Feb. 21<\/p>\n
1931 \u2014 In the first major league night game, the Chicago White Sox play the New York Giants in a 10-inning exhibition in Houston.<\/p>\n
1952 \u2014 The Boston Celtics and the Fort Wayne Pistons tip off at midnight in a \u201cMilkman\u2019s Special\u201d following an Ice Follies performance at Boston Garden. Bob Cousy of the Celtics scores 24 points before 2,368 fans in a 88-67 win.<\/p>\n
1952 \u2014 Dick Button performs the first triple jump in a figure skating competition.<\/p>\n
1953 \u2014 In college basketball\u2019s longest game, Niagara beats Siena 88-81 in six overtimes.<\/p>\n
1960 \u2014 Philadelphia Warriors rookie Wilt Chamberlain sets an NBA record with his fourth 50-point game of the season, scoring 58 in a 129-122 victory over the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n
1970 \u2014 Bobby Hull scores two goals, including the 500th of his career, in the Chicago Blackhawks\u2019 4-2 win over the New York Rangers.<\/p>\n
1970 \u2014 Pete Maravich of LSU scores 64 points in a 121-105 loss to Kentucky. Dan Issel scores 51 for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n
1976 \u2014 New York\u2019s Red Holzman becomes the second NBA coach, after Red Auerbach, to win 500 games with a 102-98 victory over New Orleans.<\/p>\n
1992 \u2014 Kristi Yamaguchi wins America\u2019s first Olympic gold medal in women\u2019s figure skating since 1976. Midori Ito of Japan takes the silver and Nancy Kerrigan of the United States wins bronze.<\/p>\n
1996 \u2014 The Philadelphia 76ers have the worst NBA offensive performance in 41 years in their 66-57 loss to Miami. The 76ers tie the record for fewest points, set Feb. 27, 1955, by Milwaukee in a 62-57 loss to Boston during the first season of the 24-second clock.<\/p>\n
2002 \u2014 In Salt Lake City, U.S. figure skater Sarah Hughes jumps from fourth to first to win the Olympic gold while teammate Michelle Kwan settles for bronze. The powerful U.S. women\u2019s hockey team loses 3-2 in a gold-medal game to a Canadian team it had beaten eight consecutive times.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 Michael Jordan becomes the first 40-year-old in NBA history to score 40 or more points, getting 43 in the Washington Wizards\u2019 89-86 win over the New Jersey Nets.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 Mikaela Shiffrin becomes the youngest Olympic slalom gold medalist. The 18-year-old American is 0.53 seconds faster than Austria\u2019s Marlies Schild.<\/p>\n
2016 – 58th Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin wins closest finish in race history – by just 0.01s from Martin Truex Jr.<\/p>\n
2018 – Winter Olympics: Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall become the first Americans in history to win a cross country gold medal (team sprint).<\/p>\n
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