On this day in sports: September 19

1. 1999 Born: Precious Achiuwa, Nigerian basketball player Source
2. 2008 A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive. Source
3. 2011 Mariano Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career leader in saves. Source
4. 2011 Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602. Source
5. 2013 Died: John Reger, American football player (born 1931) Source
6. 2015 Died: Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966) Source

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