From the Daily News Archives
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- Navratilova, Czech tennis star, is granted asylum in 1975
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- Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's Iron Man record in 1995
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- Vince Lombardi dies from intestinal cancer at 57 in 1970
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- Doc Gooden becomes the youngest 20-game winner in 1985
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- Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling in 1989
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- Jesse Owens wins the 100-meter dash at 1936 Berlin Olympics
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- Jackie Joyner-Kersee makes history in 1992 with heptathlon repeat