On this day in sports: November 8

1. 1966 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League. Source
2. 2014 Died: Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925) Source
3. 2014 Died: Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928) Source
4. 2015 Died: Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984) Source

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