- 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
- 1905 First match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
Red Grange Signs
1925 Red Grange plays his final University of Illinois game and signs with the Chicago Bears
Yankees Buy DeMaggio
1934 NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
Longson Defeats Thesz
1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to win National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title
Veeck Sells the Cleveland Indians
1949 Bill Veeck sells MLB Cleveland Indians for $22 million, to fund his divorce settlement
- 1956 Don Newcombe wins National League MVP & 1st-ever Cy Young Award
Scheffing Signs with Tigers
1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
- 1968 Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
- 1970 NY Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavaliers, Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
- 1971 NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
- 1972 MLB Boston Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, New York Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
Rose NL MVP
1973 Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) wins MLB's National League MVP
Murray AL Rookie
1977 Baltimore Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
- 1978 Atlanta Braves infielder Bob Horner wins NL Rookie of Year Award
- 1980 Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
- 1987 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle
- 1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
- 1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
- 1992 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
Stich Wins ATP
1993 German tennis star Michael Stich scores a 7–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 win over American Pete Sampras to win his first and only ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1998 63rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-17 in Birmingham
1999 Repeat of previous year's final, but different result; American tennis star Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2 for the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC
- 2004 56th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kurt Busch wins
- 2004 CFL Grey Cup, Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa: Toronto Argonauts defeat BC Lions, 27-19; first Grey Cup game played on next-generation FieldTurf surface
ATP Finals
2004 Roger Federer of Switzerland wins back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–2 victory over Australian Leyton Hewitt in the final in Houston, Texas
- 2012 Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Benítez
The Dawn Wall
2016 Adam Ondra completes the second free ascent of The Dawn Wall on El Capitan, leading every pitch and finishing in 8 days
First Qatar Grand Prix
2021 British driver Lewis Hamilton wins 1st Qatar Grand Prix Formula One motor race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar
National League MVP
2024 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani (NL) and New York Yankees Aaron Judge (AL) both unanimously chosen as winners of their league MVP [1]
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