ON THIS DATE

1918: The first neutral site game in NHL history is held in Quebec City. Frank Nighbor scores twice in the first period to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over the Canadiens.

1959: The Celtics beat the Minneapolis Lakers 173-139 as seven NBA records fall. Boston sets records for most points (173), most points in a half (90), most points in a quarter (52) and most field goals (72). Boston’s Tom Heinsohn leads all scorers with 43 points and Bob Cousy adds 31 while setting an NBA record with 28 assists.

1966: Richard Petty wins the rain-shortened Daytona 500 by more than a lap. Petty holds the lead for the last 212 miles of the scheduled 500-mile event, which is called five miles from the finish.

1977: Stan Mikita of the Chicago Black Hawks scores his 500th goal in a 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

1982: Florida apprentice Mary Russ becomes the first female jockey to win a Grade I stakes in North America when she captures the Widener Handicap aboard Lord Darnley at Hialeah (Fla.) Park. 1994: Sweden wins its first hockey gold medal, defeating Canada 3-2 in the first shootout for a championship at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

1998: Indiana’s 124-59 victory over Portland marks the first time in the NBA’S 51-year history that one team scores more than twice as many points as the other.

2006: Effa Manley is the first woman elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. The former Newark Eagles coowner is among 17 people from the Negro Leagues and pre-negro Leagues chosen by a special committee.