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1951 Ezzard Charles knocks out Lee Oma in the 10th round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the heavyweight title.
1958 Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals sets an NBA record for career points in a 135-109 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Schayes scores 23 points to bring his career mark to 11,770, breaking the record of 11,764 held by George Mikan.
1958 The NCAA rules committee makes the first change in football scoring rules since 1912 by adding the 2-point conversion.
1960 Syracuse's Dolph Schayes becomes the first player in NBA history to score 15,000 career points.
1969 New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath "guarantees" a victory before the game against the 17-point favorite Baltimore Colts, then leads the AFL to its first Super Bowl victory, a 16-7 triumph over a Baltimore team that had lost only once in 16 games all season.
1975 The Pittsburgh Steelers totally shut down Minnesota's offense, handing the Vikings their third Super Bowl defeat, 16-6.
1986 Chicago's Denis Savard ties an NHL record for the fastest goal to start a period by scoring 4 seconds into the third period of the Blackhawks' 4-2 victory over the Hartford Whalers.
1991 Princeton beats Cornell 164-71 in an unusual swimming meet.
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