- 1889 Daniel Stover and William Hance patent a bicycle with a backpedal brake
- 1921 Ottawa’s Harry Broadbent scores in 10-0 Senators blowout of the Montreal Canadiens; first in 16-game NHL record goal-scoring streak; Charlie Simmer’s 13 game streak (1979) is considered modern-day record
- 1927 Test cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scores 51 and takes 5-36 against South Africa
Cricket History
1934 Cricketing spin bowler Clarrie Grimmett takes 9-180 for South Australia as Queensland make 430
- 1950 National Football League Championship, Cleveland Stadium: Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams, 30-28; Cleveland has 5 interceptions, Rams 1
1961 AFL Championship, Balboa Stadium, San Diego: Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3; Billy Cannon scores game's only TD
- 1968 Ballon d'Or: Manchester United's winger George Best wins award for best European football player ahead of teammate Bobby Charlton and Red Star Belgrade winger Dragan Džajić; first Northern Irish national to win the award
Flood Urges Free Agency
1969 Curt Flood writes to baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn refusing to accept the Cardinals’ right to deal him and in favor of free agency [1]
Sportsman of the Year
1974 The Sporting News bestows St Louis Cardinals outfielder Lou Brock their MLB Player of the Year Award
- 1982 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, defeats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
1985 Ballon d'Or: Juventus' French midfielder Michel Platini is named Europe's best football player for the 3rd consecutive time; beats Verona striker Preben Elkjær and Barcelona midfielder Bernd Schuster
Raines Traded to White Sox
1990 Expos trade Tim Raines to the White Sox for Iván Calderón and Barry Jones
- 1991 Ballon d'Or: Marseille forward Jean-Pierre Papin is named Europe's best football player; first from the French League to win the trophy
- 1995 Ballon d'Or: PSG/Milan's Liberian striker George Weah is named Europe's best football player; first edition where players born outside Europe permitted to receive votes
1996 Ballon d'Or: Borussia Dortmund's German sweeper Matthias Sammer is named best football player in Europe ahead of PSV/Barcelona striker Ronaldo and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer
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