- 1889 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: defending champion NY Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA) 3-2 in Game 9 to claim series 6-3
- 1910 Hamilton running back / kicker Ben Simpson lands CFL record 11 singles in Tigers 14-7 win over Montreal at Montreal AAA Grounds
- 1920 Ed Barrow is appointed general manager of the New York Yankees
- 1931 Lefty Grove is named the American League's MVP after winning 31 games for the Philadelphia Athletics
- 1939 NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
Dodgers Appoint Rickey
1942 Branch Rickey is named president and general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1945 Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator to succeed the late Kenesaw Mountain Landis as commissioner of baseball
- 1949 White Sox trade catcher Joe Tipton to the Philadelphia Athletics for second baseman Nellie Fox
- 1950 Bill Rexford, in an Oldsmobile, finishes 26th in the season finale at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsborough, North Carolina, to win the NASCAR Grand National Series Championship
- 1950 Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets a record for the highest average gain in a game with 17.1 yards per carry (10 attempts) in a 45-7 victory over Pittsburgh
- 1950 Detroit Lions Wally Triplett achieves a kickoff return yardage of 294 yards against the LA Rams, the second highest in a single-game in NFL history
- 1959 Ten-nation soccer league to play all games on New York's Randall's Island is announced
Clay vs Hunsaker
1960 Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali], in his first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1961 13th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Ned Jarrett wins
- 1964 Australian Bobby Simpson completes a cricket century in each innings against Pakistan
- 1967 Danny Abramowicz begins an NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
- 1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks a 57-yard field goal
- 1984 NY Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30)
- 1985 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joaquin Andújar is suspended by MLB for 10 games for bumping an umpire
Cricket History
1986 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 6-16 as West Indies are dismissed for 53 in a 186-run defeat in the first Test at Faisalabad
Hearns Incredible Feat
1987 Thomas Hearns becomes the first boxer to win world titles in four different weight classes
- 1989 Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
- 1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as New York Yankees manager
- 2005 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Saint Liam, Stevie Wonderboy, Pleasant Home, Shirocco, Intercontinental, Folklore, Artie Schiller, Silver Train
- 2008 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia beats Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in Game 5 at Citizens Bank Park for the Phillies' second title in their 126-year history; MVP: Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels
- 2014 Baseball World Series: San Francisco beats Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 7 at Kauffman Field, KC to win Giants' third title in five years; MVP: SF starter Madison Bumgarner
2017 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes a distant 9th in Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, good enough to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers' Championship
Most 3-Pointers in a Game
2018 Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in Warriors' 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago
- 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman sets a record with a home run in his 6th consecutive World Series game, including two with Atlanta Braves in 2021, in a 11-4 loss at Yankee Stadium in New York
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