TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1887 Chicago Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000. 1896 Stanley Cup: Winnipeg Victorias beat Montreal Victorias, 2-0. 1934 NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto.

1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title.

1952 The VI Olympic Winter Games open in Oslo, Norway.

1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts’ bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites.

1966 Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points.

1984 British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean score 12 perfect 6.0s for their interpretation of Ravel’s “Bolero” in the 1984 Winter Olympics. They win the gold medal for ice dancing.

1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date — Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons.

1988 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player.

1988 Bobby Allison at age 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500.

1991 National League Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record US$3 million salary arbitration. 1992 Andre Cason runs world record 60 metre indoor in 6.41 seconds.

1992 Kieren John Perkins, swims world record 800 metre freestyle (7 minutes 46.60 seconds).

1992 Merlene Ottey runs world record 60 metre indoor in 6.96 seconds.

1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympics record 500 metre in 36.33 seconds.

2009 Mike Green of the Washington Capitals sets an NHL record for a defenceman by scoring in his eighth consecutive game.

It’s still one of the most iconic moments in Olympic figure skating history: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean scoring 12 perfect 6.0s skating to Bolero at the Sarajevo Olympics, 34 years ago today.