- 1888 Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre
Ban Johnson Seeks a Deal
1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to National League President Nick Young, seeking peace
- 1907 Calgary City Rugby Football Club defeats Strathcona Rugby Football Club 15-0 in Calgary in their first game
- 1908 IV Summer Olympic Games close at White City Stadium in London, England
- 1921 Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (International Women's Sports Federation) is founded by the Frenchwoman Alice Milliat
Sammy Baugh
1943 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Brooklyn Dodgers (48-10)
Lloyd 1st African-American NBA Player
1950 "The Big Cat" Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play a game in the NBA, scoring 6 points on debut for the Washington Capitols
- 1967 San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike McCormick wins the National League Cy Young Award
- 1968 Milwaukee Bucks win their first game, beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game)
Sports History
1972 Cleveland Indians pitcher Gaylord Perry wins the American League Cy Young award
- 1976 Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad, aged 19 years and 141 days, scores 206 (29 fours and 1 six) against New Zealand
- 1979 Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan wins the American League Cy Young Award
- 1987 American jockey Chris Antley becomes the first rider to win nine races in a day (four at Aqueduct and five at Meadowlands)
- 1988 First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos 55-23
- 1992 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews
- 1993 25 people are killed during a Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
Sports History
1994 American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14-year-old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California
- 1995 NHL New Jersey Devils agree to stay in New Jersey
- 1999 Finnish McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen wins the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka by 2 points from Irishman Eddie Irvine to clinch his second consecutive F1 World Drivers' Championship
- 1999 Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world solo, non-stop, and unassisted
Sports History
2003 Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in Hawaii
- 2014 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack: Day 1 winners are Hootenanny, Goldencents, Lady Eli, and Untapable
2015 8th Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham, London: All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 2 conversions as New Zealand defeats Australia 34-17
- 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack: Day 2 winners are Songbird, Mongolian Saturday, Wavell Avenue, Stephanie's Kitten, Runhappy, Tepin, Nyquist, Found, and American Pharoah
Sports History
2019 Joel Embiid is suspended from the NBA for two games without pay due to an altercation with Karl-Anthony Towns
- 2020 England beats Italy 34-5 in Rome to clinch 29th Six Nations Rugby Championship; halfback Ben Youngs becomes the second England player to earn his 100th test cap
- 2020 New Zealand Rugby Union team routs Australia 43-5 in Sydney to retain the Bledisloe Cup (2-1) for the 18th straight series; Wallabies' largest-ever defeat by All Blacks
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