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2004

Arsenal win the Premier League without losing a league match

The club ended the Premier League campaign as champions without a single defeat – a record of 26 wins and 12 draws. Arsenal fared less well in the cups, eliminated in the FA Cup and League Cup semi-finals to Manchester United and Middlesbrough respectively, and at the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League to Chelsea.

1976

American professional basketball player Tim Duncan is born

Timothy Theodore Duncan is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. Widely considered to be the greatest power forward of all time, he is a five-time NBA champion, two-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA Finals MVP, NBA All-Star Game MVP and NBA Rookie of the Year.

1976

Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday became a national hero

Two protesters ran into left-center field and tried to set fire to an American flag after the start of the bottom of the 4th inning. Monday dashed over and grabbed the flag to thunderous cheers. He ran through the infield with the flag and while walking towards the Dodgers dugout met and handed the flag over to Dodgers pitcher Doug Rau.

1950

Chuck Cooper becomes the first black player ever selected in the NBA Draft

Chuck Cooper was drafted as the first pick of the second round by the Boston Celtics' owner Walter A. Brown and played for coach Red Auerbach. He made his NBA debut on November 1, 1950. Cooper and two others, Nat Clifton and Earl Lloyd, became the first African-American players in the NBA in 1950.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1963

David Moyes

born 1976

Tim Duncan

born 1947

Johan Cruyff