Football
1975: Birthday of former Liverpool and Manchester City striker Robbie Fowler.
1985: Birthday of AC Milan midfielder Antonio Nocerino.
1987: Birthday of PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi.
Basketball
1959: Boston Celtics win their 13th NBA Championship (8th straight), sweeping Minnesota Lakers in 4 games.
1960: Boston win their 14th NBA Championship, beating St. Louis Hawks 4-3.
1982: L.A Lakers set new NBA record with 21 blocks in a single game, against Denver.
Cricket
1972: Fourth highest opening partnership in Test history, 387-0, recorded by NZ’s Glenn Turner and Terry Jarvis against the West Indies.
1995: Sachin Tendulkar scores his 4th ODI century against Sri Lanka, becomes youngest to reach the 3000 run mark.
Do check out the rest of the ‘This day in history’ series.
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