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Today is Thursday, November 9, 2023


Today in
Sports History​


1861 - The first documented Canadian football game took place at the University of Toronto.

1952 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the NHL's leading goal scorer with his 325th career goal. He later sent the puck to Britain's Queen Elizabeth.

1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 1922 ruling that major league baseball did not come within the scope of federal antitrust laws.

1961 - The Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) eliminated its "caucasians only" rule.

1965 - Willie Mays was named the National League Most Valuable Player.

1971 - The NHL announced that it had granted a franchise to Atlanta.

1972 - John Bucyk (Boston Bruins) scored his 1,000th NHL point.

1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. In 1984 Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time before becoming a boxing commentator for NBC.

1984 - Larry Bird and Dr J. got into a fight during a game. They were both fined $7,500.

1991 - Roman Anderson (Houston Cougars) became the first player in NCAA history to surpass 400 points when he kicked a 32-yard field goal.


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The future ain't what it used to be.
- Yogi Berra
 
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VolPack22 said:
Today is Thursday, November 9, 2023


Today in​

Sports History​


1861 - The first documented Canadian football game took place at the University of Toronto.

1952 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the NHL's leading goal scorer with his 325th career goal. He later sent the puck to Britain's Queen Elizabeth.

1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 1922 ruling that major league baseball did not come within the scope of federal antitrust laws.

1961 - The Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) eliminated its "caucasians only" rule.

1965 - Willie Mays was named the National League Most Valuable Player.

1971 - The NHL announced that it had granted a franchise to Atlanta.

1972 - John Bucyk (Boston Bruins) scored his 1,000th NHL point.

1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. In 1984 Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time before becoming a boxing commentator for NBC.

1984 - Larry Bird and Dr J. got into a fight during a game. They were both fined $7,500.

1991 - Roman Anderson (Houston Cougars) became the first player in NCAA history to surpass 400 points when he kicked a 32-yard field goal.


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The future ain't what it used to be.
- Yogi Berra
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Yogi is full of great quotes!
 
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VolPack22 said:
Today is Thursday, November 9, 2023


Today in​

Sports History​


1861 - The first documented Canadian football game took place at the University of Toronto.

1952 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the NHL's leading goal scorer with his 325th career goal. He later sent the puck to Britain's Queen Elizabeth.

1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 1922 ruling that major league baseball did not come within the scope of federal antitrust laws.

1961 - The Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) eliminated its "caucasians only" rule.

1965 - Willie Mays was named the National League Most Valuable Player.

1971 - The NHL announced that it had granted a franchise to Atlanta.

1972 - John Bucyk (Boston Bruins) scored his 1,000th NHL point.

1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. In 1984 Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time before becoming a boxing commentator for NBC.

1984 - Larry Bird and Dr J. got into a fight during a game. They were both fined $7,500.

1991 - Roman Anderson (Houston Cougars) became the first player in NCAA history to surpass 400 points when he kicked a 32-yard field goal.


Sports Quote
The future ain't what it used to be.
- Yogi Berra
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Speaking of dates...
My wife reads, collects, loves and hoards more books than any other human I’ve ever seen, so I’m constantly on the lookout for interesting finds.
Yesterday at a local thrift store, I found a 1936 edition, Gone with the Wind and a book titled “thrilling tales from American wars” from 1855!!
The book is 168 years old and was printed 6 years before the civil war and 6 years before Abe Lincoln became president!!
It’s inscribed on the inside cover in calligraphy,
Frank G Martins book may 30th 1856.
I got them for $1 each!
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Thrilling incidents in the wars of the United States is the actual name of the book...
 
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cobbwebb0710 said:
Speaking of dates...
My wife reads, collects, loves and hoards more books than any other human I’ve ever seen, so I’m constantly on the lookout for interesting finds.
Yesterday at a local thrift store, I found a 1936 edition, Gone with the Wind and a book titled “thrilling tales from American wars” from 1855!!
The book is 168 years old and was printed 6 years before the civil war and 6 years before Abe Lincoln became president!!
It’s inscribed on the inside cover in calligraphy,
Frank G Martins book may 30th 1856.
I got them for $1 each!
😎
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F*^King A+ for you. Now, you can sell those two for millions to collectors.
 
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cobbwebb0710 said:
I wish!
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Believe it or not most of us have things worth good money to others if only we knew where to go to find that out. I'd be willing to bet someone would pay you more than a dollar for one of those two books you got. Some collector is looking for old books dated what you said & would pay good money for it.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
Believe it or not most of us have things worth good money to others if only we knew where to go to find that out. I'd be willing to bet someone would pay you more than a dollar for one of those two books you got. Some collector is looking for old books dated what you said & would pay good money for it.
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The Gone with the wind book is on eBay for like $140, but my wife would rather keep it.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
Believe it or not most of us have things worth good money to others if only we knew where to go to find that out. I'd be willing to bet someone would pay you more than a dollar for one of those two books you got. Some collector is looking for old books dated what you said & would pay good money for it.
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I was just excited to hold in my hands, a book from 1855!
Think about what that book has been through.
 
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