- 1885 Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
- 1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500 to become first professional football player in the Allegheny Athletic Association's 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Athletic Club
- 1904 9th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 29-5 in Birmingham
- 1931 Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chic Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1
- 1933 1st NFL football game on a Sunday at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl - sporting events on Sunday had been illegal on Sundays; Eagles tie Chicago Bears, 3-3
- 1933 1st NFL football game on a Sunday at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field - sporting events on Sunday had been illegal on Sundays; Pirates lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0
- 1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
- 1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
- 1952 White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape
- 1953 US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
- 1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP
- 1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record
- 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers notch 1st NBA victory, in their 16th game, beating the Trail Blazers 105-103, in Portland, Oregon
- 1975 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins his sixth Cup
- 1975 7h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 25-0
- 1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
- 1982 Aaron Pryor scores a 14th round KO of Alexis Argüello in Miami to retain his WBA super lightweight boxing title in the first of 2 meetings between the Hall of Famers; The Ring’s 'Fight of the Decade'
Cricket History
1982 Zaheer Abbas scores his 100th first-class century while playing a Test for Pakistan against India and goes on to score 215 runs
- 1983 NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
Hadlee's 15 Wicket Game
1985 Richard Hadlee takes 15-123 for cricket match New Zealand v Australia at Brisbane
- 1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
- 1990 "The Body Bag Game" - after Eagles coach Buddy Ryan threatens beating Redskins so badly "they'll have to be carted off in body bags" the Eagles defense score 3 touchdowns winning 28–14, knocking 8 Redskins out of the game
- 1992 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time
- 1995 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
- 1995 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
1995 German Benetton driver Michael Schumacher crashes in the season-ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but claims second straight F1 World Drivers Championship by 33 points from Damon Hill
Martin Crowe Retires
1995 Last day of Test cricket for New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe
- 1995 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
- 1998 NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak
2006 Belgian tennis star Justine Hénin-Hardenne wins WTA Tour Championship title decider in Madrid, Spain; beats defending champion Amélie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-3
Đoković's Second ATP
2012 Novak Đoković of Serbia wins his second season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title beating 6-time champion Roger Federer 7-6, 7-5 in the final in London. England
- 2017 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Minsk, Belarus: American pair Shelby Rogers & Coco Vandeweghe beats Aryna Sabalenka & Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-3, 7-6 to wrap up 3-2 win and record extending 18th title for the US
- 2019 Former Houston Astros MLB pitcher Mike Fiers reveals team secretly “stole signs” via camera from visiting teams 2015-17; comms between opposing pitchers & catchers intercepted and relayed to Astros batters
- 2022 New Zealand's Black Ferns win Women's World Rugby Championship defeating England 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a capacity crowd [1]
- 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Women's Tennis, Seville, Spain: Leylah Fernandez & Marina Stakusic score straight sets singles wins over Italy to guide Canada to first BJKC title
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