This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1979, Super Bowl XIII featured a rematch between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys and a famous dropped pass in the endzone.

In 1990, John McEnroe was given three code violations and disqualified from the Australian Open.

In 1984, Michigan beat Indiana 55-50 in Ann Arbor. After the game, Bobby Knight ripped into Michigan coach Bill Frieder for something he did late in the game.

And in 2019, a small plane carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala went down in the English Channel, killing him and the pilot David Ibbitsen.

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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.

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