- 1540 The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
- 1895 William Morgan presents his new sport "Mintonette" to the world at Springfield College, Massachusetts, later renames it "Volleyball" [1]
- 1900 Dwight Davis establishes a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
- 1912 US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
- 1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
- 1920 Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
- 1932 USA enters Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
Vinson US Champion
1935 US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
- 1936 German skier Franz Pfnür wins the inaugural Olympic men’s combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of teammate Gustav Lantschner
Browns Sign Paige
1951 St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
- 1960 AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
- 1964 IX Winter Olympic Games close in Innsbruck, Austria
- 1968 A rare 3-way tie for silver in the women's 500m speed skating at the Grenoble Winter Olympics; Soviet Lyudmila Titova wins from American trio of Jenny Fish, Mary Meyers and Dianne Holum
- 1968 World champion Jean-Claude Killy of France wins the downhill at the Grenoble Winter Olympics; first of 3-event clean sweep of the alpine skiing events at the Games
- 1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st Negro League player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Hamill US Champion
1974 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
Barry 1st 3-Pointers
1980 Rick Barry of the Houston Rockets is the 1st in NBA history to score eight 3-pointers in a game
34th NHL All-Star Game
1982 34th NHL All-Star Game, Capital Centre, Landover: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 4-2; MVP: Mike Bossy, NY Islanders, RW
- 1984 East German ski jumper Jens Weißflog wins first of 3 career Olympic gold medals in the Normal Hill individual event at the Sarajevo Winter Games
- 1984 East German speed skater Karin Enke wins the 1,500m in world record 2:03.42 at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins 1,000m gold
- 1984 Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen wins the 10k gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; first of 3 individual medal sweep, also winning 5k and 20k events
36th NBA All-Star Game
1986 36th NBA All-Star Game, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: East beats West, 139-132; MVP: Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, G
- 1986 Marvin Johnson stops Leslie Stewart in 7 rounds in Indianapolis to win WBA light heavyweight boxing title; record 3rd time he regains a version of light heavyweight crown
- 1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
39th NHL All-Star Game
1988 39th NHL All-Star Game, St. Louis Arena: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 6-5 (OT); MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C
Norris vs. Leonard
1991 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him to defend his WBC Super Welterweight title
42nd NBA All-Star Game
1992 42nd NBA All-Star Game, Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL: West beats East, 153-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F
- 1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
- 1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
- 1997 47th NBA All-Star Game, Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH: East beats West, 132-120; MVP: Glen Rice, Charlotte Hornets, F
6th ESPY Awards
1998 6th ESPY Awards: Ken Griffey Jr, Mia Hamm win
Michaels Joins Saturday Night Football
2006 Al Michaels joins NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcast with John Madden
- 2013 Adam Ondra completes the second ascent of the 9b (5.15b) route, Fight or flight
- 2014 Olympic teams figure skating event debuts in Sochi with Russia taking the gold medal; pairs champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov win first of 2 gold at the Games
- 2014 Slopestyle snowboarding event makes Olympic debut at Sochi Winter Games; American Jamie Anderson is inaugural women's gold medallist
- 2014 Slovak biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina retains her Olympic 7.5k sprint title (Vancouver 2010) at the Sochi Winter Games
XXIII Winter Olympics
2018 XXIII Olympic Winter Games open in PyeongChang, South Korea
