2019: Houston Rockets SG James Harden scored 60 PTS on only 24 FGA, the least amount of FGA in a 60-PT game in NBA history. His 4th career 60-PT game tied him with Michael Jordan for the 3rd most of all-time
1998: Arizona Diamondbacks made the biggest splash of the offseason immediately after their 1st season in the MLB by signing future HOF Randy Johnson (4y/$52.4M), who would win 4 straight NL Cy Young awards and led ARZ to their 1st World Series title 3 years later
1996: Chicago Bulls SG Michael Jordan became just the 10th player in NBA history to score over 25,000 points
1993: Jacksonville, Florida was officially awarded the NFL’s 30th franchise (Jaguars)
1990: Boston Celtics PF Larry Bird scored his 20,000th career point, becoming just the 5th player in NBA history with 20,000 points, 5,000 assists, and 5,000 rebounds in their career (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West)
1977: After a 5-17 start, the Seattle SuperSonics replaced HC Bob Hopkins with Lenny Wilkens, who led them to a 42-18 record the rest of the way and ultimately reached the NBA Finals, where they would lose to the Washington Bullets in 7 games
1959: Former Marine Corps Major and Governor of South Dakota Joe Foss was officially named the 1st Commissioner of the American Football League
1948: Baseball’s “Negro National League” officially disbanded due to the integration of MLB
1948: Cleveland Indians SS/MGR Lou Boudreau was named AL MVP after winning the World Series despite speculation of a midseason trade to the St. Louis Browns earlier in the year