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.
Debuts[]
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