Basketball's 1st Game
1891 First game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts
Bradman's Double Duck
1936 Master batsman Don Bradman has a rare embarrassment - a 2nd consecutive Test duck (0), as England dismisses Australia for 80 in the 2nd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground
- 1937 Australian cricket spin bowler Bill O'Reilly takes 5-57 to complete match figures of 14-98 as NSW beats South Australia by 33 runs in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide
- 1937 Chicago Black Hawks left wing Paul Thompson becomes first player in NHL history to score against his brother, Boston Bruins goaltender Cecil Thompson; scores with just 9 seconds left in regulation as Bruins win 2-1
- 1941 Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
Chicago Bears Beat NY Giants
1941 National Football League Championship, Wrigley Field, Chicago: Chicago Bears beat New York Giants, 37-9; first team in NFL championship game era (since 1933) to win consecutive titles; Bears 5th title overall
- 1948 1949 NFL Draft: University of Pennsylvania linebacker/center Chuck Bednarik is selected first by Philadelphia Eagles
Tom Landry Joins Cowboys
1959 Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988)
- 1969 Vince Lombardi (Washington Redskins) coaches his last football game, a 20-10 loss to the Cowboys in Dallas, for a 7-5-2 season and 105-35-6 career
- 1973 3rd Fiesta Bowl: #10 Arizona State beats Pittsburgh, 28-7
- 1975 Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57
Borg Gives Sweden Win
1975 Davis Cup Men's Tennis, Stockholm, Sweden: Home town hero Björn Borg beats Czech Jan Kodeš 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to give Sweden unassailable 3-1 lead; ends 3-2
- 1979 Garry Unger’s NHL record for consecutive games ends at 914, as his Atlanta Flames lose 5-1 to the St Louis Blues and he is benched by coach Al MacNeil; record eventually broken by Doug Jarvis (964)
- 1980 Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
- 1981 Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
- 1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
- 1984 Brigham Young University (BYU) beats Michigan, 24-17 in the Holiday Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego to remain undefeated and secure their first ever NCAA Division I-A football title
- 1995 SF Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000
- 1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
- 1997 Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game
Ballon d'Or
1999 Ballon d'Or: FC Barcelona's Brazilian midfielder Rivaldo is named best football player in Europe ahead of Manchester United midfielder David Beckham and Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko
Sports History
2023 Caitlin Clark ties Elena Delle Donne as the fastest Division I women's player to reach 2,000 career points in a game for Iowa against Dartmouth
