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1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1996 Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player 1996 Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series 1996 Ken Griffey, Jr., 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs 1996 Jessica Dubroff, hoped to be youngest to fly across U.S., crashed at 7 1996 Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7 1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds 1995 World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai 1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 1992 Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame 1992 Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves 1992 Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years 1991 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32) 1991 Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches 1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals 1988 Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1987 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1987 Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest 1985 Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award 1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1985 Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d) 1984 Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points 1984 New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year 1984 Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks 1984 Holly Roffey, Englnd, youngest heart transplant 1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel 1981 Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest International gymnastics participant 1979 Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in U.S. Tennis Open, she loses 1979 Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel 1972 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship 1971 Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel 1971 Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 1988 Olympics 1967 Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament 1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout 1963 Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned 1961 Jay Aston, London, England, singer, youngest member of British pop group, Bucks Fizz, founded Jay Aston Theatre Arts School 1961 Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC 1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses) 1955 Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ 1953 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie 1945 Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a home run 1945 Tommy Brown, Brooklyn Dodger becomes youngest home run hitter (17) 1945 Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1944 Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25 1944 Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league 1944 Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall 1943 Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's 1939 Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games 1936 Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d) 1924 Philip Barry's "Youngest," premieres in New York City 1924 Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators) 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager 1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days 1876 Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1837 Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Major Gen |
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