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Showing posts with label Evil Knievel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evil Knievel. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2010
This.....
Being the 1st day of .....not only a new year.....but a new decade.....let us take a look at what has happened......on this day:
Sports History
0404 - The last gladiator competition was held in Rome.
1902 - The first Tournament of Roses (later the Rose Bowl) collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA.
1926 - The Rose Bowl was carried coast to coast on network radio for the first time.
1933 - The first Orange Bowl was played. Miami defeated Manhattan 7-0.
1935 - The first Sugar Bowl was played. Tulane defeated Temple 20-14.
1935 - The first Sun Bowl was played. Hardin Simmons and New Mexico State tied 14-14.
1937 - The First Cotton Bowl football game was played in Dallas, TX. Texas Christian University (T.C.U.) beat Marquette, 16-6.
1954 - The Rose Bowl and the Cotton Bowl were shown in color for the first time.
1961 - Briggs Stadium was renamed Tigers Stadium.
1968 - Evil Knievel, daredevil, lost control of his motorcycle midway through a jump of 141 feet over the ornamental fountains in front of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.
1969 - Los Angeles Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke fined each of his players $100 for "not" arguing with the referee.
1992 - The ESPN Radio Network was officially launched.
2007 - In Denver, CO, Darrent Williams (Denver Broncos) was killed in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub.
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