2003 "DeVon ""Robot Man"" Smith", world champion hitchhiker, dies at 76
1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn 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: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
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
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: Mich State beats Indiana St. 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 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 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
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 Gary Kasparov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1985-
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: Cin 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
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 Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Alberta Canada, WWF champion
1955 Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician
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
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight 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 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36
1949 Piet Van de Pol (Neth) 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 Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey
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
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, U.S., world chess champion, 1972-75
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 German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis
1936 Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies
1934 Barry Briggs, NZ auto maker, World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66
1934 Maureen Connally, champion tennis player, Wimbledon
1934 John V Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion, Rep/Sen-D-Calif
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, 1952-56
1923 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion
1921 Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1949-51
1921 Gower Champion, choreographer, 42nd Street, Showboat
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, 1937-49
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 US 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, Manassa Mauler, heavyweight boxing champion, 1919-26
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, Brig 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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