January 11
1973 - Major League Baseball's American League adopts designated hitter rule.
1984 - Denver Nuggets scored 163 points against the San Antonio Spurs, who scored 155 points in the highest-scoring National Basketball Association game.
1995 - National Hockey League's Player Association and league owners agree to end NHL strike.
January 12
1967 - Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali.
January 13
1982 - Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected into Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 - A soccer stadium riot in South Africa leaves 42 killed after an exhibition soccer match.
2013 - Battlefords North Stars defenceman Keenan Martins turns 20.
January 14
1943 - Montreal's Alex Smart becomes the first NHLer to score a hat trick in his first game.
1994 - Inna Lassovskaya sets the world triple jump record with a leap of 14.61m.
January 15
1967 - Superbowl I in Los Angeles has Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. Bart Starr, Green Bay's quarterback was the game's MVP.
1990 - At the age of 42, George Foreman knocks out George Cooney in two rounds.
January 16
1905 - The Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City in two games to win the Stanley Cup. Ottawa won the second game 23-2 with Frank McGee scoring 14 goals.
January 17
1916 - The Professional Golfer Association is formed and Jim Barnes wins the first PGA Championship at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, N.Y.
1997 - The NBA suspends Chicago's Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman.
2013 - Battlefords North Stars defenceman Matt Sheeran turns 20.
2013 - Battlefords Midget Stars forward Brian Hillis turns 18.
2013 - Battlefords AAA Sharks defenceman Taylor Durocher turns 18.
