- 1893 Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (UK) in 9th America's Cup, in New York
- 1903 1st Baseball World Series: Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0 in Game 8 at Huntington Avenue for a 5-3 series victory
- 1914 Baseball World Series: Boston Braves beat Philadelphia A's, 3-1 at Fenway Park for first 4-game sweep in WS history; 'Miracle Braves' last in NL July 4
- 1915 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4 at the Baker Bowl to clinch series 4-1
- 1920 World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
- 1921 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 1-0 at the Polo Grounds for a 5-3 series win; final WS played in best-of-nine format; Yankees first ever WS appearance
- 1933 Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren
- 1934 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Portland G & CC: Marian McDougall outclassed Mrs Guy Riegel, 9 & 7 to win golf's only major title
- 1947 1st NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3
- 1960 Baseball World Series: Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats NY Yankees, 10-9 at Forbes Field in series deciding Game 7; MVP: Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson
- 1963 Ryder Cup Golf, East Lake CC: US beats Great Britain, 23-9; competition format changes with addition of 4-ball (better ball) matches on a 3rd day of play
Fraser Wins 3rd 100m Gold
1964 Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Games; Olympic record 59.05s
- 1964 US sweeps medals in the men's 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics; Jed Graef swims world record 2:10.3 to win gold ahead of teammates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett
- 1967 First American Basketball Association (ABA) game is played with Oakland Oaks beating Anaheim Amigos, 132-129; red, white & blue ball and 3-point field goal introduced
- 1967 Seattle SuperSonics (now OKC Thunder) lose NBA debut game, 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Billy Martin Fired
1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins
Murphy and Cowens Debut
1970 2 future Basketball Hall of Famers debut; guard Calvin Murphy for San Diego Rockets in 111-96 loss in Chicago; forward Dave Cowens for Boston Celtics in 114-107 loss in New York
- 1971 First ever Baseball World Series night game; Pittsburgh Pirates edge Baltimore Orioles, 4-3 in Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh
- 1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectacular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
IOC Reinstates Thorpe's Medals
1982 IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics
- 1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
- 1984 John Henry becomes the first thoroughbred to win $6 million
- 1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin
- 1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
- 1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
1987 Viv Richards scores 181 as West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs to beat Sri Lanka by 191 runs in Cricket World Cup match in Karachi
- 1989 Bob Quinn resigns as NY Yankee VP/GM & replaced by Harding Peterson
- 1991 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
- 1991 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
- 1991 MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
- 1993 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
- 1993 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
- 1994 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)
1996 British Williams driver Damon Hill wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka; becomes first son of a F1 World Drivers Champion (Graham Hill 1962, 68) to win title himself; wins by 19 points from Jacques Villeneuve
- 1996 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1
- 1996 NY Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374
- 1996 Yanks (3) & Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs
- 1998 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2
2002 Michael Schumacher wins season ending Japanese F1 Grand Prix for his record 11th victory of the year and 3rd straight World Drivers Championship; title margin: 67 points from Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello
- 2002 MLB American League Championship: Anaheim Angels beat Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 1
- 2007 17th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 27-14 in South Bend
- 2015 Basketball player Lamar Odom is hospitalised after being found unconscious in a brothel in Nevada
- 2019 Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record of 2:14.04 for the women's marathon in Chicago, beating Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old mark
Most Decorated Gymnast in History
2019 Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany
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