- 1864 26th Grand National: George Stevens wins his 3rd GN aboard 10/1 Emblematic; winning mare's full sister Emblem the race winner the previous year
- 1870 32nd Grand National: George Stevens wins consecutive GN's aboard 7/2 favourite The Colonel; his 5th and final GN victory
- 1895 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Victorias clinches trophy as Montreal HC beats Queens University (Kingston, Ontario), 5-1
- 1897 Cleveland Indians fans start calling the team "Indians" (in 1915 becomes official)
- 1897 MLB Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
- 1904 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
- 1908 Italian football club Inter Milan founded as Foot-Ball Club Internazionale
- 1923 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2
Williams' Mexican League Offer
1946 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses
Sports History
1961 Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 67 points in 135-126 win over NY Knicks at Philadelphia Civic Center
- 1968 15th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats NC State, 87-50
- 1972 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
- 1974 21st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 103-100 (OT)
- 1978 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk & Karponosov
Sports History
1979 MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters
- 1984 Philadelphia 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
- 1984 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1985 26th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Auburn beats Alabama, 53-49
- 1985 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (East Germany)
- 1986 33rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Georgia Tech, 68-67
NHL Record
1986 Gilbert Perreault of the Buffalo Sabres becomes the 12th NHLer to score 500 career goals, in a 4-3 win over New Jersey Devils
- 1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
- 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
- 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
- 1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- 1996 Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's Cricket World Cup Quarter Final loss to India
Cricket World Cup
1996 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in Cricket World Cup Quarter Final
- 1997 38th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Georgia, 95-68
- 1997 44th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #5 North Carolina beats NC State, 64-54
Cricket History
2012 Indian batsman Rahul Dravid announces his retirement from Test and domestic cricket
- 2013 Bernard Hopkins defeats Tavoris Cloud to win IBF light heavyweight title