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1997 Event - Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield

1989 Event - Amateur Athletic Federation strips Ben Johnson of all track records

1987 Event - NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption

1969 Birthday - Dean Wilson, Kaneohe Hawaii, golfer, 1991 Western Athletic

1962 Event - Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named

1957 Birthday - Dave "Smoke" Stewart, born in Oakland California, pitcher, Oakland Athletic

1955 Event - Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2

1954 Event - International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China

1953 Event - Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary

1950 Event - West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation

1947 Event - U.S.S.R. joins International Amateur Athletic Union

1935 Birthday - Barbara J Jacket, U.S. athletic coach, Olympics 1972

1912 Event - IAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden

1905 Event - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded (becomes NCAA in 1910)

1905 Event - Philadelphia Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St. Louis Browns, 6-0

1904 Event - 1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team)

1893 Event - Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game

1892 Event - Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football

1889 Birthday - Jack Ryder, cricketer, athletic Australian all-rounder and captain

1887 Event - Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms

1883 Event - New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer

1880 Event - Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England

1877 Event - 1st U.S. amateur swim meet (New York Athletic Club)

1871 Event - 1st U.S. amateur outdoor athletic games (NY)

1869 Birthday - James E Sullivan, founder, Amateur Athletic Union

1868 Event - New York Athletic Club forms

1860 Event - San Francisco Olympic Club, 1st U.S. athletic club forms

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