2003 Event WNBA Championships, Detroit Shock beat Los Angeles Sparks 2 games to 1 2002 Event WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 2001 Event WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat Charlotte Sting 2 games to 0 1997 Event Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks 1983 Event "Cool Places" by Sparks and Jane Wiedlin peaks at #49 1976 Birthday Mwadi Mabika, WNBA guard and forward for the Los Angeles Sparks 1975 Birthday Tamecka Dixon, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks 1975 Birthday Jamila Wideman, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks 1973 Birthday John Oppio, Sparks Nevada, double trap 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Lisa Leslie, born in California, WNBA center for the Los Angeles Sparks/foward, Gold Medals 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Olympics 1971 Birthday Heidi Burge, WNBA forward for the Los Angeles Sparks 1971 Birthday Katrina Colleton, WNBA guard and forward for the Los Angeles Sparks 1970 Birthday Trise Jackson, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks 1969 Birthday Linda Burgess, WNBA forward for the Los Angeles Sparks 1969 Birthday Phillippi Sparks, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1968 Birthday Daedra Charles, WNBA forward and center for the Los Angeles Sparks 1967 Birthday Zheng Haixia, WNBA center for the Los Angeles Sparks 1966 Birthday Penny Toler, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks 1965 Birthday Nicholas Sparks, born in Omaha, Nebraska, bestselling author, writer, novelist, wrote, 'A Walk to Remember', author of novels including, 'Nights in Rodanthe', 'The Last Song', 'The Notebook' 1962 Birthday Karen Duffy, Duff, New York City, MTV VJ/actress, Meet Wally Sparks 1955 Event Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal 1953 Birthday Russell Mael, Dwight Russel Day, California, rock vocalist, Sparks 1950 Birthday Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning 1950 Event Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence 1948 Birthday Ron Mael, born in Culver City California, rock keyboardist, Sparks, 1937 Birthday Jimmy Jones, born in Birmingham, Alabama, African-American rocker, singer, songwriter, performed with doo-wop group The Berliners, wrote 'Handy Man' recorded by the Sparks of Rhythm 1926 Death Eugeen of Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Sparks and Radiates), dies 1861 Event John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ 1061 Event Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed
