- 1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
Fausto Coppi
1942 Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
- 1943 Last scoreless tie in the NFL, Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0
- 1954 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
- 1957 Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
1959 Ryder Cup Golf, Eldorado GC: Sam Snead leads US to comprehensive 8½-3½ win
Hall Sets Consecutive Games Record
1962 Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie
1st African-American AL MVP
1963 New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard is first African-American to be voted AL MVP
- 1964 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
- 1967 MLB St Louis Cardinals infielder Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP
Monzon vs. Benvenuti
1970 Argentine boxer Carlos Monzon upsets defending champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy in 12th round KO in Rome to win WBC, WBA middleweight titles
- 1978 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
- 1979 MLB Chicago Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
- 1987 3rd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 32-25 in South Bend
- 1988 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
- 1989 Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
- 1991 First NBA game in Delta City: Utah Jazz beat Seattle 103-95
Magic Johnson Retires
1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV and retires from the LA Lakers
- 1992 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend
- 1992 First NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
1993 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide to claim his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship by 26 points from Ayrton Senna; Prost announces his retirement from F1 racing
- 1996 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
- 1996 Wasim Jaffer scores 314no in only his 2nd first class cricket match for Mumbai v Saurashtra
- 1998 10th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 31-26 in Chestnut Hill
- 1998 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Awesome Again, Answer Lively, Escena, Buck's Boy, Da Hoss, Silverbulletday, Reraise
NASCAR Winston Cup
1999 Dale Jarrett wins the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship
- 2009 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Pounced, California Flag, Dancing In Silks, Vale of York, Goldikova, Furthest Land, Conduit, Zenyatta
1st NBA Coach with 1,000 Team Wins
2009 Jerry Sloan becomes the first coach in NBA history with 1,000 wins for one team after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder
- 2010 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, San Diego, California: Flavia Pennetta of Italy beats American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up a 3-1 win and 3rd title for the Italians
- 2017 Melbourne Cup: Joseph O’Brien at 24 is the youngest trainer to win with Rekindling jockeyed by Corey Brown
- 2017 South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1
- 2018 For second straight year France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference from Ireland, with a final round 46-19 win over Scotland at Stade de France, Saint Denis; Ireland again takes Triple Crown
- 2020 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Gamine, Glass Slippers, Knicks Go, Audarya, Whitmore, Order of Australia, Monomoy, Tarnawa, Authentic
- 2021 Kyle Larson holds off Martin Truex Jr in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway to earn his 10th win of the season and claim his first Cup Series championship
- 2022 French tennis star Caroline Garcia scores the biggest title win of her career beating Aryna Sabalenka 7–6, 6–4 in the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas
- 2023 Australian cricket all-rounder Glenn Maxwell hits 201 not out to guide his team to a 3 wicket World Cup win over Afghanistan in Mumbai; first to score double-ton in a ODI run chase; first non-opener to 200
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