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2003 "DeVon ""Robot Man"" Smith", world champion hitchhiker, dies at 76
1997 Bruce Woodcock, boxer, British and Empire heavyweight champion 1945 - 1950, dies at 76 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 1995 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion, dies at 71 1995 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 1995 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64 1995 Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion 1994 Ralph Champion Shotter Michael, actor, dies at 87 1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70 1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 1993 Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26 1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 1992 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55 1992 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81 1991 Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion 1991 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53) 1991 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion 1991 Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars) 1991 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 1991 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House 1989 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime 1988 Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313) 1988 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54 1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 1987 Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor 1987 Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater 1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany) 1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater 1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion 1985 Cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes world champion 1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 1985 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater 1984 Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81 1983 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1982 Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship 1981 Machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80 1980 Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City 1980 Gower Champion, dancer (Marge and Gower Champion Show), dies at 60 1980 Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater 1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan State beats Indiana State. 75-64 1978 Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion 1978 Will Champion, English Musician 1976 Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion 1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 1974 Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion 1973 Ato Boldon, born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, athlete, world's fastest human sprinter, 4-time World Champion and Olympic medalist 1973 Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion 1972 Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion 1971 Scott Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, 1996 World Mens' Champion 1971 Fernandel, Contandin, French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67 1970 Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater 1970 Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater 1970 Trudi Jeffrey, Brisbane QLD, golfer, 1990 Australian, Jr. Champion 1969 Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy, 5-time all-around world champion 1969 Rudy Galindo, born in San Jose, California, 1996 U.S. Mens' Champion 1969 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR 1968 Francis McDonald, actor (Will-Adv of Champion), dies at 77 1968 Akira Nogami, born in Narashino, Chiba, professional Japanese wrestler, actor, wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, NJPW, in 1991, reigned as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2000, appeared in television show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, competed part-time after 2004, regularly wrestling with Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro Wrestling 1967 Karina Orum, Denmark, golfer, Scandinavian champion 1989 1967 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1967 Juli Furtado, born in New York City, mountain cyclist, world champion 1991, 92 1967 Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater 1966 Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater 1965 U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33 1964 Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71 1963 Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts 1963 Gary Kasparov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1985- 1963 Garry Kasparov, born in Azerbaijan, Soviet Union, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist 1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater 1961 Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion 1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) 1961 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater 1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP 1960 Patti Rizzo, born in Hollywood, Florida, golfer, Mexican Amateur champion 1980 1960 Barry McGuigan, born in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, professional boxer, world featherweight champion, number one featherweight challenger in the World Boxing Association 1959 Tony Meo, English billiards champion, snookers 1958 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels 1958 Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion 1957 Bernhard Langer, born in Anhausen, West Germany, professional golfer, two-time Masters champion, ranked as the world's first official number one player in 1986 1957 Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Alberta Canada, WWF champion 1955 Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician 1955 Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1955 Tony Allcock, born in Leicestershire, England, bowler, two-time world outdoor singles champion, 1992, 1996, world singles champion 1986, 1987, 2002, won silver medal in men's singles event at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada 1955 Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990 1955 Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion 1953 Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter 1953 Hulk Hogan, Georgia, WWF heavyweight champion, 1984-89 1953 Dale Earnhardt, auto racer, 6-time NASCAR national champion 1953 Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA 1952 John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion 1951 John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion 1951 Anatoli Karpov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1975-85 1951 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB 1949 Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion 1949 Dennis Taylor, British snooker champion 1949 Geoff Capes, born in Holbeach, England, shot putter, two-time winner, World's Strongest Man title, two-time Commonwealth Games shot put champion 1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 1949 Piet Van de Pol (Netherlands) becomes world champion billiard player 1949 Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84 1948 Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player 1948 Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion 1948 Dick Button becomes 1st U.S. figure skating Olympic champion 1948 Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st U.S. woman Olympic slalom champion 1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US 1948 Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player 1947 Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion, 1981-84, 1985- 1946 Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion 1946 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident 1945 Jane Blalock, champion golfer 1944 Takamiyama, Jesse Kuhaulua, Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion 1944 Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion 1991 1944 Joe Frazier, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, heavyweight boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medal, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1968 - 1973 1943 "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34 1943 Bobby Fischer, born in Chicago, eleventh World Chess Champion, American chess Grandmaster 1942 Kees Verkerk, skater World Champion, 1967, Olympics gold 68 1942 Amos Tom Wargo, born in Marlette, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1993 PGA Seniors Champion 1942 Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion 1941 Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player, 1966-73 1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1940 David Broome, Show Jumper, world champion 1970 1939 Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany 1937 Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61 1937 Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4) 1937 Craig Breedlove, born in Louisiana, auto-racing champion, 613 MPH-Spirit of America 1937 Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion 1937 Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1969-72 1936 Al Oerter, born in New York City, American athlete, four-time, consecutive, Olympic Champion in the discus throw 1936 German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis 1936 Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies 1934 Barry Briggs, New Zealand auto maker, World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66 1934 Maureen Connally, champion tennis player, Wimbledon 1934 John V. Tunney, born in New York City, New York, heavyweight boxing champion, Representative-D-California 1965-1971 and Senator-D-California 1971 - 1977 1934 Borge Andersen, born in Denmark, Danish Chess Champion, 1967, 68 1933 Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist, world champion, 1961 1933 Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist, 8x European Champion at Derny-drive 1933 Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist 1931 David Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host 1929 Tigran Petrosyan, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1963-69 1928 Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists 1927 Althea Gibson, Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Geoffrey WT Atkins, British World Champion racket player, 1954-72 1925 Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player 1925 Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51 1923 Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer, 1952 - 1956 1923 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion 1921 Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1949-51 1921 Gower Champion, choreographer, 42nd Street, Showboat 1921 Bruce Woodcock, born in England, boxer, British and Empire heavyweight champion 1945 - 1950, European heavyweight champion 1946 - 1949, events attracted sellout crowds 1919 Marge Champion, born in Los Angeles, California, dancer, Marge and Gower Champion Show 1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion 1918 Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion 1917 Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer 1915 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion 1914 Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1937 - 1949 1914 Arnold S Denker, New York, U.S. chess champion, 1944-46 1913 Jean Urruty, France, Jai-Alai champion 1913 Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player, 1941-57 1912 Glen Morris, born in Missouri, Olympic champion/actor, Tarzan 1912 U.S. Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion 1911 Mikhail Botvinnik, of U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1948-63 1910 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist 1907 Henry Cotton, English golf champion, won 3x British Open 1905 Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater 1901 Jack Whiting, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor/singer, Marge and Gower Champion Show 1901 Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion, 1935-37 1901 Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter, 17 splits 1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer 1899 Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion, 6-times 1898 Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1926-30 1895 Jack Dempsey, born in Manassa, Colorado, 'Manassa Mauler', heavyweight boxing champion, 1919 - 1926 1894 Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player 1892 Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion, 1927-35, 37-46 1891 Francis McDonald, Bowling Green, Kentucky, actor, Will-Adv of Champion 1889 John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly 1888 Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuba, world chess champion, 1921-27 1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1882 Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss 1879 Stanislas Bizot, French world checker champion, 1925 1878 Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist, 1899 1876 Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion 1874 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies 1873 Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling and speed skating 1868 Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion, 1894-21 1866 James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer, 1892-97 1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign 1860 Jackson Showalter, 1st U.S. chess champion 1851 James Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach, Ten Eyck Trophy namesake 1845 Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion, 1866 1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94 1822 Charles Champion Gilbert, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1818 Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion, 1851-66 1726 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion |
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