- 1908 Edmonton Rugby Football Club reorganizes as Esquimaux
Johnson KOs Ketchel
1909 In his fourth title defense, Jack Johnson knocks out Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round at Mission Street Arena, Colma, California, to retain his heavyweight boxing crown
- 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Detroit Tigers 8-0 at Bennett Park to clinch a 4-3 series win; Tigers' third consecutive World Series defeat
- 1912 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat NY Giants 3-2 at Fenway Park to clinch a 4-3-1 series win; series extends to 8 games as one game ties due to darkness
- 1921 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of the Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin, the only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
Lou Gehrig
1936 Lou Gehrig is voted American League MVP by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA)
- 1942 National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
- 1949 Red Byron, driving an Oldsmobile, finishes 16th in the Wilkes 200 at North Wilkesboro Speedway to win the NASCAR Strictly Stock Championship in the inaugural season of professional stock car racing in the United States
- 1962 NY Yankees win their 20th championship, beating the SF Giants 1-0 at Candlestick Park for a 4-3 Baseball World Series victory; MVP: Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry
- 1964 American swimmer Sharon Stouder sets a world record of 1:04.7 to beat Ada Kok of the Netherlands by 0.9 seconds and win the women's 100 m butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics
- 1964 In an incredibly close women's 100 m final at the Tokyo Olympics, American sprinter Wyomia Tyus runs 11.4 seconds to beat teammate Edith McGuire by 0.2 seconds; Ewa Kłobukowska of Poland takes bronze with the same time as McGuire
Yankees Fire Yogi Berra
1964 New York Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra, one day after losing the World Series [1]
- 1964 US men's 4 × 100 m medley relay team of Thompson Mann, Bill Craig, Fred Schmidt, and Steve Clark swims a world record of 3:58.4 to beat Germany by 3.2 seconds and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
- 1968 American Bob Seagren, Claus Schiprowski of West Germany, and East German Wolfgang Nordwig all record 5.40 m in the final of the pole vault at the Mexico City Olympics; Seagren is awarded gold on countback
1968 Americans Tommie Smith (gold, 19.83, WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200 m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African Americans
- 1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leafs penalty records with 48 minutes on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period
- 1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their first game, losing 89-84 to the Chicago Bulls
- 1969 Baseball World Series: 100-1 shot NY Mets beat Baltimore Orioles 5-3 at Shea Stadium for an upset 4-1 series win; MVP: Mets 1B Donn Clendenon
- 1969 New York Mets' Cleon Jones is awarded first base when shoe polish on the ball proves he is hit by a pitch; he then scores on a home run in the World Series
Baseball History
1974 MLB Oakland A's pitcher Ken Holtzman, in his first at-bat of the season, belts a third-inning home run in Game 4 of the World Series and gets the win, 5-2
- 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds, setting a Toronto Maple Leaf record for the fastest three goals by a single player
Cricket History
1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad
- 1983 Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 for a 4-1 series victory; MVP: Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey
1983 Ryder Cup Golf, PGA National GC: US wins 14½-13½; Bernard Gallacher's missed 3-foot putt for bogey gives Tom Watson a 2 & 1 win and the US winning point
- 1985 KC Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships
- 1985 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue Jays 4-3
- 1985 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2
Boxing Title Fight
1987 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats Tyrell Biggs by TKO in round 7 at Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey; retains unified heavyweight boxing title
- 1988 Orel Hirsheiser becomes the first player to pitch shutout in playoff and World Series
- 1990 Reds' Eric Davis is the 22nd player to homer in his first World Series at bat
- 1991 Dallas Mavericks' Roy Tarpley becomes the seventh player to be banned from the NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
Cricket History
1995 Brian Lara scores 169 in a Sharjah ODI against Sri Lanka
- 2000 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat St. Louis Cardinals 4-1
- 2003 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 4-3
Sports History
2004 Seventeen-year-old Lionel Messi makes his league debut for FC Barcelona in a 1-0 win against cross-town rivals Espanyol at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
- 2005 MLB American League Championship: Chicago White Sox beat Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4-1
2005 Renault driver Fernando Alonso wins the season-ending Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit, becoming the first Spanish Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion, winning by 21 points from Kimi Räikkönen
- 2011 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-2
- 2014 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals 4-1
- 2016 Ed Whitlock (85) becomes the oldest person to complete a marathon under 4 hours at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 3 hours and 56 minutes
Sports History
2021 Camden County Commissioners unveil a statue of boxing champion Jersey Joe Walcott at Wiggins Waterfront Park in Camden, New Jersey
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