Jockey Arcaro Wins 1st Race
1932 Racing Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro wins his 1st race at Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico - aged 16 years
Crawford Defeats Perry
1935 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Home favourite Jack Crawford wins his 4th Australian title; beats Fred Perry of England 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- 1935 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Melbourne: In an all-British final Dorothy Round Little defeats Nancy Lyle 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
- 1940 2nd NFL All Star Game, Gilmore Stadium, LA, CA: Green Bay Packers beat NFL All-Stars, 16-7
Free Agency to Tigers Players
1940 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers minor league players
American Conference Prevails
1951 1st NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: American Conference beats National Conference, 28-27; MVP: Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns, QB
- 1961 Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
12th NFL Pro Bowl
1962 12th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 31-30; MVPs: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, RB; Henry Jordan, Green Bay Packers, DT
14th NBA All-Star Game
1964 14th NBA All-Star Game, Boston Garden: East beats West, 111-107; MVP: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, PG
Super Bowl II
1968 Super Bowl II, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14; MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
- 1969 19th NBA All-Star Game, Baltimore Civic Centre: East beats West, 123-112; MVP: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, PG
- 1969 Matt Busby retires from Manchester United
- 1971 Cricketer John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
- 1973 Super Bowl VII, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins, 14-7; MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S
25th NBA All-Star Game
1975 25th NBA All-Star Game, Arizona Vets Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Az: East beats West, 108-102; MVP: Walt Frazier, NY Knicks, PG
- 1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
Turner Braves CEO
1976 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
McEnroe's 1st ATP
1979 John McEnroe wins his first of 3 season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 against fellow American Arthur Ashe at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Benitez vs. Palomino
1979 Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benitez beats WBC welterweight champion Carlos Palomino of Mexico in a 15-round split decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico; becomes two-division champion at the age of 20
Mancini vs. Chacon
1984 Ray Mancini scores a 3rd-round TKO of Bobby Chacon to retain his WBA lightweight title in Reno, Nevada; Chacon so severely battered he thanks referee Richard Steele for stopping the fight
Navratilova Wins 100
1985 Martina Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert)
- 1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Broncos Defeat Browns
1990 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 37-21
- 1990 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams, 30-3
Eaton's Record Career Blocks
1993 Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks
- 1994 Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
Pazienza vs. Durán
1995 Vinny Pazienza beats Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán in a 12-round unanimous decision in a super middleweight bout in Atlantic City; 2nd time in 6 months Pazienza wears down 43-year-old Duran in a high profile pay-pay-view bout
- 1996 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts, 20-16
- 1996 NFC Championship, Texas Stadium: Dallas Cowboys beat Green Bay Packers, 38-27
Barkley Pleads Not Guilty
1998 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
- 2001 AFC Championship, Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland: Baltimore Ravens beat Oakland Raiders, 16-3
- 2001 NFC Championship, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford: New York Giants beat Minnesota Vikings, 41-0
- 2020 Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is fired amid Major League Baseball's investigation into sign-stealing by the Houston Astros; Cora was the Astros' bench coach before moving to Boston
- 2023 Brock Purdy wins his first playoff game as a rookie quarterback against the Seattle Seahawks
- 2024 Dan Campbell leads the Detroit Lions to their first playoff win since 1991, defeating the Los Angeles Rams
