- 1888 Chicago and All America baseball teams play an exhibition match in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1899 American yacht Columbia beats the Shamrock challenge from Royal Ulster Yacht Club in the 11th America's Cup
- 1910 First use of a cork-centered baseball in the World Series
- 1910 Soccer team KFC (Kooger Football Club) forms in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands
- 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs a world record marathon in 2:29:39.2
- 1924 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0
MLB Stars Go to Japan
1934 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Lou Gehrig sails to Japan for an 18-game series against Big-Six University League
MVP Hank Greenberg
1935 Detroit Tigers future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA; Boston Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell is runner-up
MVP Carl Hubbell
1936 Carl Hubbell, with a 26-6 record, edges out Dizzy Dean, who has a 24-13 record, for MVP honors in the NL
- 1946 Frank Seno returns a kickoff 105 yards in the Chicago Cardinals vs. New York Giants game
- 1947 Radio rights for the Baseball World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
- 1955 NY Yankees begin a 16-game exhibition in Japan
Sports History
1959 Clark Griffith of the Senators says the team will not move the franchise
NFL Record
1963 Jim Brown sets the NFL single-season rushing record with 1,863 yards
- 1964 Ann Packer of Great Britain runs a world record 2:01.1 to win the women's 800 m gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
- 1964 Tamara Press of the Soviet Union wins her second gold medal in two days by securing the women's shot put title at the Tokyo Olympics, her second consecutive Olympic shot put title
1965 19th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens 5-2; MVP: Henri Richard, Montreal
- 1967 Owner Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy as the first manager of the newly relocated Oakland A's
- 1968 American Dick Fosbury, using his unconventional technique, wins the men's high jump gold medal with 2.24 m at the Mexico City Olympics; the "Fosbury Flop" becomes accepted as the most efficient technique
World Record
1968 American sprinter Jim Hines anchors the US men's 4 x 100 m relay team to win his second gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics with teammates Charles Greene, Mel Pender, and Ronnie Ray Smith, setting a world record of 38.24 seconds
- 1968 Kenyan runner Kip Keino wins the 1,500 m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics in 3:34.91 despite a severe gallbladder infection
- 1968 Mamo Wolde wins the 16th Olympic marathon in 2:20:26.4
- 1968 Margitta Gummel of East Germany throws a world record 19.61 m to beat teammate Marita Lange by 0.83 m and win the women's shot put gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 US men's 4 x 400 m relay team of Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, and Lee Evans runs a world record 2:56.16, easily beating Kenya and West Germany to the minor medals at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 US women's 4 x 100m relay team of Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter, and Wyomia Tyus sets a world record of 42.88 to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
Sports History
1973 US President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe to have been the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century
- 1976 NY Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving is sold to Philadelphia 76ers
- 1979 American John Tate beats local favorite Gerrie Coetzee by UD in 15 rounds in Pretoria, South Africa, for the vacant WBA heavyweight boxing title
- 1981 First NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, NJ Nets lose to NY Knicks 103-99
- 1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster
- 1982 St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 at Busch Stadium for a 4-3 World Series victory; MVP: St. Louis catcher Darrell Porter
NHL Record
1984 Islanders' Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick in his 6th career 4-goal game, an 8-3 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings
1988 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's 5-2 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to win the World Series 4-1; MVP: LA pitcher Orel Hershiser
- 1988 Reggie Rogers, Detroit Lions' #1 pick, kills three people by driving intoxicated
- 1990 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati beats A's 2-1 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to sweep Oakland and win Reds' fifth title; MVP: Reds' pitcher José Rijo
1991 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna clinches his second consecutive and third overall F1 World Drivers' Championship by finishing second in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
- 1992 First Baseball World Series game is played outside the United States; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves 3-2 in Game 3 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
- 1993 Toronto Blue Jays score six runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 15-14 in a 4-hour, 14-minute slugfest at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
- 1996 MLB Atlanta Braves' Andruw Jones becomes the youngest player at 19 to hit a home run in the World Series
Cricket Record
1996 Wasim Akram (257) and Saqlain Mushtaq achieve a cricket Test record of 313 for the 8th wicket against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura
- 1997 Richard Gnida, limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
- 2001 Despite a 20-14 final round loss to Ireland in Dublin, England retains the Six Nations Rugby Championship, setting new records for points scored (229), tries scored (29), and overall points difference (+149)
- 2004 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox come back from 0-3 to beat New York Yankees 4-3
- 2007 6th Rugby World Cup Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Springboks fullback Percy Montgomery lands 4/4 penalties as South Africa beats England 15-6
- 2018 All-England Lawn Tennis Club announces tie break to be used when scores reach 12-12 in deciding set at Wimbledon
- 2023 MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber passes Reggie Jackson for the most career postseason home runs by a left-handed batter (19) in a 6-5 loss to the Diamondbacks in Arizona
- 2024 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Dubai: Player of the Series Amelia Kerr scores 43 off 38 balls and takes 3/24 as New Zealand beat South Africa by 32 runs
- 2024 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers win NLCS with a 10-5 victory over the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium, winning the series 4-2; Dodgers will meet the New York Yankees in the World Series for the 12th time and the first time since 1981
- 2024 WNBA Finals, Barclays Center, Brooklyn: NY Liberty win their first championship with a 67-62 OT victory over the Minnesota Lynx in Game 5; MVP: NYL C Jonquel Jones
No comments: