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Leroy Burrell

Born: Feb. 21, 1967Track & Field set former world record of 9.85 in 100 meters, July 6, 1994; previously held record (9.90) in 1991; member of 4 world record-breaking 4x100m relay teams.

John Davis

Born: Jan. 12, 1921Weightlifting 6-time world champion; 2-time Olympic super-heavyweight champ (1948,52); undefeated from 1938-53.Died: July 13, 1984

Dick Ebersol

Born: July 28, 1947Radio-TV protégé of ABC Sports czar Roone Arledge; key NBC exec in launching of Saturday Night Live in 1975; became president of NBC Sports in 1989. Was in plane crash in Nov.…

Juan Manuel Fangio

Born: June 24, 1911Argentine auto racer 5-time Formula One world champion (1951,54-57); 24 career wins, retired in 1958.Died: July 17, 1995

James (Sunny Jim) Fitzsimmons

Born: July 23, 1874Horse racing trained horses that won over 2,275 races, including 2 Triple Crown winners— Gallant Fox in 1930 and Omaha in '35.Died: Mar. 11, 1966

Billy Haughton

Born: Nov. 2, 1923Harness racing 4-time winner of Hambletonian; trainer-driver of one Pacing Triple Crown winner (1968); 4,910 career wins.Died: July 15, 1986

Ewing Kauffman

Born: Sept. 21, 1916Baseball pharmaceutical billionaire and longtime owner of Kansas City Royals; Royals Stadium renamed for Kauffman on July 2, 1993, one month before his death.Died: Aug. 1, 1993

Jeanette Lee

Born: July 9, 1971Billiards known as “The Black Widow”; won the 1994 Women's Professional Billiards Assoc. (WPBA) National Championship and vaulted to the No. 1 women's player in the world; voted…

2008 Disasters

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December January 2008 Disasters Jan. 1–4, Kenya: more than 300 people are killed and…