On the 18th of December In:-
1961 – Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 78 points vs LA
1969 – Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer was born
1983 – Wrestler Hulk Hogan (30) wedded Linda Claridge
1996 – Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England
On the 19th of December in:-
1983 – The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro.
1985 – Gary Cahill, English footballer was born
1986 – Ryan Babel, Dutch Footballer was born
1987 – Karim Benzema, French football player (Real Madrid, French national team), was born in Lyon, France
1988 – Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer (Arsenal, Chilean national team), was born in Tocopilla, Chile
1989 – NBA Legend Larry Bird (Celtics) begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
On the 20th of December in:-
1978 – Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer was born
1980 – Ashley Cole, English footballer was born
On the 21th of December in:-
1981 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian football player was born
1982 – Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist was born
1984 – Darren Potter, Irish football player was born
1985 – James Stewart Jr., American motorcycle racer was born
On the 22nd of December in:-
1894 – United States Golf Association forms
1959 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer and ex-Real Madrid manager, was born in Augsburg, Germany
1962 – 1,000,000th NBA point scored
1963 – Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer, was born in Milan, Italy
1967 – Dan Petrescu, Romanian football manager and professional football player, was born in Bucharest, Romania
2003 – The New York Knicks hire Isaiah Thomas as President of Basketball Operations
On the 23rd of December in:-
1979 – Kenny Miller, Scottish football player was born
1983 – Michael Chopra, English footballer was born
1994 – Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players
1997 – Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games) in NBA history
2005 – Soccer star player Kaka (23) wedded Brazilian singer Caroline Celico (18) at Igreja Renascer em Cristo in Sao Paulo, Brazil
On the 24th of December in:-
1889 – Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake
1894 – Soccer team Achilles ’94 forms in Axes
1937 – Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player was born
1949 – Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver was born
