- 1900 Dutch soccer club NEC is established in Nijmegen
- 1901 6th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-0 in Tuscaloosa
Jefferies vs. Ruhlin
1901 James J. Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco
- 1913 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Perth: Australian Ernie Parker beats NZ namesake Harry Parker 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
- 1945 Rules revised for election of modern players to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Bradman's 100th 100
1947 Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG
- 1947 Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
Hanif Mohammad Debuts
1951 1st-class cricket debut of future great Pakistani batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 26 in drawn tour match, Pakistan XI v MCC, Lahore
- 1951 NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
- 1959 Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Wash 31-17
- 1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
Wright's 62
1964 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, the lowest golf score for a female professional at the Tall City Open in Midland, Texas
Ball Four
1968 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
Paul Brown's Greatest Victory
1970 Paul Brown, as head coach of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, defeats his former team the Cleveland Browns, a moment he calls his "greatest victory"
- 1972 MLB Chicago White Sox slugger Dick Allen wins AL MVP
- 1978 MLB Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
Bossy's Hat Trick
1983 75th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy
1987 Brazilian Williams driver Nelson Piquet retires from Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide with break trouble but wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 12 points from Nigel Mansell
- 1987 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
- 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
- 1989 Walter Davis of the Denver Nuggets begins NBA free throw streak that will extend to 53 games
- 1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game
- 1992 42nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Alan Kulwicki wins
- 1992 Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
2004 Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the tennis season-ending WTA Tour Championship; beats American Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
- 2015 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Czech pair Karolína Plíšková & Barbora Strýcová beats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Elena Vesnina of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for a 3-2 win and 9th title for the home country
- 2015 Holly Holm defeats UFC Champion Ronda Rousey in an upset in Melbourne, Australia
UCLA Shoplifters
2017 3 UCLA basketball players suspended after admitting shoplifting in China, only released at President Trump's request
James Passes Chamberlain
2018 LeBron James passes Wilt Chamberlain for 5th on the NBA's career scoring list with 44 points for the LA Lakers in 126-117 victory over Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
- 2020 84th US Masters Tournament: American Dustin Johnson fires record total -20 to win his first Masters title by 5 strokes from Cameron Smith of Australia & South Korean Sungjae Im
2020 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton clinches his fourth consecutive and record-equalling seventh F1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Turkish GP at Intercity Istanbul Park, Tuzla
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