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Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200 metre indoor (20.36 seconds)
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Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point.
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Ray Dandridge, third baseman in Negro Leagues, elected to Hall of Fame.
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary.
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First Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL.
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One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott's debut, but lasts only 4 2/3 innings
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Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds).
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
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Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20.25 feet.
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Birmingham Barracudas granted Canadian Football League franchise
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WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock.
