the first athlete to win gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympics after being part of the first place four man bobsled team. Eagan had previously won gold in boxing in the 1920 Summer games in Antwerp. 1978 – Leon...

1878 – Harvard’s Frederick Thayer receives and official US patent number for the invention of the catcher’s mask. 1908 – An auto race from New York to Paris (through Alaska and Siberia) begins. George Schuster wins the race, which takes him 88 days. 1909 – American...

1920 – Baseball outlaws all pitches that involve tampering with the baseball. 1949 – Joe Fulks of Philadelphia scores 63 points in a 108-87 win over Indianapolis to set an NBA scoring record that would last for nearly a decade. 1952 – The Baltimore Bullets play a 48...