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Athletics

A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ...

Marathon

• August 22 — European Championships Marathon, Oslo, Norway
  • Men's Winner: Mikko Hietanen (FIN) 2:24:55

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Baseball

• January 23: Hall of Fame election: The writers' vote again fails to select an inductee, despite a newly revamped voting process. Voting again favors earlier candidates from the 1900s and 1910s, but none is able to gain 75% of the vote.

• Jackie Robinson plays for the Montreal Royals, the AAA affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African-American to play in organized baseball in the 20th century. Vincent "Manny" McIntyre from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada becomes the first Black Canadian to sign a professional baseball contract (with the Sherbrooke Canadians).

• April 23: The Hall of Fame Committee clears the deadlock at the top of the writers' ballot by selecting 11 new inductees, primarily from the popular candidates of the 1900s and 1910s: Jesse Burkett, Frank Chance, Jack Chesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, Eddie Plank, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh. Selections of 19th century players are largely postponed. It is decided that the writers will henceforth select only players retired within the more recent past, rather than from the entire 20th century.

• June 15: When some ballplayers jumped to the Mexican League, MLB Commissioner Happy Chandler mentions a lifetime suspension for them, but his penalty is later reduced (1949).

• July 14: Player-manager Lou Boudreau of Cleveland Indians hits four doubles and one home run, but Ted Williams wallops three HRs and drives in eight runs, as the Boston Red Sox top the Indians 11-10. In the Sox second-game win, the famous "Boudreau Shift" is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the third baseman and left fielder, to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams. Ted grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift.

• World Series - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3.

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Basketball

• the National Basketball Association formed as the Basketball Association of America

• the Continental Basketball Association formed as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League

• The fourth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1946, is won by Czechoslovakia.

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Figure skating

The World Figure Skating Championships were not held due to World War II. Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Football (American)

• The All-America Football Conference begans play. The Cleveland Browns win the championship by beating New York Yankees 14-9.
• The Chicago Bears win the NFL crown by defeating the New York Giants 24-14 in New York.

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Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League
  • Essendon wins the 50th VFL Premiership (Essendon 13.8 (86) d Carlton 11.19(85))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Don Cordner (Melbourne)

Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see VFL (disambiguation). ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... Don Cordner was an Australian rules football player and coach. ... Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ...

Football (soccer)

A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

England

• FA Cup - Derby County beat Charlton Athletic 4-1 after extra time.
• The Football League resumes playing for the 1946-47 season.

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Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Horace Lindrum 78-67, then announces his retirement from the event after this, his 15th consecutive victory.

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Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Glenn Davis, College football
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, LPGA golf

In 1931, the first and most prestigious Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP). ... Time magazine cover from October 23, 1945. ... A college football game between Colorado State and Air Force. ... In 1931, the first and most prestigious Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP). ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. ...

Births

January-April

• January 1 — Samuel Mbugua, Kenyan boxer
• January 1 — Manfred Stengl, Austrian luger
• January 10 — Robert Gadocha, Polish footballer
• January 11 — Ludmila Poradnik, Soviet handball player
• January 21 — Johnny Oates, American baseball catcher and manager (d. 2004)
• February 22 — Evert Dolman, Dutch cyclist (d. 1993)
• March 1 — Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player
• March 3 — Charles Asati, Kenyan athlete
• April 4 — Colin Coates, Australian ice speed skater
• April 20 — Fedor den Hertog, Dutch cyclist
• April 26 — Simeon Simeonov, Bulgarian football (soccer) goalkeeper (d. 2000)
• April 28 — Linda Knowles, British high jumper
• April 30 — Don Schollander, American swimmer

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May-July

• May 1 — Valery Muratov, Soviet ice speed skater
• May 14 — Stephen Rerych, US freestyle swimmer
• May 17 — Sinaida Turchina, Soviet handball player
• May 19 — Andre the Giant, French wrestler
• May 20 — Mario Guilloti, Argentine boxer
• May 24 — Selwyn Maister, New Zealand field hockey player
• May 31 — Steve Bucknor, Jamaican international cricket umpire
• June 2 — Warwick Wright, New Zealand field hockey player
• July 7 — Jim Day, Canadian equestrian show jumper
• July 10 — Juan Amat, Spanish field hockey player
• July 19 — Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
• July 25 — Ion Alexe, Romanian heavyweight boxer
• July 31 — Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Polish weightlifter

is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Valery Alexeyevich Muratov (Russian: ) (born May 1, 1946 in Kolomna[1]) is a former ice speed skater from the USSR, who represented his native country in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephen Karl Rerych (born May 14, 1946) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won gold in the 4x100m and 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... André the Giant (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993) was a professional wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Grenoble, France. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mario Guilloti González (born May 20, 1946) is a retired Argentine boxer, who won the bronze medal in the mens welterweight (– 67 kg) category at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Selwyn Gerald Maister (born May 24, 1946 in Christchurch) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephen Anthony Bucknor, popularly known as Steve Bucknor, was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on May 31 1946. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Warwick Birrell Wright (born June 2, 1946 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national mens team that finished ninth at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich after a win against Belgium in the ninth place match. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Day (born July 7, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Olympic equestrian show-jumping champion and thoroughbred horse trainer. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Juan Amat Fontanals (born July 10, 1946) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Mens National Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ilie Năstase (born July 19, 1946, in Bucharest) is a former Romanian professional tennis player and one of the top players of the 1970s. ... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ion Alexe (born July 25, 1946) is a former heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

August-October

• August 6 — Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach
• August 11 — Don Domansky, German-Canadian track and field athlete
• August 29 — Bob Beamon, American high jumper
• September 2 — Uli Vos, German field hockey player
• September 3 — René Pijnen, Dutch cyclist
• September 7 — Eduard Thelen, German field hockey player
• September 9 — Evert Kroon, Dutch water polo goalkeeper
• September 10 — James Hines, American track and field athlete
• September 30 — Barry Weitzenberg, American water polo player
• October 1 — Eva Klobukowska, Polish relay sprinter
• October 1 — Alfred Jones, American middleweight boxer
• October 1 — Winnie van Weerdenburg, Dutch swimmer (d. 1998)
• October 6 — Bart Bongers, Dutch water polo player
• October 8 — Lennox Miller, Jamaican champion runner (d. 2004)
• October 11 — Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast
• October 23 — Miklós Németh, Hungarian javelin thrower

is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Don Domansky (born August 11, 1946 in Ulm, Germany) is a retired track and field athlete, who represented Canada at two Summer Olympics (1968 and 1976) in the 400 metres. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert (Bob) Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is a former American track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the long jump. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Uli Vos (born September 2, 1946) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. ... is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Marinus René Augustinus Josephus Pijnen (born September 3, 1946 in Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant) was a Dutch cyclist. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Eduard Thelen (born on September 7, 1946) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that defeated Pakistan in the final of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Evert Gerrit Kroon (born September 9, 1946 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland) is a former water polo goalkeeper from The Netherlands, who participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bobby Fulton Then and Now James Hines is a professional wrestler better known as Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Barry Weitzenberg (born September 30, 1946) is a former water polo player from the United States, who was a member of the American Mens Team that won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alfred Charles Jones (born 6 June 1859, died 10 February 1949 at New South Wales) was a cricket Test match umpire. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wilhelmina (Winnie) van Weerdenburg (born October 1, 1946 in The Hague — died October 27, 1998 in The Hague) was a Dutch swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bartolomeus (Bart) Bongers (born October 6, 1946 in Arnhem, Gelderland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Mens Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lennox Miller (October 8, 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica - November 8, 2004 in Pasadena, California) was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sawao Kato (加藤 沢男 Katō Sawao, born October 11, 1946) is a Japanese gymnast and one of the most successful athletes of all time at the Olympic Games. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Miklós Németh was a Hungarian olympic champion in javelin throw. ...

November-December

• November 3 — Udo Hempel, German road and track cyclist
• November 8 — Guus Hiddink, Dutch football (soccer) player and coach
• November 28 — Wolfgang Rott, German field hockey player
• November 29 — Suzy Chaffee, American alpine skier
• December 3 — Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
• December 29 — Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panama-born jockey

is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Udo Hempel (born November 3, 1946 in Büttgen) is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Mens 4. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football manager. ... is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wolfgang Rott (born on November 28, 1946) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. ... is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Suzy Chaffee is an Olympic gold medal skier and actress. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gerardus Joseph (Joop) Zoetemelk is a Dutch cyclist. ... is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. ...

Deaths

• March 24 — Carl Schuhmann (76), German athlete (b. 1869)
• November 10 — Louis Zutter (89), Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)