1962: Accrington Stanley were forced to withdraw from the Football League with 13 matches left of the season due to financial problems.

1971: American-born driver Mario Andretti claimed the first of his 12 Grand Prix wins, driving a Ferrari to victory in South Africa.

1976: Wilfredo Benitez, of Puerto Rico, became the youngest world boxing champion at the age of 17 years and 176 days when he beat Antonio Cervantes to win the WBA junior-welterweight title in San Juan.