1860 1st British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins the inaugural event by two strokes over fellow Scot Tom Morris Sr.
- 1885 Baseball sets all players' salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for the 1885 season
- 1920 The Decatur Staleys, later known as the Chicago Bears, play their first American Professional Football Association game against an affiliated APFA team and defeat the Rock Island Independents 7-0 at Douglas Park, Rock Island, Illinois
Ban Johnson Retires
1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as president of MLB's American League
- 1935 Pacific Association of the AAU votes not to participate in the Berlin Olympics
Game of the Century
1956 Chess "Game of the Century": 13-year-old Bobby Fischer defeats 1953 US Champion Donald Byrne in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City
Olympic Gold
1964 Australian athlete Betty Cuthbert wins her fourth career Olympic gold medal as she triumphs in the women's 400 m at the Tokyo Games with an Olympic record of 52.0
- 1964 In the first Olympic women's pentathlon, Irina Press of the Soviet Union sets a world record with 5,246 points to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Games
- 1964 US swimmers go 1-2-3 in the women's 400 m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; Donna de Varona wins gold in an Olympic record of 5:18.7 ahead of teammates Sharon Finneran and Martha Randall
- 1968 Björn Ferm of Sweden beats Hungary's András Balczó by just 11 points to take the gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 Soviet athlete Viktor Saneev sets a world record of 17.39m to win the triple jump at the Mexico City Olympics; the world record is improved five times by three different athletes during the competition
World Record 4 x 100 m
1968 US men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team of Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Ken Walsh, and Mark Spitz swims a world record of 3:31.7 to outclass the Soviet Union and Australia and win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
1971 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles 2-1 at Memorial Stadium to claim the championship 4-3; MVP: Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente
- 1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28-game road losing streak against the Knicks in New York City; their first road victory comes in February
- 1974 NHL Washington Capitals achieve their first franchise home victory, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3
- 1974 Oakland A's achieve a three-peat by defeating the LA Dodgers 3-2 in Oakland for a 4-1 World Series win; MVP is A's pitcher Rollie Fingers
- 1976 In the coldest World Series game (39°F; 3.89°C), the Reds beat the NY Yankees 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
- 1978 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions, beating LA 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for a 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent
- 1978 NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
- 1978 Yankees win the 22nd World Championship, capping their great comeback year
1979 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles 4-1 at Memorial Stadium for a 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Pirates 1B Willie Stargell
1981 Brazilian Nelson Piquet, driving for Brabham, finishes 5th in the season-ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship by 1 point from Carlos Reutemann
- 1982 Robin Yount is the first to have two 4-hit games in a World Series
- 1985 Lou Piniella is named NY Yankees manager
- 1987 First indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)
- 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Piniella as manager of the NY Yankees
- 1989 A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in San Francisco kills 67 people and leads to the cancellation of the third game of the World Series
- 1991 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3
NHL Record
1991 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets an NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists)
- 1992 First Baseball World Series featuring a non-American team; Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays lose 3-1 to the Braves at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Cricket History
1994 Kapil Dev's final One-Day International against West Indies
- 1995 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Seattle Mariners 4-2
- 1996 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals 4-3
- 2000 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Seattle Mariners 4-2
Arsenal's All-Time Top Scorer
2005 Thierry Henry becomes Arsenal's all-time leading scorer with two goals against Sparta Prague in the UEFA Champions League
Most Runs in Test Cricket
2008 Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-scorer ever in Test cricket, surpassing Brian Lara's record and passing 12,000 runs against Australia in Mohali
Armstrong Loses Endorsements
2012 Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal
Madrid's All-Time Top Scorer
2015 Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raúl with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante
2022 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema wins his first award; Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas claims women's award for a second-straight season
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