February 1
1968 - The legendary coach Vince Lombardi resigns from the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.
2004 - The Janet Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction' occurs during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII resulting in stronger censorship guidelines for US broadcasting.
February 2
1892 - The longest boxing match under the modern rules last 77 rounds between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby in Nameoki, Ill.
1977 - Toronto Maple Leaf Ian Turnbull scores five goals in a game setting a National Hockey League record for defenceman.
2004 - Professional tennis player Roger Federer becomes the number one ranked men's single player and holds that spot for a record 237 weeks.
2013 - Former Battlefords North Stars and locally born Brett Miller turns 22.
February 3
1998 - As a member of the Florida Panthers, Dino Ciccarelli scores his 600th career NHL goal. He became the ninth player to reach that feat.
February 4
1924 - The first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France come to a close.
1990 - Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko sets an indoor 60m hurdles record with a time of 7.69.
2013 - Battlefords North Stars forward Tanner Quinn turns 20.
February 5
1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive free throws blindfolded.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes the first National Basketball Association player to score 1,000 career points.
February 6
1990 - Brett Hull scores his 50th goal of the season. That makes him and Bobby Hall the first father/son duo to score 50 goals.
February 7
1949 - The New York Yankees sign Joe DiMaggio to a contract making him the first baseball player to make $100,000 per season.
1965 - Boxer Cassius Clay adopts the Muslim name Muhammad Ali.
1976 - Toronto Maple Leaf forward Darryl Sittler scores six goals and records 10 points against the Boston Bruins, an NHL point per game record.
