TODAY: September 30

1961: Benny ‘Kid’ Paret won the world welterweight boxing title, beating Emile Griffith on points in New York. Six months later in a rematch, Paret was stopped in round 12 and died from his injuries. 1997: Manchester United announced record club profits of £27.6million and a link-up with BSkyB and Granada to create the MUTV channel. 1999: Rugby league sides Sheffield and Huddersfield announced they were to merge to form one Super League club – the Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. But less than 12 months later, lack of support from Sheffield led to the club announcing their intention to play matches only in Huddersfield and drop Sheffield from their name. 2002: Bulldozers began demolishing the old Wembley Stadium (above).