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2009 Chuck Daly, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics, dies at 78 in Jupiter, Florida
2004 WNBA Championships, Seattle Storm beat Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1 2003 WNBA Championships, Detroit Shock beat Los Angeles Sparks 2 games to 1 2002 WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 2001 WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat Charlotte Sting 2 games to 0 2000 WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 1999 WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Libery 2 games to 1 1998 WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat Phoenix Mercury 2 games to 1 1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships 1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championships of Women's Golf 1991 U.S. women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver) 1991 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts 1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal 1985 Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships 1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships 1983 1st World Track and Field Championships 1980 U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships 1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports 1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1975 Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes 1973 Oscar de la Hoya, born in Los Angeles, California, boxer, light middleweight, Mexican-American, nicknamed 'The Golden Boy', defeated 17 world championships, won 10 world titles in six different weight classes 1969 Audrey McElmory (U.S.) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno, 1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum 1966 Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1960 Michael Whitaker, born in England, equestrian rider, showjumper, award-winner, won team Silver medal in 1984 Olympic Games, team Gold medal in 1985 European Championships 1957 Steve Davis, born in Plumstead, London, snooker player, nine-ball pool player, won six World Championships in the 1980's, performed well in Mosconi Cup, World Pool Championships 1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo 1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable 1950 Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995 1948 1st U.S. figure skating championships held 1930 Chuck Daly, born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics 1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1923 Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships 1916 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held 1912 Rene Gabriels, Belgian billiard pro, 7 World/9 European championships 1910 John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships 1893 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago 1881 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) |
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