- 1884 Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn pitches his 60th win of the season for the MLB Providence Grays in an 8-0 victory over the Quakers in Philadelphia
- 1899 MLB Cleveland Spiders close out the season by losing both ends of a doubleheader, 16-1 and 19-3, to the Cincinnati Reds on the road; Spiders end the year with a record of 20-134, still holding the record for the fewest wins [1]
Speaker's Double Play
1912 Red Sox's Tris Speaker makes the only World Series unassisted double play from the outfield
- 1917 Baseball World Series: Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants 4-2 at Brush Stadium to clinch the series 4-2 for their second World Series triumph
- 1923 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat NY Giants 6-4 in Game 6 at the Polo Grounds for a 4-2 series win; the Yankees' first World Series victory
- 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates beat visiting Washington Senators 9-7 in Game 7 at Forbes Field for a 4-3 Baseball World Series victory; Pirates are the first team to recover from a 3–1 deficit in a 7-game series
Johnson Signs for Senators
1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators
- 1933 Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game, losing to the NY Giants 56-0
- 1935 NHL's St. Louis Eagles fold
Lazzeri Released
1937 The Yankees release Tony Lazzeri rather than accept any trade offers
- 1945 Baseball attendance hits a record 10.28 million, with the Tigers' 1.28 million being the highest
- 1946 St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox 4-3 at Sportsman's Park to clinch the World Series 4-3, winning their 6th championship
- 1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals franchises only, not the players
Olympic Games
1964 American Al Oerter wins his third of four consecutive Olympic men's discus titles at the Tokyo Olympics, beating Czech Ludvík Daněk by 0.08 m
- 1964 American Don Schollander swims a world record 4:12.2 to win the 400 m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; the second of Schollander's four gold medals at the Games
- 1964 American sprinter Bob Hayes equals the world record of 10.0 seconds to beat Cuba's Enrique Figuerola by 0.2 seconds and win the men's 100 m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
- 1964 Australian swimmer Ian O'Brien sets a world record of 2:27.8 to beat Soviet Georgy Prokopenko by 0.4 seconds and win the men's 200 m breaststroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
- 1964 Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 7th title; beat NY Yankees 7-5 at Busch Stadium to clinch series 4-3; MVP: St. Louis pitcher Bob Gibson
- 1964 Soviet rower Vyacheslav Ivanov wins his third consecutive Olympic men's single sculls gold medal at the Tokyo Games; also the reigning World and European champion
- 1964 US women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team of Sharon Stouder, Donna de Varona, Lillian Watson, and Kathy Ellis swim a world record of 4:03.8 to beat Australia by 3.1 seconds and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
- 1968 Al Oerter of the US wins the men's discus with an Olympic record of 64.78 m at the Mexico City Games, achieving his unprecedented fourth consecutive Olympic discus title
- 1968 American sprinter Wyomia Tyus wins her second consecutive Olympic 100 m title with a world record of 11.08 seconds, beating teammate Barbara Ferrell by 0.08 seconds for the gold medal at the Mexico City Games
- 1968 Australian Ralph Doubell runs a world record 1:44.40 to beat Kenyan Wilson Kiprugut and win the men's 800m at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 British athlete David Hemery sets a world record of 48.12 seconds to beat Gerhard Hennige of West Germany and take the gold medal in the men's 400 m hurdles at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 MLB American League expansion draft: Kansas City Royals pick Baltimore Orioles pitcher Roger Nelson, and Seattle Pilots pick California Angels infielder Don Mincher first as they choose 30 players each
Weaver Ejected
1969 Baltimore's Earl Weaver becomes the first manager since 1935 to be ejected from a World Series game as his Orioles slump to a 2-1 Game 4 defeat to the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- 1969 Madison Square Garden TV Network begins broadcasting (Rangers vs. North Stars)
1970 Baltimore Orioles beat Cincinnati Reds 9-3 at Memorial Stadium to claim the World Series 4-1; MVP: Orioles 3B Brooks Robinson
1st WTA Tour Championship
1972 17-year-old American tennis prodigy Chris Evert wins inaugural WTA Tour Championship at Boca Raton, Florida, beating Australian Kerry Melville Reid 7-5, 6-4; Evert not eligible for prize money
- 1972 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania 3-2 in Bucharest
- 1972 Omni in Atlanta opens as the Hawks beat the NY Knicks 109-101
- 1974 NHL Washington Capitals earn first franchise tie, playing LA Kings to a 1-1 draw
NY Nicks Retire #10
1979 The NY Knicks retire Walt Frazier's number 10, the second number retired by the Knicks
- 1981 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Oakland Athletics 3-0
1983 Nelson Piquet of Brazil finishes third in the season-ending South African Grand Prix at Kyalami to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship, winning by two points from Alain Prost
- 1983 NHL Chicago Blackhawks and Toronto Maple Leafs combine for the fastest five goals in 84 seconds in a 10-8 Leafs win in Toronto
- 1986 In the longest postseason game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 innings and win NL pennant
- 1986 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat California Angels, 4-3
- 1986 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Houston Astros, 4-2
- 1987 NFL Players Association orders an end to a 24-day strike; the union fails to achieve demands in the short term with no collective bargaining agreement in place
- 1988 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards - Oklahoma)
- 1988 With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, an injured Kirk Gibson hits a dramatic two-run home run to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 win over the Oakland A's in the first game of the World Series
All-time Top Scorer
1989 Wayne Gretzky surpasses Gordie Howe as the NHL's all-time top scorer
- 1995 Carolina Panthers win their first game, defeating the NY Jets 26-15
Green Awarded $45k
1997 A New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in a civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson for a street brawl in 1988
- 1997 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4-2
- 2000 ICC Men's Cricket KnockOut Trophy, Gymkhana Club, Nairobi: New Zealand wins its first international title with a 4-wicket victory over India; Man of the Match: Chris Cairns, New Zealand 102 not out (113)
- 2003 MLB National League Championship: Florida Marlins beat Chicago Cubs 4-3
- 2007 MLB National League Championship: Colorado Rockies beat Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0
- 2008 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1
- 2011 MLB American League Championship: Texas Rangers beat Detroit Tigers 4-2
- 2014 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore Orioles 4-0
- 2021 IPL Cricket Final, Dubai International Stadium: Chennai Super Kings win their fourth IPL title beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs; Faf du Plessis scores 86 off 59 balls for Player of the Match
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