Soviet-born Garry Kasparov, 22 (above) beat Anatoly Karpov to
become the youngest world chess champion. Eleven years later,
he defeated Deep Blue, IBM’s powerful custom-built chess
computer, then lost to an upgraded Deep Blue the following
year.

Chess Grandmaster Garry Kimovich Kasparov, born
April 13, 1963.

On May 16, 1980, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Earvin
“Magic” Johnson stepped in for injured center Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar and scores 42 points, leading the Lakers
to a four games-to-two series win over the Philadelphia
76ers for their first championship since 1972.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. will be 66 on August 14th.

On March 29, 1982, A 19-year-old North Carolina freshman Michael Jordan makes a 16-foot jump shot with 15 seconds left to give the
Tar Heels a 63-62 win over Georgetown for the NCAA Tournament championship. "To tell the truth," Jordan tells reporters in New
Orleans afterward, "I didn’t see it go in. I didn’t want to look."

The winning shot cements Jordan in the national consciousness,
and he goes on to become one of the greatest basketball players
in history, winning six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls.

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (MJ) turned 62 in February.

On March 25, 1958, Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Carmen Basilio
to regain the middleweight championship. It was the fifth and final
title of his career.

Robinson is considered by many to be the greatest prizefighter
in history.

No less an authority than heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali 
said, “My idol will always be Sugar Ray Robinson, who was, and
remains, one of the best pound-for-pound fighters to have ever
lived in this century.”

On December 10, 1922, the Canton Bulldogs defeated  the Toledo Maroons, 19-0, and are declared the first champion of the newly
renamed National Football League.