1937: Nels Stewart of the New York Americans became the NHL’s career scoring leader with his 270th goal in a 4-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
1968: Elvin Hayes scored 39 points, leading Houston to a 71-69 victory that ended UCLA’s 47-game winning streak. A regular-season record 52,693 fans attended the game at the Houston Astrodome.
1980: President Carter announced that the U.S. Olympic team will not participate in the Olympic Games in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
1980: Terry Bradshaw passed for 309 yards and set two passing records as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 to become the first team to win four Super Bowls.
1985: Joe Montana passed for a Super Bowl record 331 yards and three touchdowns, leading the San Francisco 49ers to a 38-16 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Roger Craig scored a record three touchdowns.
1990: The University of Calgary women’s basketball team set an NCAA record for consecutive wins with a 90-45 victory over Alberta. It was the 55th win for Calgary, breaking the mark set by Louisiana Tech from 1980-82.
1996: In a huge upset, Rudy Galindo won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, earning two perfect marks along the way.
1999: After 204 days and hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, the NBA lockout ended.
