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[edit] Events
- 1924 - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is founded in Paris by seven member states: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain, and Switzerland.
- 1927 - The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.
[edit] Debuts
[edit] Births
- 1875 - Gustav Flatow, German gymnast
- 1875 - Thomas Hicks, American runner
- 1913 - Johnny Mize, American baseball player
- 1916 - Paul Keres, Estonian chess player
- 1922 - Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager
- 1934 - Charlie Jenkins, American runner
- 1938 - Lou Graham, American golfer
- 1942 - Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player
- 1950 - Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
- 1956 - Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957 - Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer
- 1967 - Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
- 1970 - Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
- 1971 - C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler
- 1972 - Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
- 1976 - Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
- 1976 - Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
- 1978 - Kevin Mench, American baseball player
- 1981 - Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
- 1981 - Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1982 - Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
- 1982 - Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver
- 1983 - Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
- 1984 - Jon Lester, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
- 1985 - Lewis Hamilton, English F1 racing driver
- 1986 - Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
- 1988 - Scott Pendlebury, AFL player
- 1990 - Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
