- 1857 Recognized by FIFA as the oldest existing club still playing football in the world, Sheffield FC is founded in Yorkshire, England, and is now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire
- 1885 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds: St. Louis Browns beat Chicago White Stockings 13–4 in Game 7; disputed series tied at 3-3-1
- 1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League
- 1892 "World Championship" Baseball Series, South End Grounds, Boston: Boston Beaneaters beat Cleveland Spiders, 8-3 for a 5-0-1 championship victory; last of the pre-modern-era World Series
- 1908 Edward Meeker hits the charts with "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"; songwriters Edward Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth had yet to attend a baseball game, the 1st recording is often misattributed to singer Billy Murray [1] [2]
- 1913 Joe Tinker fired as Cincinnati Reds manager
- 1940 Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball, replacing them with Japanese words
1954 Britain's Mike Hawthorn wins the season-ending Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes; Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio wins his second Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship by 17 points from countryman José Froilán González
- 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
- 1964 Test cricket debut of Pakistani standouts Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan, and Khalid Ibadulla in drawn first Test against Australia in Karachi; Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166
- 1964 XVIII Summer Olympic Games close at the National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
1965 Jim Clark in a Lotus is forced to retire from season-ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez with engine trouble; American Richie Ginther is race winner and Clark claims his second F1 World Drivers' Championship
- 1968 16-year old American swimmer Debbie Meyer wins the inaugural women's 800 m gold medal in 9:24.0 at the Mexico City Olympics, becoming the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals at a Games (200 and 400 m)
- 1968 Australian swimmer Michael Wendon wraps up the Mexico City Games sprint double when he wins the men's 200 m freestyle gold medal in an Olympic record of 1:55.2
- 1969 Pakistani cricketing brothers Hanif, Mushtaq, and Sadiq Mohammad play their only Test together in the drawn first Test against New Zealand in Karachi
AL Manager of Year
1974 Billy Martin of the Texas Rangers is named AL Manager of the Year
1976 English McLaren driver James Hunt finishes fourth in the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway to win his first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship by one point from Niki Lauda
1976 New York City Marathon: American Bill Rodgers wins his first title in 2:10:10; Miki Gorman wins the women's race in 2:39:11
- 1976 Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad score 103 and 101, respectively, in the second Test Cricket innings against New Zealand
- 1979 Billy Martin punches a marshmallow salesman, resulting in him being fired by the New York Yankees
Graf Plays 1st Pro Match
1982 Steffi Graf plays her first professional tennis match
- 1986 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers' infielder Bill Russell (38) announces his retirement
Mike Bossy Retires
1988 New York Islanders and NHL high scorer Mike Bossy (31) retires
- 1989 After a week's delay due to an earthquake, World Series Game 3 is played
- 1991 Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
- 1992 10th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 10-6
- 1992 Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first title; MVP: Toronto catcher Pat Borders
- 1996 At the last game at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the Yankees win a record 8th consecutive road post-season game (with no losses)
- 1996 Hasan Raza makes his Test cricket debut for Pakistan at the age of 14 years and 238 days
- 1997 American sportscaster Marv Albert receives a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to misdemeanor, assault, and battery charges
- 2004 10 people, including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members, are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports
2004 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher finishes 8th at season-ending Brazilian F1 Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace; his 5th consecutive World Drivers' Championship, record 7th career world title; Ferrari's 6th straight Constructors title
- 2004 Manchester United beats Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford, ending Arsenal's English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak
- 2008 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Ventura, Maram, Stardom Bound, Together Forever, and Zenyatta
- 2009 19th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-16 in South Bend (Notre Dame's first win in the series in nine years)
Cricket History
2018 Indian cricketer Virat Kohli becomes the 12th and the fastest to score 10,000 runs in one day international matches, taking just 205 innings
NBA Record
2018 Joel Embiid becomes the first NBA player to reach 30 points and 19 rebounds in the same game since Charles Barkley in 1991
UN Person of the Year
2018 Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge is named UN Person of the Year for setting a new marathon world record and for his work with AIDS/HIV in Kenya
Air Jordans Sneaker Record
2021 Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby's, setting a new record for sneakers at auction [1]
Brady's 600th Touchdown Pass
2021 Tom Brady becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes when he hits Mike Evans in the first quarter of the Buccaneers' 38-3 rout of the Chicago Bears in Tampa Bay
- 2023 MLB National League Championship Series: Arizona Diamondbacks defeat Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, winning the series 4-3 to advance to the World Series
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