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- 1984: Ram running back Eric Dickerson breaks O.J. Simpson's single-season NFL rushing record with 2,105 yards.
- 1959: Ken Venturi's amazing final-round 63 overcomes an eight-shot final-round deficit and wins the Los Angeles Open by two shots over a surprised Art Wall.
- 1956: Long Beach native Pat McCormick rallies from behind to win the platform competition in the 1956 Olympic Games and complete a double-double sweep of the 1952 and 1956 women's diving titles.
- 1975: Freshman Willie Banks sets an American Junior Record of 55-1 in the triple jump to vault from third to first and give UCLA a pulsating 75-70 dual meet over USC before an overflow crowd of 15,000-plus at Drake Stadium.
- 1954: USC alumnus and Olympic gold medalist Parry O'Brien breaks the 60-foot barrier in the shot put at 60-5 1/4 in a special competition during the USC-UCLA dual meet.
- 1921: USC's Charley Paddock - the "World's Fastest Human" - sets three world records and ties a fourth in the 100 yards, 100 meters, 300 yards and 300 meters in one day!
- 1973: USC rallies from a seven-run deficit against Minnesota in the ninth inning in the College World Series on their way to the ninth NCAA title of the 11 won under coach Rod Dedeaux.
- 1946: Bonita High School product Glenn Davis of Army wins the Heisman Trophy as the nation's top collegiate football player.
- 1984: Coach Al Scates' dynastic UCLA volleyball squad wins its fourth NCAA title in a row three months before three Bruins help the USA to Olympic gold in the 1984 Games.
- 1973: Coach Jim Bush watches his UCLA track and field team win its third NCAA title in a row by 25 points over Oregon, winning the mile relay for the fifth year (of six) in a row.
- 1956: The "Touchdown Twins" Randy Meadows of Downey and Mickey Flynn of Anaheim meet in the CIF Southern Section title game before 41,383 at the Coliseum in a 13-13 tie.
- 1993: Long Beach's All-Stars repeat as Little League World Series Champions by beating Panama City, 3-2, before 40,000 fans at Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
- 1943: USC's Dean Cromwell wins his ninth NCAA track and field title in a row, with just four athletes, one of a dozen national championships won by his Trojan teams.
- 1966: The winningest jockey of all time, Johnny Longden, caps his career with a final ride win aboard George Royal in the San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anita.
- 1988: El Dorado High School swim star Janet Evans smiles her way to three gold medals, one world record, one Olympic Record and an American Record in the Seoul Olympic Games.
- 1947: L.A. native Jack Kramer defends his U.S. Open tennis title, coming back from an 0-2 deficit to overtake Frank Parker in three sets in his last major event as an amateur.
- 1988: Former UCLA star Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets a world record in the heptathlon and an Olympic Record in the long jump on the way to two gold medals in the Seoul Olympic Games.
- 1984: All-American Cheryl Miller and twins Paula and Pam McGee lead a dominant USC women's basketball team to their second consecutive national title.
- 1952: L.A. native Sammy Lee defends his Olympic title with a near-perfect performance in platform diving at the Helsinki Olympic Games.
- 1978: All-American Ann Meyers leads UCLA's women's basketball squad to the AIAW national championship over Maryland before a frenzied crowd of 9,351 at Pauley Pavilion.
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