- 1906 London is selected to host the 1908 Olympics
- 1932 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
- 1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship
- 1953 US Supreme Court rules (7-2) that baseball is a sport, not a business
Banda's 7 touchdowns
1961 Houston Oilers quarterback George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns in a 49-13 rout of NY Titans at Jeppesen Stadium, Houston
- 1968 New York Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen wins AL Rookie of the Year
Morgan NL MVP
1975 Reds second baseman Joe Morgan is named National League MVP
- 1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
- 1978 "The Miracle at the Meadowlands", Eagles Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the rival New York Giants
Astros Record Sign
1979 Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract
A Mickey Mouse Organization
1983 Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
Jan Kurri
1983 Jari Kurri becomes the first Finnish ice hockey player to score five goals in a game
Gooden Youngest Rookie
1984 NY Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
- 1989 39th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rusty Wallace wins
- 1989 US beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950
Bonds NL MVP
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds wins National League MVP
Ripken 2nd MVP
1991 Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken wins his second American League MVP
- 1994 59th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-14 in Birmingham
- 1995 CFL Grey Cup, Taylor Field, Regina: Baltimore Stallions become only American-based team ever to win Grey Cup; defeat Calgary Stampeders, 37-20
- 1995 German tennis No. 1 Steffi Graf outlasts No. 2 Anke Huber 6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 to win the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Becker's Third ATP
1995 Home crowd favorite Boris Becker wins his 3rd and final ATP Tour World Championship tennis title with a 7–6, 6–0, 7–6 win over American Michael Chang in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1996 Albert Belle signs a record five-year, $55 million contract with the White Sox
- 2005 70th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-18 in Auburn
- 2006 CFL Grey Cup, Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg: BC Lions win 5th Championship; defeat Montreal Alouettes, 25-14
Federer Wins Masters Cup
2006 Roger Federer captures his 3rd Tennis Masters Cup title with a comfortable 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 win over American James Blake in the final in Shanghai, China
- 2011 21st College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 16-14 in South Bend
- 2017 Bulgarian tennis star Gregor Dimitrov breaks through for a first season-ending ATP World Tour Finals title with a 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 win in London over David Goffin of Belgium
Truex NASCAR Cup
2017 Martin Truex Jr., driving for Furniture Row Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series by 5 points from Kyle Busch
Record Rams Kansas City Game
2018 Rams beat Kansas City Chiefs, 54-51 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; 3rd-highest scoring game in NFL history; first time 2 teams score 50 points in same game; Patrick Mahomes' 6 TD passes for KC most in "Monday Night Football" history
- 2019 EPL club Tottenham sacks high profile manager Mauricio Pochettino after disappointing start to season; replacement is higher profile ex-Chelsea and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho
LeBron's Triple-Double
2019 LeBron James records 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists as the LA Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 to become the first player in NBA history to achieve a triple-double against all 30 franchises
- 2021 MLB Cleveland Indians name change to Guardians becomes official
- 2023 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India: Australia beats India by 6 wickets (with 42 balls remaining) for 6th ODI triumph; Player of the Match: Travis Head (AUS) 137 (120)
ATP Finals
2023 Novak Đoković of Serbia wins a record seventh ATP World Tour Finals beating Italian Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-3 in Turin, Italy
2024 22-time tennis Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal ends his illustrious career with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp as Spain is beaten 2-1 in the Davis Cup quarterfinal in Málaga
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