1997 Event Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161 1997 Event Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts 1997 Event Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts 1997 Event Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts 1994 Event Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts) 1993 Event John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts) 1992 Event Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts) 1991 Event Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts 1991 Event Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts 1991 Event Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts 1991 Event Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 pts on a dive (101.85) 1991 Event Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter 1991 Event Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts 1990 Event Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78 1989 Event Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capitals record of 7 pts in a game 1988 Event Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts 1988 Event New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals 1987 Event Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record) 1987 Event Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35) 1987 Event Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts 1986 Event Jackie Joyner-Kersee (U.S.) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts) 1986 Event San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix 1984 Event Jurgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts 1984 Event Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec 1984 Event Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts 1983 Event In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96 1981 Event Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game) 1979 Event 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts 1978 Event Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against New York Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period 1978 Event NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs New York Islanders 1977 Event New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts 1976 Event Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89) 1974 Event Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks 1972 Event Pete Gogolak scores New York Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown 1972 Event Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts 1972 Event Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game 1971 Event Walt Wesley becomes 1st Cleveland Cavalier to score 50 pts in a game 1970 Event Cleveland Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87) 1970 Event Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game 1970 Event LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause 1968 Event Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago 1961 Event Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec) 1960 Event Danny Heater scores 135 pts in basketball game (Boys' HS) 1958 Event Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts 1956 Event Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate) 1954 Event Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game 1953 Event Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner) 1953 Event Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game 1951 Event Bill Mlkvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts 1929 Event Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chicago Cards vs Bears (NFL record) 1929 Event Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64
