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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1994, Michael Schumacher beat Damon Hill by one point to win the Formula One.
In 1977, Houston Oilers Head Coach Bum Phillips said Oakland’s Ray Guy had to be puttiing helium in the football.
In 1967, Indiana Pacer Jerry Harkness hit the longest shot in professional basketball history.
In 1979, Daryl Dawkins broke his first backboard.
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.