1999 Hakeem Olajuwon blocks his 3,500th shot – ends game with 3,503 NBA record
1997 Karl Malone becomes only the 5th player to have 25,000 points and 10,000 rebounds1988 Pat Riley gets his 400th coaching win – fastest ever (540 games)
1985 Fats Lever of the Denver Nuggets sets a NBA record with 8 steals in a quarter
1981 Carlton Fisk signs with the Chicago White Sox
1979 Kevin Porter of
1968 In the NCAA tournament, Elvin Hayes scores 49 and has 27 rebounds as Houston beat Loyola 94-76 – only player to record 40 or more and 25 rebounds in a tournament game
1960 What a year in Boston – Celtics win 59th game of the season most in NBA history at the time – NBA record most FGs made per game (49.9), most FGs attempted (119.6), most rebounds per game (71.5)
1958 First player to score 2,000 points in a NBA season – George Yardley of
1922 Roger Hornsby becomes highest paid player in NL history - $18,500 – will win Triple Crown this season with .401 average, 42 HRs, and 152 RBI, 250 hits, and 46 doubles – will also win Triple Crown in 1925 with .403/39/143
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