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2009 Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York
2006 Andre Agassi retires after winning 60 career titles 2005 Lance Armstrong retires after winning his 7th straight Tours de France 2004 George W. Bush wins a second term as U.S. president, winning 51% of the popular vote 1996 Colorado Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods 1995 Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series 1995 Bobby Stokes, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, dies at 44 1995 Selena, Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24 1994 Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak 1993 New Jersey Devils lose 2-0 to Montreal, after winning 1st 7 games of 1993 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak 1992 Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races 1991 Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year 1990 NFL's New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both 1990 Reds beat A's 7-0, ending Oakland's 10-game post-season winning streak 1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days 1988 Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 1988 Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24 1988 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2 1987 New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive 1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games 1985 Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84 1985 St. Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man 1984 Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak 1982 Anna Paquin, oscar winning actress, Piano 1982 John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining 1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season 1982 New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak 1980 Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24 1980 Rangers snap Orioles pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak 1979 Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30 1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end 1977 Seattle beats Royals, 4-1, to end KC's winning streak at 16 games 1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1972 Charlie Haas, born in Houston, Texas, Charles Doyle 'Charlie' Haas II, professional wrestler, wrestles for World Wrestling Entertainment, previously teamed with brother, Russ, on independent circuit, winning JAPW Tag Team Championship 1972 Los Angeles Lakers broke NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13) 1970 Cincinnati Red Stockings loses 1st game after winning 130 straight 1969 Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open 1968 Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02 1968 Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69 1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7 1966 Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7 1966 Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist 1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18 1962 Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy 1961 Gary Cooper, 2 time Academy award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules 1953 England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0 1952 David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1951 Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history 1950 Mark Blum, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio 1950 Steve Hill, country vocalist, A Winning Hand 1948 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404 1948 Kathy Bates, born in Memphis, Tennessee, academy award winning actress, Misery 1944 Bruce Johnston, born in Peoria, Illinois, born Benjamin Baldwin, rocker, musician, singer, record producer, Grammy-Award winning songwriter, member of The Beach Boys, composed I Write The Songs 1943 Albert Lee, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, Grammy-award winning English guitarist, musical director, celebrated finger-style and hybrid picking technique, played with the Crickets 1941 After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns 1941 Ruth Stonehouse, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance', dies in Hollywood, California, at age 48 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak 1937 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 1937 Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter, New York Times 1936 Carl Hubbell begins winning streak, beating Pittsburgh 6-0, 1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years 1932 New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 1932 Theoni Vachliotis aldredge, award winning costume designer 1931 Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight 1930 Frank McCourt, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland 1929 Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak 1928 Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) 1925 White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919 1925 Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop, Glasgow 1921 Rosalyn Yalow, famed award winning medical physicist 1918 Giants' 9-0 winning start and Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped 1916 Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak 1912 Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends 1912 Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight 1909 Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, oscar winning actor, Cyrano de Bergerac 1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant) 1906 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Silver 7, although both winning a game, Montreal outscores Ottawa 12-10 1904 Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn 1892 Ruth Stonehouse, born in Denver, Colorado, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance' 1892 Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist 1892 Thomas Mitchell, born in New Jersey, academy award winning actor, Outlaw, Adventures 1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory 1851 Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I 1825 James Winning McMillan, Major General Union volunteers |
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