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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1936, basketball was introduced as an Olympic sport but was played outside. This day’s gold medal game was played in a driving rain.
Also in 1936, the men’s Eight rowing competition took place. If you’ve read ‘The Boys in the Boat’ then you know the story of what happened.
In 1977, Lanny Wadkins won his first and only major golf tournament.
And in 1959, the American Football League was born.
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.