1st Winter Olympics
1924 Norway’s Thorleif Haug takes the cross-country double at the Chamonix Winter Olympics when he wins the 18k event; Haug also 50k gold medalist
- 1926 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: In all-Australian final John Hawkes beats James Willard 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- 1926 Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Adelaide: Daphne Akhurst Cozens retains title; beats Esna Boyd Robertson 6-1, 6-3
- 1943 Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest
- 1944 Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action
- 1954 Rio Grande College basketball forward Bevo Francis scores NCAA record 113 points vs Hillsdale College
Albright Olympic Champion
1956 Despite a severe ankle injury Tenley Albright leads an American 1-2 in the women's figure skating at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics; Carol Heiss takes the silver medal
Lombardi to the Packers
1959 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach NFL Green Bay Packers
- 1962 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games)
Baseball Hall of Fame
1964 Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, & Miller Huggins
Maravich 1st to 30,000
1970 Louisiana State University's Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
- 1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs & William Harridge selected for Baseball Hall of Fame
Hadlee's Test Debut
1973 Test debut of champion New Zealand cricket all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee; drawn 1st Test v Pakistan, Wellington
- 1974 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)
Hamill US Champion
1975 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
- 1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom & umpire Cal Hubbard elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL record for a defenseman
- 1980 Mexican boxer Salvador Sánchez dethrones Danny “Little Red” Lopez as WBC world featherweight champion with a 13th-round TKO in Phoenix, AZ; Lopez champion since November 1976, 8th defense
Boitano US Champion
1985 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
Boon's 184 Not Out
1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
- 1992 Australian Kieren Perkins swims 1,500m freestyle short course world record, 14:32.40 at AIS, Canberra, Australia
- 1992 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
- 1992 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 21-15; MVP: Michael Irvin, Dallas Cowboys, WR
- 1995 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
- 1997 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 26-23 (OT); MVP: Mark Brunell, Jacksonville Jaguars, QB
Bowman Makes 1,000 Games
1997 Scotty Bowman becomes first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games
- 2002 52nd NHL All-Star Game, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA: World beats North America, 8-5; MVP: Éric Dazé, Chicago Blackhawks, RW
- 2003 53rd NHL All-Star Game, Office Depot Centre, Sunrise, FL: West beats East, 6-5; MVP: Danny Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers, LW
- 2003 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 45-23; MVP: Ricky Williams, Miami Dolphins, RB
- 2012 NHL player Sam Gagner becomes the first player to scores eight points in one game for the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks since 1989
Super Bowl XLVIII
2014 Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos, 42-8; MVP: Malcolm Smith, Seattle, LB
Đoković Beats Thiem
2020 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia rallies to beat Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 for a record-extending eighth title at Melbourne Park
Super Bowl LIV
2020 Super Bowl LIV, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL: Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers, 31-20; MVP: Patrick Mahomes, KC Chiefs, QB; Chiefs' 1st victory in 50 years
