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1993

Pittsburgh Penguins win their 16th consecutive game

NHL team the Pittsburgh Penguins set a National Hockey League record with their 16th consecutive victory Friday night, beating the New York Rangers, 10-4, behind Mario Lemieux's five goals. The Penguins broke the 11-year-old record of the New York Islanders, who won 15 straight on their way to the Stanley Cup in 1981-82.

1988

Alan Shearer becomes the youngest player to score a hattrick in England

Alan Shearer is a former English football player who played at the top level of English league football. Roughly 2 weeks after his professional debut, Shearer scored a hat-trick in a 4-2 victory against Arsenal. At the age of 17 years and 240 days, he became the youngest player to ever do so, breaking the record of Jimmy Greaves.

1980

Gordie Howe scores his final playoff goal

Three days after scoring his 801st and final regular-season goal, Gordon Howe, a Canadian professional ice hockey player, scored his last of his 68 Stanley Cup Playoff goals. He put a long backhand shot past goaltender Denis Herron in the third period of the Hartford Whalers' 8-4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the Preliminary Round.

1975

The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association

The league opened its first season and held its first games at the Araneta Coliseum, with a sellout crowd of 18,000 watching. A doubleheader was featured Mariwasa Noritake vs. Concepcion Carrier and Toyota vs. Universal Textiles. The Concepcion Carrier lost, 101-98. The second match won Toyota 105-101.

1965

First indoor baseball game is played

The first baseball game played at the Astrodome occurred an exhibition game the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees. Mickey Mantle hit major-league history’s first indoor home run, but it was the building people talked about. The Astrodome was stadium to have each of the 42,217 seat cushioned.

1941

PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame

The Professional Golfers’ Association created a Hall of Fame in order to honor the professional golf players who stand above the rest. Over the time, there has been a number of other halls of fame, which eventually merged into the World Golf Hall of Fame, located at St. Johns County, Florida, and Pinehurst Hall in North Carolina.

1938

The first complete live football match is aired, as England take on Scotland

Despite the fact the BBC started its TV service in 1936, it was not until 2 years later, when the 1st international football match appeared on TV screens. The match took place at the Empire Stadium in Wembley with an attendance of 93,267 people. Scotland won 1-0, thanks to Tommy Walker who scored from 15 yards.

1912

The first baseball exhibition game ever played

Fenway Park is a baseball park in Boston, near Kenmore Square. The stadium has been the home for the Boston Red Sox since 1912. The team christened the park with a friendly exhibition match against Harvard Crimson. It happened just 11 days prior to their regular-season home opener against NY Highlanders.

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