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On this day in sports: February 1

  1. 1981 The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Source
  2. 2002 Born: Seth Jarvis, Canadian ice hockey player Source
  3. 2004 During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting. Source
  4. 2019 Died: Wade Wilson, American football player and coach (born 1959) Source
  5. 2025 Died: Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman, 8th Commissioner of Baseball (born 1938) Source

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