- 1884 1st "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: Providence Grays (NL) beat NY Mets (American Association) 12-2 in 6 innings for a 3-game sweep; game abandoned because of bitter cold
- 1905 1st College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Navy beats Maryland 17-0 in Annapolis
1909 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Perth: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins his 2nd Australasian title; beats Ernie Parker of Australia 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
- 1926 Future Hockey HOFer Lester Patrick becomes first coach & GM of NY Rangers
Bradman Scores 156
1947 Bradman scores 156 for South Australia v India, 152 mins, 22 fours
- 1952 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's first ever Test cricket century (124no) in 2nd Test v India in Lucknow
NFL Record
1953 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
Team Manager
1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and is replaced by Al López
1964 English driver John Surtees finishes 2nd behind American Dan Gurney in season ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship; edges Graham Hill by 1 point
- 1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety (NFL's No. 1 blooper)
- 1968 American swimmer Claudia Kolb wraps up the women's individual medley double in Mexico City, winning the 400m I/M in Olympic record 5:08.5; she also won the 200m I/M in OR 2:24.7
- 1968 Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the uneven bars and vault gold medals at the Mexico City Olympics; her 6th & 7th career gold medals and her 4th at these Games
- 1968 East German swimmer Roland Matthes wins the 200m backstroke gold medal in Olympic record 2:09.6 at the Mexico City Games; wraps up backstroke double
- 1968 Longest Olympic field hockey game: Netherlands beats Spain 1-0 in 2 hours 25 minutes (6 overtimes)
- 1968 US men's basketball team beats Yugoslavia 65-50 to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; 7th straight basketball title for the Americans
- 1970 Austrian driver Jochen Rindt wins F1 World Drivers Championship by 5 points from Jacky Ickx after Mexican GP; only season World Championship awarded posthumously, after Rindt's death in Italian GP practice at Monza
Cycling Hour Record
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) sets a world hour record by riding 30.7 miles (49.431 km) in one hour
Baseball Trade
1973 SF Giants trade future HOF first baseman Willie McCovey to San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell
- 1975 Denver Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits
1st to Win NL and AL Cy Young Awards
1978 San Diego Padres pitcher Gaylord Perry wins NL Cy Young, 1st to do so in both leagues (AL, 1972)
Weaver KOs Coetzee
1980 American Mike Weaver KOs local favorite Gerrie Coetzee in 13 rounds in Sun City, South Africa for WBA heavyweight boxing title
1981 New York City Marathon: defending champion Alberto Salazar retains crown in 2:08:13; Allison Roe of New Zealand takes out women's race in 2:25:29
Contract of Interest
1985 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
- 1986 Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of MLB World Series
- 1987 Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola
- 1991 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
- 1992 Rene Lachemann hired as Fla Marlins 1st manager
- 1993 Daryll Cullinan hits unbeaten 337 for Transvaal against Northern Transvaal, South African 1st-class cricket record score
Medical Advancement
1996 Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
- 1997 9th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 52-20 in South Bend
- 2003 15th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 27-25 in Chestnut Hill
- 2003 Baseball World Series: Florida beats New York Yankees, 2-0 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium for Marlins second title; MVP: Florida pitcher Josh Beckett
- 2003 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Pleasantly Perfect, Action This Day, Adoration, Johar, High Chaparral, Islington, Halfbridled, Six Perfections, Cajun Beat
- 2005 Longest Baseball World Series game in time (5 hours, 41 minutes) and tied longest in innings (14, tied with Game 2, 1916 WS and Game 1, 2015 WS); Chicago White Sox beat Houston Astros 7-5 in Game 3 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
- 2008 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Muhannak, Desert Code, Albertus Maximus, Goldikova, Midshipman, Donativum, Midnight Lute, Conduit, Raven's Pass
- 2009 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4 games to 2
- 2012 The double dip recession in the UK economy ends with growth of 1.0% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012, with help from the London Olympic Games
2015 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins US F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas to clinch his second consecutive World Drivers Championship
- 2020 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Autódromo Internacional Do Algarve for his 92nd career victory; moves 1 win clear of Michael Schumacher in all-time F1 victories list
- 2024 MLB World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman hits 1st 'walk-off' grand slam in World Series history in 6-3 win over New York Yankees in 10 innings at Dodger Stadium
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