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1997 Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161

1997 Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts

1997 Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts

1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts

1994 Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts)

1993 John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts)

1992 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)

1991 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts

1991 Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts

1991 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts

1991 Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 pts on a dive (101.85)

1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter

1991 Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts

1990 Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78

1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capitals record of 7 pts in a game

1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts

1988 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 Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record)

1987 Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35)

1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts

1986 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (U.S.) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts)

1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix

1984 Jurgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts

1984 Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec

1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts

1983 In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96

1981 Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)

1979 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts,

1978 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 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs New York Islanders

1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts

1976 Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)

1974 Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks

1972 Pete Gogolak scores New York Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown

1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts

1972 Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game

1971 Walt Wesley becomes 1st Cleveland Cavalier to score 50 pts in a game

1970 Cleve Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87)

1970 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game

1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause

1968 Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts

1962 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season

1962 Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago

1961 Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)

1960 Danny Heater scores 135 pts in basketball game (Boys' HS)

1958 Oscar Robertson of Cin scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts

1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)

1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game

1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)

1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game

1951 Bill Mlkvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts

1929 Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record)

1929 Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64



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