Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 12/7/2008

12/7/1963:
Kansas upsets Cincinnati, 51-47, at the Armory Fieldhouse, snapping the Bearcats' home-court winning streak at 90 (72 at the Armory Fieldhouse and 18 more at Cincinnati Gardens). Sophomore center Walt Wesley leads Kansas with 17 points and the Jayhawks score their last six points from the foul line to secure the victory. George Wilson leads Cincinnati with 19 points but turns the ball over in the closing moments when his team trailed by only two points. The Bearcats' last home loss was in March 1957, when they lost to archrival Dayton. In the interim, Cincinnati appeared in five straight Final Fours, won two national championships and lost a third in the finals in overtime.

Birthdays:
Bo Belinsky b. 1936
Gerry Cheevers b. 1940
Johnny Bench b. 1947
Larry Bird b. 1956
Tino Martinez b. 1967

SEE IT AGAIN

Whether we realize it or not, we have all seen these photographs; they are an indelible part of our cultural heritage. They still have the ability to remind us of the history they represent: the first picture of Earth taken from the moon; the first image of a fetus inside the womb; the Beatles arriving on American shores in 1964; Normandy; Vietnam; Marilyn Monroe. One wonders if a thousand words is enough to tell the stories of some of these pictures.

100 PHOTOGRAPHS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, by the editors of Life magazine (Life, 2003)