AL Prohibits Boxing
1923 MLB's American League president Ban Johnson persuades team owners to prohibit boxing in their ballparks, citing "unsavory characters" associated with the sport
- 1933 Berlin Olympic Committee votes to introduce basketball in 1936
- 1941 First woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley, in Mexico
- 1949 A's trade second baseman Nellie Fox to the White Sox for Joe Tipton
1958 Stirling Moss wins the season-ending Moroccan Grand Prix at Ain-Diab, but fellow Brit Mike Hawthorn takes the World Drivers' Championship from Moss by just 1 point by finishing second; he becomes the first British world champion
- 1964 American sprinter Edith McGuire runs an Olympic record of 23.0 to win the women's 200 m gold medal in Tokyo; minor place medalists Irena Szewińska of Poland and Australian Marilyn Black both record 23.1
- 1964 In a blanket finish in the 80 m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics, Germany's Karin Balzer and Teresa Cieply of Poland both record 10.5 seconds, with Pam Kilborn of Australia at 10.6; Balzer is awarded the gold medal
- 1964 Tamara Press of the Soviet Union wins the women's discus with an Olympic record throw of 57.27 m in Tokyo, the first of two gold medals at the Games (shot put)
Bobby Orr Debuts
1966 Bobby Orr makes his NHL regular-season debut for the Boston Bruins against the Detroit Red Wings
- 1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the USSR sets the long jump record at 27.39 ft (8.35 m)
- 1968 American swimmer Jan Henne, with a time of 1:00.0, leads an American sweep of the women's 100 m freestyle medals at the Mexico City Olympics; teammates Susan Pedersen and Linda Gustavson both swim 1:00.3 for minor medals
- 1968 Australian swimmer Michael Wenden sets a world record of 52.2 seconds to win the men's 100 m freestyle gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 New Zealand scores an upset victory in the men's coxed four rowing final at the Mexico City Olympics, beating the favored East German crew by 2.58 seconds and winning the first rowing gold medal for the Kiwis
- 1968 West Germany beats Australia by just 0.9 seconds to win the men's eights rowing gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
1969 Scottish Matra-Ford driver Jackie Stewart finishes 4th in the season-ending Mexican Grand Prix to win his first F1 World Drivers' Championship by 26 points over Jacky Ickx of Belgium
- 1974 NBA Detroit Pistons beat Trail Blazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
- 1974 NHL Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores his first hat trick against the Washington Capitals
WTA Tour Finals
1974 Virginia Slims Circuit WTA Tour Tennis Championship, Los Angeles Sports Arena; Australian Evonne Goolagong wins her first title, defeating American Chris Evert 6-3, 6-4; Billie Jean King and Rosemary Casals win doubles
- 1975 Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks a club record of five field goals
- 1981 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for the NL pennant
- 1981 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos 3-2
- 1983 NHL Philadelphia Flyers begin 13-game winning streak
1,000,000th Test Cricket Run
1986 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in all Test cricket (vs. India in Bombay)
Woodward Resigns as Yankees Manager
1987 Woody Woodward resigns as NY Yankees general manager, Lou Piniella is named general manager, and Billy Martin is named NY Yankees manager for the fifth and final time
- 1991 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine 52-30 (6 OT)
- 1991 Lonnie Glieberman purchases the Ottawa Rough Riders from the CFL
- 1996 Braves beat NY Yankees by a record-tying 11 runs, 12-1, in a World Series
- 1997 700th World Series home run hit by Sandy Alomar of the Cleveland Indians
- 1999 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat New York Mets 4-2
- 2005 MLB National League Championship: Houston Astros beat St. Louis Cardinals 4-2
- 2006 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets 4-3
NHL History
2007 Patrick Kane scores his first NHL goal against José Théodore of the Colorado Avalanche
- 2008 MLB American League Championship: Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston Red Sox 4-3
- 2013 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Detroit Tigers 4-2
- 2022 Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola faces his brother, San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola, in the first MLB playoff sibling pitcher-batter battle; Austin goes 1-for-2 with a rally-starting RBI in an 8-5 win at Petco Park in San Diego
- 2024 MLB New York Yankees win ALCS over Cleveland Guardians on the strength of Juan Soto's 10th-inning 3-run homer at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio; a 4-1 series win sends Yankees to World Series for the first time since 2009
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