- 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for the first National Association baseball pennant
- 1919 Baseball league presidents call for the abolishment of the spitball
- 1922 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 and trade 3 players for Jack Bentley, who hits .349 and has a 13-2 record as a pitcher for Baltimore in the International League in 1922
- 1952 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1954 First use of 24-second shot clock in professional basketball (Rochester vs. Boston)
- 1955 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group; they agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961
- 1960 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rex White wins
- 1967 Arthur Allyn says Chicago White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
- 1967 Belgian Ferdinand Bracke sets the world hour record by cycling 48.093 km in one hour
Cy Young Award
1973 Tom Seaver becomes the first non-20-game winner to win the Cy Young Award
A 100 mph Fastball
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws the fastest recorded pitch at 100.9 mph
The Rumble in the Jungle
1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire, regaining the world heavyweight boxing title with the famous "rope-a-dope" tactic
- 1975 Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins National League Rookie of Year
- 1975 John Bucyk of the Boston Bruins becomes the seventh NHL player to score 500 goals
Golf Tournament
1988 Beth Daniel wins the Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship
1988 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th Grand Prix win of the season, and clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship
- 1988 New York Jets beat Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time
- 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs lose the first game of the season after going 10-0-0
Maradona Retires
1997 Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona announces his retirement from football on his 37th birthday
- 2004 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Lone Star Park; winners: Ghostzapper, Wilko, Ashado, Better Talk Now, Oujja Board, Sweet Catomine, Singletary, Speightstown
2013 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 at Fenway Park to win the title; MVP: Boston slugger David Ortiz
- 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hit It A Bomb, Liam's Map, Catch A Glimpse, Stopchargingmaria
- 2015 Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwańska wins the WTA Finals title at Kallang, Singapore, beating Czech Petra Kvitová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
- 2016 Oakland Raiders break the single game record for most penalties in an NFL game, gaining 23 in their win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2016 Slovak tennis player Dominika Cibulková beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore
- 2019 Baseball World Series: Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 7 at Minute Maid Park, Houston, to win first title in franchise history; MVP: Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg
Most F1 Wins in a Season
2022 Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins the Mexican F1 Grand Prix in Mexico City for his record-breaking 14th GP win of the season, surpassing Michael Schumacher and fellow German Sebastian Vettel
2023 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Argentina and Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi wins his record 8th award from Manchester City striker Erling Haaland; Spanish World Cup MVP Aitana Bonmati takes out the women's award
- 2024 MLB World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers win 8th title in franchise history, overcoming a 5-0 deficit to beat New York Yankees 7-6 at Yankee Stadium for a 4-1 series victory; MVP: Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (4 home runs, 12 RBIs)
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