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1997 Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher

1996 Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72

1995 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003

1993 John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts)

1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list

1990 Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement

1989 Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129

1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass

1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)

1981 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777

1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires

1972 Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner

1966 Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list

1955 Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete

1923 Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great New Zealand left-handed bat

1923 Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener

1920 Marion Motley, NFL running back, all-time leading AAFC rusher

1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman

1909 George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman

1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great opening batsman for Engl

1877 Clem Hill, cricketer, all-time great Australian batsman


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