Today History

Betsy King, Golf Player

1913 - John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League
1925 - Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000
1926 - USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs
1931 - Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
1933 - 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3
1934 - NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship
1936 - AL OKs night baseball for St Louis
1949 - NFL merges Cleve Browns, SF '49ers and Balt Colts from AAFC
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
1974 - Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
1978 - 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
1979 - Murle Breer/Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1984 - 59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63)
1984 - Vicki Alvarez/Mike McDonald wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1985 - 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63)
1985 - Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
1990 - Betsy King wins Itoman LPGA World Match Play Golf Championship
1990 - NFL NY Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard
1992 - Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)