- 1876 1st official National League baseball game is played; Boston Red Caps beat Philadelphia Athletics, 6-5 at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia
- 1876 Philadelphia native Tim McGinley of the Boston Red Caps scores baseball National League's 1st run, in Philadelphia
- 1898 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
- 1898 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0
- 1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) first MLB game; lose 3-1 before 11,950 vs Washington Senators at American League Park
- 1906 Intercalated Games opens in Athens
- 1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
- 1908 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
- 1915 NY Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
- 1945 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 2-1 for a 4-3 series win; Leafs lead series 3-0, but Wings recover to 3-3 to force a decider
- 1947 1st Basketball Association of America Finals: Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 83-80 to take inaugural series, 4 games to 2
- 1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
- 1955 KC Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
- 1957 All NL baseball teams integrate, John Irwin Kennedy becomes the 1st Black player for the Philadelphia Phillies
- 1959 Chicago White Sox beat KC Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, & 3 errors
Baseball Record
1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick
1969 American Joe Frazier KOs American Dave Zyglewick in 1st round to retain heavyweight boxing title, in Houston, Texas
1st Single-Handed Circumnavigation
1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 days of non-stop sailing to become the 1st person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
- 1970 NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
Baseball Record
1970 NY Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
- 1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
Baseball History
1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
- 1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
- 1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
- 1988 NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom sets NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
- 1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
- 1990 NFL Draft: University of Illinois quarterback Jeff George first pick by Indianapolis Colts
- 1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
- 1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
Figure Skating History
1994 American figure skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
Moorer vs Holyfield
1994 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Foreman vs Schulz
1995 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas
- 1995 NFL Draft: Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
NHL History
2003 Patrick Roy plays his final career NHL game
Federation Cup
2017 Ilie Năstase thrown off tennis court for insulting British female players during Fed Cup play-off against Romania in Constanta
Footballer of the Year
2018 Liverpool's Egyptian soccer forward Mohamed Salah is named Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year
Tennis Open Record
2018 Monte Carlo Tennis Masters: Rafael Nadal beats Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-2 to extend his Open-era record for most wins at the same event (11)
Editor Sacked for AI Interview
2023 Editor of German magazine "Die Aktuelle" sacked after running a so-called interview generated by AI with FI racing driver Michael Schumacher [1]
