1st Winter Olympics
1924 Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway wins ski jumping gold at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; in 1936 he earns a silver medal in sailing at Berlin Summer Games
- 1924 Norway sweeps the medals in the Nordic combined event at the inaugural Chamonix Winter Olympics; Thorleif Haug wins his 3rd gold of the Games ahead of teammates Thoralf Strømstad & Johan Grøttumsbråten
- 1929 Archie Jackson scores 164 in Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
- 1931 National League adopts a deader baseball
- 1932 III Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York
- 1948 After winning the men’s downhill, French alpine skier Henri Oreiller takes the combined gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; becomes most successful athlete at these Games with a slalom bronze
First African-American TV Executive
1952 Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st African American executive of a major US TV and radio station as Director of Community Activities at radio WNBC-NY and TV station WNBT
- 1956 Soviet Union beats Canada, 2-0 at Cortina d'Ampezzo to clinch their first ever Olympic ice hockey gold medal; US takes silver, Canada bronze
- 1958 MLB Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950
- 1960 Voters fail to elect a new Baseball Hall of Fame member
- 1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
Eckert Replaces Kuhn as Commissioner
1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
Madden to Coach Raiders
1969 John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders
- 1971 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for black players and coaches
Schenk Wins Gold
1972 Dutch speed skater Ard Schenk wins the 5,000m at the Sapporo Winter Olympics; also wins the 1,500m and 10,000m gold medals
Bossy's Hat Trick
1978 NHL New York Islanders rookie Mike Bossy scores 1st career hat trick in 6-1 win over Washington Capitols at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York
- 1979 29th NBA All-Star Game, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Mi: West beats East, 134-129; MVP: David Thompson, Denver Nuggets, SG
Hamilton US Champion
1983 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
38th NHL All-Star Game
1986 38th NHL All-Star Game, Hartford Civic Centre: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 4-3 (OT); MVP: Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Oilers, G
- 1987 Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
- 1987 San Diego Yacht Club's 'Stars & Stripes' captained by Dennis Conner beats Royal Perth Yacht Club of Australia's 'Kookaburra III' to capture the America's Cup at Freemantle, Western Australia
- 1987 Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
- 1989 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 216 v WI at the Adelaide Oval
- 1990 Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)
- 1990 Lyudmila Narozhilenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69)
- 1990 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 27-21; MVP: Jerry Gray, LA Rams, DB
Hadlee's 400th Test Wicket
1990 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
- 1990 St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
Record 467 Stand
1991 NZ cricketers Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make a world record 467 run stand, against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington
- 1995 Australian cricketer Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
- 1995 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)
- 1995 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
NFL Pro Bowl
1996 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 20-13; MVP: Jerry Rice, SF 49ers, WR, HI
Lemieux Scores 600
1997 Mario Lemieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals
O.J. Simpson Liable
1997 O.J. Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson in a civil court action
- 2001 51st NHL All-Star Game, Pepsi Centre, Denver, CO: North America beats World, 14-12; MVP: Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins, RW
- 2001 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 38-17; MVP: Rich Gannon, Oakland Raiders, QB
Super Bowl XLI
2007 Super Bowl XLI, Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Miami, FL: Indianapolis Colts beat Chicago Bears, 29-17; MVP: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB
- 2013 Europol announces it will investigate over 680 football matches alleged to involve match fixing
Super Bowl LII
2018 Super Bowl LII, US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN: Philadelphia Eagles defeat New England Patriots, 41-33; MVP: Nick Foles, Philadelphia, QB
Sports History
2019 Caitlin Clark scores 60 points in a game for Dowling Catholic High School against Mason City High School, setting the second-highest single-game point total in Iowa five-on-five girls' basketball history
- 2022 XXIV Olympic Winter Games open in Beijing, China
- 2023 NHL All Star Game, Sunrise, Florida: Atlantic beats Central, 7-5 in four-team, 3-on-3 tournament; MVP: Matthew Tkachuk LW/RW Florida Panthers
