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Today is Wednesday August 14th, the 226th day of 1991.
There are 139 days left in the year.

SPORTS celebrities born on this date...
 In 1913 Paul "Daffy" Dean, St. Louis Cardinal pitcher. 
 In 1930 Earl Weaver, Baltimore Oriole manager. 
 In 1944 Robyn Smith Astaire, jockey, wife of Fred Astaire. 
 In 1952 Debbie Meyer, first Olympic swimmer to win 3 individual gold. 
 In 1959 Earvin "Magic" Johnson, NBA star for the LA Lakers. 

Notable deaths in SPORTS on this date
 In 1988 Enzo Ferrari, Italian sportscar manufacturer, at age 90. 

Events on this day in SPORTS history...
 In 1903 Jim Corbett's last fight, a loss to Jim Jeffries in ten rounds, SF. 
 In 1919 Yankee Muddy Ruel hit into a triple play. 
 In 1932 the 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles ended. 
 In 1936 US defeated Canada 19-8 for the first Olympic basketball gold medal. 
 In 1939 the first night game at Comiskey Park was held. 
 In 1947 Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias gave up amateur status for $300,000. 
 In 1948 the 14th Olympic games in London ended. 
 In 1958 the Canadian Football League played its first game. 
         Cleveland Indian Vic Power stole home twice in one game.
 In 1959 the AFL was organized with six teams. 
 In 1965 the Continental Football League played its first games. 
 In 1971 St. Louis Card Bob Gibson no-hit Pittsburgh 11-0. 
 In 1973 Johnny Unitas filed $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts. 
 In 1977 77,691 see NY Cosmos beat Ft Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giants 
         Stadium.
 In 1982 Pete Rose's 12,365th at-bat passed Hand Aaron to set  record. 