- 1890 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Washington Park, New York: Louisville Colonels beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6-2 in Game 7 to tie the series 3-3-1; deciding game never played
- 1900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games in Paris end after five months; no opening or closing ceremonies are held
- 1924 White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, with fewer than 20 fans in attendance
- 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play the first of only four penalty-free games in NFL history; Dodgers win 21-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1951 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina wins Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes in an Alfa Romeo by 6 points from Alberto Ascari of Italy
- 1953 Bud Grant of CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts a record 5 passes
- 1953 Red Barber resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
- 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate
- 1959 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C. Wilson
- 1961 Ground broken on the Municipal (Shea) Stadium in Queens, New York, home of the New York Mets until 2008
- 1962 Jo Weatherly in a Pontiac finishes second to Rex White in season-ending Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to clinch his first of two consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championships
NFL History
1962 NY Giants quarterback Y. A. Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington Redskins in a 49-34 win
- 1970 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers lose to San Diego 110-99 in their first home game
- 1973 Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game, setting an NBA record
- 1974 First time two Islanders score a hat trick in the same game: MacMillan and Westfall
- 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
Orr Scores Last NHL Goal
1978 Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal against Detroit Red Wings
- 1979 Dick Howser, the best Yankees manager by win-loss percentage (.636), returns to New York, replacing Billy Martin
- 1981 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees 9-2 at Yankee Stadium to clinch series 4-2; first co-MVP's: LA's Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Yeager
- 1984 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
- 1989 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's beat San Francisco 9-6 at Candlestick Park to sweep Giants in earthquake-affected "Bay Bridge Series"; MVP: A's pitcher Dave Stewart
- 1995 11th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 16-8
- 1995 7th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-10 in South Bend
1995 Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians 1-0 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their third title; MVP: Braves starter Tom Glavine
- 1995 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park, winners are Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
- 1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game
- 1997 NBA announces the hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as the first women to officiate in a major league all-male sports league
- 2007 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Colorado 4-3 in Game 4 at Coors Field, Denver, to sweep the Rockies and win their second title in 4 years; MVP: Boston 3third baseman Mike Lowell
- 2011 MLB World Series: St. Louis Cardinals beats Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 11th title; MVP: Cardinals' third baseman David Freese
2012 American Serena Williams wins her third season-ending tennis title, beating Maria Sharapova of Russia 6–4, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey
- 2012 Baseball World Series: San Francisco Giants beat Detroit Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 4 at Comerica Park and sweep the Tigers 4-0 for the Giants' second title in 3 years; MVP: San Francisco's third baseman Pablo Sandoval
- 2015 In the longest first game of Baseball World Series (5 hours, 9 minutes) and joint longest by innings (14), the Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets 5-4
- 2018 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beats LA Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium to win their ninth title in franchise history; MVP: Boston utility Steve Pearce
2018 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 4th in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to win his fifth Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship
- 2018 Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina registers her biggest win of her career when she rallies for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over American Sloane Stephens in a classic WTA Finals title decider in Singapore
- 2023 10th Rugby World Cup, Stade de France: South Africa become first to win four World Cups and second to go back-to-back after a gripping 12-11 win over New Zealand; MVP: Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit
- 2024 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Spain and Man City midfielder Rodri wins men's award from Real Madrid pair Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham; Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati wins back-to-back women's awards
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