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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1957, the Boston Celtics got great games out of rookies Tommie Heinsohn and Bill Russell to beat the St. Louis Hawks to win their first of their 18 NBA World Championships.
In 2016, LA Laker Kobe Bryant scored 61 points in his final NBA game.
In 1997, Tiger Woods won his first Masters and his first major golf tournament .
In 1986, 46-year old Jack Nicklaus became the oldest to win the Masters
In 2014, Masters marker Jeff Knox was paired with Rory McIlroy and the amateur beat him heads up with a 2 under par 70 to Rory’s 71.
In 2009, former Detroit Tiger Mark Fidrych died in a tragic farming accident. He was 54.
In 1978, the New York Yankees and the Curtiss Candy Company released the ‘Reggie’ chocolate bar.
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.